Olejko pushes stronger port plan in Lorain lakefront row
Lorain Mayor Alex Olejko urged City Council to adopt the Port Authority master plan by ordinance to show commitment as private development attempts surface in the lakefront area. The council backed a five year levy raising about 3.15 million for proposed public improvements, but took no action on the plan itself.
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Lakefront
Alex Olejko
Olejko
Robert Hritsko
Port Authority
Community Development Department
Council
Defense claims Putnam was coerced into confession in Lorain murder case
Lawyers for 21 year old Donald Putnam allege sheriff s detective Ralph Gale tricked him into admitting involvement in the Lori Taylor killing while in jail on unrelated charges. They say the statements were obtained without counsel and were prompted by hypothetical comparisons to other murder cases. Trial set for April 22 in Lorain County Common Pleas Court.
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Donald Putnam
Sheriff’s Department
Berea
Lori Taylor
Lorain County
Grafton Township
Ralph Gale
Putnam
Gale
Phyllis Diller Set To Perform At LCCC Tonight
Phyllis Diller, Ohio native and global comedian, headlines Lorain County Community College in the Prominent American Lecture Series tonight. Tickets remain at the Stocker Center box offices in Elyria Lorain Oberlin Wellington and Cleveland. The series ends May 28 with Scott Carpenter speaking.
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LCCC
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Lorain
County Community College
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Diller
Bob Hope
Vietnam
Stocker Center
Oberlin
Wellington
Cleveland
Scott Carpenter
Fire wage parity fact finding rejected in Elyria
Elyria rejects a state fact finders report granting wage parity with police. Binding arbitration will replace negotiations after SERB rules that talks proceed under state law. Firefighters sought a 2 percent raise over two years. city offered none. Union leader Saddler notes parity existed before a prior police raise.
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Michael Keys
International Association of Firefighters Local 474
State Employee Relations Board
Glenn Saddler
Priest with past to be reassigned in Cleveland diocese
Auxiliary Bishop A James Quinn said a Cleveland Diocese priest convicted in another state of child molestation more than 10 years ago has asked for reassignment to a non parish position for his own good and the diocese. The priest served six months in jail after admitting fondling a youth and has been monitored by counselors and diocesan officials.
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Quinn
James A. Hickey
Washington, D.C
Columbia trustees curb speed on Marks Road in township
Columbia trustees on Monday night passed a resolution to lower the speed limit on North and South Marks Road to 35 mph to match the adjacent Strongsville city limit and address a resident complaint by Pat Barvincek. They also planned a liquor license hearing, commended Plum Creek cleanup, and discussed drainage, fire department needs, and park court enlargement.
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Strongsville
Columbia Trustees
Pat Barvincek
North Marks Road
Elyria
Ohio Liquor Department
Sprague Road
Lindburg Boulevard
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