Avon mayor urged to resign over branch cleanup case
Attorney Gerald Phillips representing former streets superintendent William Biro pressed Avon Mayor Jim Smith to resign at a City Council meeting calling the move to dismiss Biro an abuse of power. Smith rejected the demand, noting he rehired Biro after a 2010 firing. Biro appeals the January firing and a private Civil Service hearing officer will decide by next Friday.
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Ohio community rallies for ousted lesbian scout leader
A first grade den mother Jennifer Tyrrell was removed from Pack 109 Tiger Scouts amid the Boy Scouts of America ban on gays. Parents in Bridgeport rally to defend Tyrrell and push back against the policy in a case that echoes the national debate over exclusion.
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Oberlin Church Hosts Jazz Concert By Oikos Ensemble
First Church in Oberlin United Church of Christ hosts a Saturday 8 p.m. concert by the nationally acclaimed Oikos Ensemble led by saxophonist Clifford Aerie. Tamara Fingal of Oberlin Conservatory performs in a spiritually themed program described as a concert, not a worship service.
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College plans 10 acre solar array
Oberlin College will install a 2.27 megawatt solar array on about 10 acres of land west of Professor Street and south of Butternut Ridge Road. The 7,722 polycrystalline panels will be ground mounted with tracking, generating power under a Spear Point Energy purchase agreement.
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Brown urges bill to stop looming student loan rate hike
U S Sen Sherrod Brown says more than 382000 Ohio students would pay higher loan costs if Congress does not block a rate increase on federally subsidized Stafford loans by July 1. He warned the rise would hit students already struggling with college costs and urged action in Congress in a Thursday conference call.
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