Lorain County collects 18M in delinquent real estate taxes
Lorain County reported 2024 delinquent real estate tax collections of 18 million, with the Treasurer and Prosecutor each receiving 2.5 percent of collected taxes. The Land Bank gets 5 percent. A three year, 719475 dollar contract was signed with Knowledge Lake to modernize records management using AI. The project aims to reduce manual input and speed document handling across the Records Center Clerk offices.
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Dave O’brien
Lorain County
Dan Talarek
Board of Commissioners
Talarek
J.D. Tomlinson
Knowledge Lake
St. Louis
Missouri
KnowledgeLake
County Clerk of Courts
Records Center
Finance Department
Oberlin prosecutor Farah Emeka runs for Oberlin Municipal Court judge
Oberlin city prosecutor Farah Lillian Emeka announced her candidacy for judge of the Oberlin Municipal Court in 2025. She has more than 20 years in law, seven years as chief prosecutor, and would be the court’s lone judge if elected, pledging fairness, compassion and accountability.
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Farah Lillian Emeka
Oberlin
Emeka
Cuyahoga County
Thomas A. Januzzi
Januzzi
Ruby N Jones Community Scholarship Fund
MAD Factory Theatre Co
Family Planning Services
Lorain County Urban League Board
Oberlin Schools Board of Education
Safe Harbor to open child retreat center
Lorain County Safe Harbor will open the Peace and Play Child Retreat Center early next year to provide drop in child care for Genesis House shelter families, a safe exchange program and supervised visits. The 14 bed facility at 2929 West River Road N Elyria will reuse a vacant building. A second phase later in 2025 plans rent free transitional housing for six to twelve months.
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Elyria
Lorain County
American Red Cross
West River Road N
Plota-Vazquez
Safe Harbor
Plota- Vazquez
Lorain County Safe Harbor
Genesis House
Genesishouseshelter.org
Langston students aid hurricane victims in North Carolina
Langston Middle School students Falon and Gabe Vargo with parents Noel Vargo and Jen Clark traveled from Oberlin to Swannanoa near Black Mountain to help after Hurricane Helene. They collected donations from local groups and businesses and assisted at a volunteer supply center. They describe severe flood damage and the winter shelter need. Donations to the Valley Strong Hurricane Relief Fund are requested.
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Oberlin
Langston Middle School
Falon Vargo
Gabe Vargo
Swannanoa
N.C
Noel Vargo
Jen Clark
Vargo
Helene
Charlotte
Jen
North Carolina
Jen Vargo
Home Depot
Society For Creative Anachronism
Black Mountain
Valley Strong Hurricane Relief Fund
Valleystrongdisasterrelief. Org
Jclarkcfr
Gmail
Vargo-Clark
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Todd Sharkey
Marilyn Velez
Sharkey
Dobrien
Chroniclet.com
Muii
The
Community Guide
Carissa Woytach
Ohio
Oberlinoh
Civil Service Commission
Firefighters’ Dependents Fund Board
Climate Action Steering Committee
S. Prospect ST
Special Planning Commission
Green Acres
Kanderson
Cityofoberlin
Clerk OF Councils
Langston
Falon
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