Avon Avon Lake seek joint justice center amid failed Avon tax plan
Avon and Avon Lake neighbors contemplate a joint justice center after Avon fails to pass a $3 million police station funded by a 0.5 income tax increase by a 1,461 to 889 vote. Avon Lake advances a $4.5 million project with Walker Road site and Cleveland architects, while Avon City Hall basement police station remains cramped. Avon Lake Mayor Urbin says he is open but has not received a formal proposal.
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Avon
Avon Lake
City Hall
Detroit Road
Ted Graczyk
Walker Road
Collins, Rimer and Gordon Inc
Cleveland
James Smith
Vincent Urbin
Justice Center
Urbin
Jury selection begins in teacher sex trial
A Brookside High School teacher, Steven Kleppe, 28, of Lorain, faces sexual battery charges for alleged sex with a 17 year old student. Jury selection started with a second student allowed to testify. defense challenged questions on character as cross examination allowed if relevant.
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Elyria
Brookside
Steven Kleppe
Lorain
Kleppe
Lisa Locke Graves
Dominic Varnucci
Cleveland
Kaufmann’s
Common Pleas
Kosma J. Glavas
Locke Graves
Vannucci
Ohio Supreme Court
Graves
Presser widow pleads guilty to estate theft
Cynthia Presser, 47, widow of Teamsters president Jackie Presser, admitted taking more than $600,000 from his estate between 1989 and 1992. She faces two to 15 years in prison and is to be sentenced June 18 by Judge James J. Sweeney in Cuyahoga County.
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Cleveland
Teamsters
Jackie Presser
Cynthia Presser
Avon Lake
Cuyahoga Common Pleas
James J. Sweeney
FBI
Presser
Paul Soucie
John B. Gibbons
Gibbons
Ridgeville weighs rail underpass to unjam Route 83
North Ridgeville officials and railroad leaders discuss a Route 83 underpass to stop trains from blocking Avon Belden Road. The Rail Development Commission and Conrail back the plan with next meetings marshalling Rep. Sherrod Brown and a Conrail VP. Mayor Hill notes Conrail fines for crossings, while council funds culvert and road repairs and weighs a daytime school curfew proposal.
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North Ridgeville
Avon-Belden Road
Ohio Rail Development Commission
Conrail
Tom Sweeney Jr
U.S
Sherrod Brown
D-Lorain
Rail Commission
Sweeney
Ohio
Deanna Hill
Race
Maddock Roads
Route 83
Hill
Shady Lane
Ronald Bauer
Lorain debates Lakeview Park land and restaurant plan
Mayor Komiura urges expanding Lakeview Park by buying adjacent land and converting a deteriorating bathhouse into a restaurant. Opponents fear park land use for private entertainment while officials cite legal precedents on park property. A bid process may be required for any private operator.
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Lorain
Lakeview Park
Joseph Komiura
Komura
Michael Scherach
Scherach
Koziura
Woodrow Mathna
Alex Olejko
TGI Friday’s
Feliciano denied early release from Lorain gambling ring case
Feliciano, 62, of Lorain, who led an 11 to 25 year sentence for running Lorain’s largest gambling operation, awaits continued imprisonment after Judge Robert Corts rejected an early release bid. Prosecutors say Feliciano’s cooperation could affect his fate, while co-defendant Gonzalez also seeks release amid opposition.
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Elyria
Angel M. Feliciano
Common Pleas
Robert Corts
Feliciano
Lorain
Fauselul Slu & Laur
Lorain City
Abinauy
Tee Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Corts
Monroeville man dies in snowy Route 113 crash
Stephen G. Schottmiller a 45 year old Monroeville man died in a two car accident on state Route 113 in Milan Township. The snow covered road caused his car to slide into the path of 60 year old James M Moore of Bellevue. Schottmiller was ejected from the rear window of his 1992 Pontiac Grand Am. Moore was uninjured.
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Milan
Monroeville
Choya R. Haun
Haun
Stephen G. Schottmiller
James M. Moore
Bellevue
Schottmiller
Moore
Lunar eclipse program at Carlisle Visitor Center
A co sponsored astronomy event by the Black River Astronomical Society and Lorain County Metro Parks aims to view a total lunar eclipse from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Carlisle Visitor Center on Diagonal Road. If cloudy, a film will be shown. Also listed is a lawn care basics class for homeowners on April 10 at the Lorain County Agricultural Center, free with reservations at 329 5850 or 322 0127.
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Carlisle
Black River Astronomical Society
Loram County
Elyria
Lorain County Agricultural Center
Russia Road
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