Spitzer Marina workers sue contractor over unpaid prevailing wages
An assistant Ohio attorney general filed a civil action in Lorain County Court on behalf of 10 Lorain Building Co. Inc. workers. The suit names Lorain Building Co. and Sliman Lumber as defendants along with Elmer Hume Construction for failing to pay prevailing wages on the state financed Spitzer's Marina International project, seeking 15925 in back wages. In Oberlin, Kevin Thomas is in jail on theft and credit card misuse charges after previously being arrested for drug sales to Elyria police and held on a 7500 bond.
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Elyria
Ohio
Spitzer
Marina International
Elizabeth J. Birch
Columbus
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Lorain Building Co. Inc
Amherst
Lorain Building Co
Sliman Lumber & Supply
South Amherst
Oberlin
Kevin Thomas
Prospect St
Thomas
Lorain County
Lorain man charged after alleged Leavitt Road drug sale
Lorain resident Richard Thomas, 18, of 2151 Lorain Drive, was arrested after police found crack cocaine pieces, cash, and a beeper during a late Wednesday patrol near the Leavitt Road housing projects. He faced charges of drug abuse aggravated trafficking criminal tools resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Officers observed a group of about 10 men handling items around him at 10 45 p m.
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Lorain
Leavitt Road
Richard Thomas
Lorain Drive
Thomas
Pease to host two Lorain County town meetings this month
U S Representative Don J. Pease plans two issue oriented town meetings in Lorain and Elyria this month. The Lorain session is set for August 8 at 7 30 p m in Lorain City Hall 200 West Erie Street. The Elyria meeting follows August 10 at 7 30 p m at St Jude s Catholic Church 596 Poplar Street. He also holds one to one listening sessions across the 13th District for constituent concerns. The announcement states the meetings are open to all 12th District residents. Wellington The Webster Road bridge between West Road north and West Road south will close for about a month starting Monday for repair and widening. This marks the county s first Issue II project.
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Lorain
U.S
Don J. Pease
D-Oberlin
Lorain County
Lorain City Hall
West Erie
Elyria
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Poplar St
Wellington
Webster Road
West Road
West Road South
County
Westlake Rotary Club wins Distinguished Club Citation
Westlake Bay Village Rotary Club earned Rotary International District 663 top honors by finishing first among 53 clubs in Northeastern Ohio with 5 730 service points. Members served in Red Cross Bay Men's Club Hunger Task Force Meals on Wheels and more while meeting Thursdays at the Panorama Restaurant inviting area professionals to attend.
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Westlake
Westlake Bay Village
B.E.A.R
Bay Village Chamber of Commerce
Hunger Task Force
Meals On Wheels
Project Business
Sierra Club
St. Malachi’s Tutoring Project
St. John & West Shore Osteopathic Clinic
Westlake Chamber of Commerce
Waterfront Coalition
Westlake Council On Aging
Rotary
Service
Panorama
Norwalk Youth Admits ATV Theft and Burglary
A 16 year old boy was arrested by Huron County Deputies for stealing an all terrain vehicle from an Ogan Road residence last Thursday and burglarizing a Collins home Wednesday morning. He confessed the ATV location and the vehicle was recovered. He remained in custody awaiting a juvenile court hearing.
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Norwalk
Huron County Sheriff's Deputies
Wakeman
Collins
Sheriff’s Office
Ogan Road
Westlake Rotary Club earns Distinguished Club Citation
Westlake Bay Village Rotary Club won the Distinguished Club Citation in Rotary International District 663 for Northeastern Ohio, placing first among 53 clubs with 5730 service points. Members earned points through roles in welfare, service and professional organizations. Meetings are Thursdays at noon at Panorama Restaurant. Prospective members are welcome.
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Ohio
Rotary
Panorama
Detroit
Clague Roads
Lorain Bookmobile Out of Service for Repairs
Lorain Public Library bookmobile will not circulate the week of August 13 to 20 due to repairs. Service will resume the week of August 21. For information call Outreach Services at 244-1192 or 800322-READ.
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Lorain
State pushes Route 301 widening awaiting village consent
Sheffield Village officials questioned a $14.6 million plan to widen Route 301 from Shefield Lake to Route 611 and Route 611 to I 90. State officials urged council to approve the consent ordinance while addressing utilities, rights of way, crossings, and drainage.
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Route
Sheffield Village
Council
Ford/Nissan
Ford
Ohio
Sheffield Lake
Fairgoers invited to visit Viet Wall at Ohio State Fair
Vietnam War memorial replica tours the Ohio Historical Society grounds during the 137th Ohio State Fair open for 17 days. About 75 000 expected at opening with 3.7 million projected attendance overall. The traveling wall features 74 aluminum panels with over 58 000 names and is run by more than 200 veterans and volunteers.
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Guy Edmunds
The
Ohio Historical Society
Edmunds
Washington
Columbus
Washington, D.C
U.S
Historical Society
Richard Celeste
Celeste
Jack Foust
Marijuana seized from Grafton home greenhouse and more plants found
MEG agents raided a National Drive home and found a five foot marijuana plant a two foot plant in a makeshift greenhouse and a three foot plant in the yard. Robert A Scott 35 was charged with cultivation trafficking and held on bond. A second case in Westlake involved Rory Miller 28 facing cultivation and tools charges after marijuana plants were found in a Bradley Road rental bedroom.
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Grafton
James Young
Lorain County
Robert A Scott
National Drive
Scott
Westlake
Cleveland
Bradley Road
Rory M. Miller
W. 95Th Street
Rocky River
Bones found near Maumee River may be War of 1812 soldier
In Perrysburg bones unearthed during a Hod Park landscaping project are thought by an archaeologist to belong to a soldier killed in the War of 1812. Local American Indian activists urge preservation, while bones are stored in Perrysburg and will go to Ohio State University for analysis.
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Perrysburg
Maumee River
Donald Bier
Ohio Historical Society
Toledo
Joyce Mahaney
Bob Larson
Ohio State University
Fort Meigs
Maumee
U.S
William Henry Harrison
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Spitzer Marina Contractors
Pease
Webster
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Ken Brady
Ohio Department of Development
Bernard Hurst
Ohio Department of Transportation
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Hurst
Elmer Scott
Jerrod Bialko
Viet Wall
Foust
Ilinois
Ohio Expositions Commission
Ohio State Fair Entertainment
Freddie Jackson
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Ninja Turan
Niya Turtioe
Dagon
Williame
REO Spredwagan
Howard Howat
Jason D William
Jaron D Wilharre
Nina Nina Turles
Michael McDonald
Carmen
Carmen Non
Gath Ridge Boys
Oak Ridge Boys
Teorage
Nina Tinta
Nina Tuntles
Jason Willams
Statler Brothers
Engelbert Humperdinhon
MEG
Sheriff's
Young
Waldemar Schilkowski
North Ridgeville
Schilkowski
Miller
Ing Co
Hod Park
Commodore Perry
Perry
Hood Park
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