Amherst faces downtown parking squeeze and proposed fixes
Amherst officials hear shop owners complain that scarce parking hurts downtown business. Council members discuss options including turning Tenney Street into a one way eastbound flow to create up to 50 new spaces, and enforcing two hour limits to improve turnover while a Maple Avenue lot awaits fencing.
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Amherst
Park Avenue
Nancy Brown
John C. Higgins
Terry Traster
1St Ward
Tenney Street
Higgins
Maple Avenue
Brown
Lawyer supports sentence overrule in Elyria case
Lorain lawyer says Judge Zaleski acted correctly in overturning a 12 year drug trafficking sentence given by Judge McGough in 1994. McGough had imposed six consecutive two year terms after being advised by a detective that the defendant was a murder suspect.
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Elyria
Jack W. Bradey
Lorain
Edward) Zaleski
Zaleski
Lynett McGough
Daniel Smith
McGough
Smith
Common Pleas Court
Bradley
Rothgery
Alan Leiby
Leiby
Ronald Lally
Elyria Police
Ohio Supreme Court
Labor unions limited to campaign contributions in Ohio
Gov George Voinovich signed a bill tightening campaign finance rules in Ohio to force unions and other groups to abide by the same contribution limits as PACs. The measure closes a court-posed loophole from the 1995 law and adjusts the sore loser provision for nonpartisan primaries to allow independents in the general election.
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Columbus
George Voinovich
Voinovich
Sions
Ohio
Lorain jail to operate as nonprofit, aim to break even
Elyria officials told the city council the new 48 bed jail at 18 West Ave opens May 6 and is not a profit center. The jail will house city inmates first, then accept others at $75 a day per prisoner, with rates possibly higher or lower for contracted beds. Monthly costs are projected at about 58 dollars per inmate, with beds rented up to 12. For now, inmates from Lorain will be kept separate. women and felons stay at Lorain County jail.
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Michael Gurich
West Ave
Seneca County
Tiffin
Michael Medders
Gurich
Lorain County
Akron firm faces 330000 fine over worker death
The U S Occupational Safety and Health Administration said SA Comunale of Akron ignored safety procedures, leading to the October death of Cajetan Hradul, 51, of Canfield, and proposed a 330000 fine for 10 job safety violations.
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AKRON
U.S. Occupational Safety
Health Administration
SA Comunale
Cajetan Hradul
Canfield
Mild winter boosts risk of fish kills on Lake Erie
In Port Clinton Ohio Sea Grant researchers warn mild winter may trigger more fish deaths in Lake Erie. Fred Snyder notes bacterial infections rise after warm years as thousands of bass and bluegill washed ashore at East Harbor State Park. ODNR investigates amid reports of walleye potential risk due to spawning and El Niño influenced patterns.
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Port Clinton
Lake Erie
Ohio Sea Grant Research Group
Fred Snyder
East Harbor State Park
Toledo
Ohio
Maumee
Sandusky
Snyder
Pacific Ocean
Midwest
Kevin Ramsey
ODNR
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