Five Million Dollar Grant Helps Lorain County Sewer Project
The Lorain County Rural Wastewater District gains 5 million to fund construction of a 37 percent mile sewer line from Eaton and Carlisle townships to the Avon Lake plant. Bids total around 14 million. two residents sue to halt the project claiming illegality. Amherst and Wellington also receive Recovery Act grants for sewer work.
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EATON
Lorain County
LORCO
Carlisle
Avon Lake
Coln Street
Wellington
Barbara O'Keefe
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Oberlin hosts first World Language and Culture Festival
Several hundred residents enjoyed Oberlin's inaugural World Language and Culture Festival at Prospect Elementary with food crafts dances and drumming. The event showcased ethnomusicology groups and student activities as temperatures rose into the mid 80s in late April.
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Oberlin
Prospect Elementary School
Prospect Elementary
Ethnomusicology
Jennifer Fraser
Oberlin College
Brittany Jordan
Anna Fritz
Owen Decatur
Eastwood Elementary Pto
Cops Back Incumbents for Elyria City Council
Elyria police officers backed three incumbent at large council members through a political action committee. Democrats Kevin Brubaker Tom Callahan and Vic Stewart III received the Elyria Police Officers for Political Change endorsement, while Mike Lotko did not seek or receive support. The PAC letter, dated April 17, was signed by Sgt. Lee Frank and Lt. Phillip Hammonds.
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Elyria
Kevin Brubaker
Tom Callahan
Vic Stewart III
Mike Lotko
FOP
Lee Frank
PAC
Frank
Phillip Hammonds
SEND director pleads not guilty to embezzlement
Chris Baker, former executive director of the South Elyria Neighborhood Development Corp, pleaded not guilty in Akron federal court to embezzling about $60,000 from SEND and improperly obtaining about $44,000 in welfare benefits between 2006 and 2008. She was fired last March after board reviews found discrepancies. Baker was arrested in Perry Florida where she had been living with her family.
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Chris Baker
Akron
Elyria
Baker
South
U.S. Department of Agriculture
SEND
Auction concerns Hid den Park Townhomes owners in Elyria
Residents fear the sheriff auction of five townhouses and a Meander Lane lot will depress nearby property values. Pat Keller, 75, laments his upgrades may not preserve value as units 185 188 193 195 196 face bids starting at 72000 from a $108000 appraisal. The lots are owned by SweetBriar Homes of Medina, founded in 1996 by James Freet Jr, who could not be reached.
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Elyria
Hidden Park
Pat Keller
Meander Lane
Keller
SweetBriar Homes
A Med
SweetBriar
James Freet Jr
Freet
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Bdicken
Chronicle.com
Steve Manheim
Chronic
Cindy Leise
The
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Brazil
Eastwood
Prospect Schools
Cleveland Hopkins International
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Callahan
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Lorain County Association of Realtors
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