Shamrock Plans Major Annexation and Industrial Park in Grafton
Shamrock Development Corp moves to annex three Eaton Township parcels into Grafton for an industrial park and 65 to 70 single family homes on 29.3 acres, with 29 more acres for commercial use and a planned extended Commerce Drive. No Eaton trustees opposition, Carlisle plans dropped due to township concerns. Two manufacturers reportedly eye future plants totaling 150,000 square feet.
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Grafton
Shamrock Development Corp
Eaton Township
Lorain County Commissioners
Shamrock
Carlisle Township
Avon Lake teachers win unemployment ruling in lockout case
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services declares the Avon Lake labor dispute a lockout affecting 168 teachers. Despite the ruling, the two week duration likely nullifies most unemployment benefits as earnings per week exceed the threshold. The dispute began March 18 after failed negotiations over wages and ended with a March 9 salary agreement, leaving the lockout vs strike question unsettled.
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Avon Lake
Ohio Bureau of Employment
Teachers’ Union
Michael Moses
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Tale of two cities art display heads to Kharkov
Bay Village High School students Alan Porter and Akiko Tsunashama join Russian and British peers in an exhibit of artwork destined for Kharkov. The display features works by multiple national students and travels to the Ukrainian city.
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Bay Village High School
Alan Porter
Akiko Tsunashama
Kharkov
Lorain Mayor passes on veto of supervisors benefits package
Lorain Mayor Alex Olejko chose not to veto a proposed package boosting sick leave and life insurance for city supervisors and managers. He feared a veto could trigger an override and sought harmony with the council. The measure, including raises totaling $165,000 annually, would go into effect without his signature after the 10 day window.
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Lorain
Alex M. Olejko
Olejko
Urbanek
Mary Jo Cook
R-7
Council
Lorain Management Group
Westlake backs away from bus plan for kindergartners
Westlake will keep all city kindergartners in local schools after parental opposition blocked a plan to bus Dover and other area pupils to a Bay Village facility. New Bassett Elementary additions will provide eight classrooms by September with later facilities including a gym and cafeteria. Construction costs total about 714000 dollars with 190000 from the general fund.
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Westlake
Bassett
Bay Village
Dover
Richard Fleichman
J. Kieth Estes
Tape to be used as evidence in shooting trial
A judge ruled that a taped interview with Len A. Anderson may be admitted as evidence in the case charging him with the aggravated murder of Janice Sebastian, who was killed December 29 behind the Midway Crossings shopping plaza in Lorain. Anderson, 41, of Lorain, faces trial in Lorain County Common Pleas Court.
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Julie Wallace
C-T
Elyria
Lorain
Midway Crossings
Lorain County
Reward Fund Aids Hunt For Cleveland Girl Missing
A $10,000 reward was posted by the A M Y fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who abducted Diah Harris 16 of Cleveland. Police involved with the case have interviewed John Marshall High School staff and distributed fliers in Mount Pleasant while the FBI assists in locating the missing girl. Her mother says she last saw Diah at 11 a.m. March 31 when she left home to visit her boyfriend.
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Cleveland
Amy Mihaljevic
Community Fund
A.M.Y
Diah K. Harris
E. 147Th Street
Mihaljevic
Bay Village
Ashland
Harris
John Marshall High School
Mount Pleasant
Martin L. Flask
FBI
Diah
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B&o
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Route 57
Indiana Hollow
Eaton Two Rd
Carlisle Two
Novak Rd
Eaton Twp
Denise Intcavage
Jeff Wedel
The
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Tale of
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Kimberly Earth
Bay
Thomas Urbanek
D-4
Cook
James Anderson
Anderson
Sebastian
Toys ‘R’ Us
A.M.Y Fund
Aids Hunt
Des
Kefarde
Phil Lester
Grant Tracey
Dale Davies
Dan Talarek
Knights of Columbus
Elyria Council
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