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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.
  • Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade: Miss Puerto Rican Image 2012 & Mr. Puerto Rico 2012

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 5, 2012; Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center”s Puerto Rican Parade, E. 9th Street, Downtown Cleveland: Miss Puerto Rico Image 2012, Aidelis Rivera, and Mr Puerto Rico 2012, Leonel Acosta, look out at the crowd lining the streets of the parade route.

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    September 6, 2012

  • Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade: Stilt Walker

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 5, 2012; Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade, E. 9th Street, Downtown Cleveland: A stilt walker from the group Los Hijos de la Tradición parades down the street. The group, trained by Gil Cody, was composed largely of students from John Marshall High School.

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    September 6, 2012

  • Puerto Rican Parade celebrates culture and serves as vehicle for community outreach

    Puerto Rican Parade celebrates culture and serves as vehicle for community outreach (Plain Press, September 2012) Thousands of people lined the parade route on Superior Avenue from E. 13th to E.9th Street and from E. 9th down to the Cleveland Municipal Parking Lot to watch Cleveland’s annual Puerto Rican Parade on Sunday, August 5th. The…

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    September 6, 2012

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