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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • October 2016 Plain Press – PDF

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    October 1, 2016

  • Plans presented for major work on Clark Avenue

    (Plain Press, May 2016) Residents attending an April 20th meeting at Clark Recreation Center learned of plans to rehabilitate Clark Avenue from Lorain Avenue (W. 90th and Clark) eastward to W. 41st. Plans designed by the firm Arcadis Design & Consultancy call for the 8-million-dollar rehabilitation project to be divided into four segments. The work…

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    May 6, 2016

  • B & J Family Restaurant owners retire after 35 years

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2016) After nearly 35 years, the two co-owners and operators of B & J Family Restaurant, Gus Smernos and Beverly Morris, have decided to pass their spatulas and aprons on to a new owner, Tony Farraj. Beverly Morris said she and Gus Smernos were dating, back in 1981, when…

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    March 18, 2016

  • Cleveland Community Police Commission asks Monitoring Team’s help in “reset” of proposed City Charter provisions

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, January 2016) At the December 17, 2015 meeting of the Cleveland Community Police Commission (CCPC) held at West Side Community House, 9300 Lorain Avenue, members of the Monitoring Team, charged with overseeing compliance with the consent decree between the City of Cleveland and the Justice Department, talked to the commission…

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    January 5, 2016

  • West Tech Alumni Association Museum

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    November 7, 2015

  • Bridge Beats and Treats Festival

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    October 4, 2015

  • High-quality preschools have openings for 2015-2016 school year

    SPACES AVAILABLE AT PRIVATE AND CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS (Plain Press, September 2015) There is good news for families in Cleveland who wish to send their 3- or-4-year-old preschoolers to a high-quality program this school year. According to PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s high-quality preschool expansion plan, private preschools and Cleveland Metropolitan School District classrooms that partner…

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    September 12, 2015

  • 20th Anniversary Celebration, Bigelow Garden

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    September 12, 2015

  • Palm Sunday Pony Ride

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    May 6, 2015

  • Cudell Improvement celebrates 40th annual meeting – highlights area as waterfront communit

    On January 21st, Cudell Improvement celebrated its 40th annual meeting with a gathering at Brennan’s Party Center on Triskett. In brief remarks at the start of the meeting, Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone noted that a new grocer had committed to the proposed development at W. 117 and Clifton and while he couldn’t yet reveal…

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    February 9, 2015

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