COLUMNIST HONORED IN OHIO AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME
Pat Leimbach, author of The Country Wife column for The Chronicle-Telegram, will be inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame in a Local and State ceremony. The note highlights regional recognition and Farm-related honors for a noted columnist.
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Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame
Concerts in the Park Lunch Music continues in Elyria
The Elyria Parks and Rec Department hosts a summer concert featuring Mike Moore at 11 30 a m on Ely Square. Sponsored by National City Bank the series runs most Tuesdays and Thursdays through September.
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Elyria
Residents rally over CSX rail traffic in Wellington
Wellington residents push back on rail horn noise and traffic tied to the Conrail takeover by CSX and Norfolk Southern. A Lorain County forum on rail issues will host CSX and NS officials, state and local lawmakers, and railroad officials to field questions and seek solutions.
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Elyria
Tim Simonson
Conrail
CSX Corp
Norfolk Southern Corp
South Main Street
Wellington
Norton Funeral Home
Simonson
Alliance
CSX
Norfolk Southern
Thomas O'Leary
The
Ohio Rail Development Commission
John Bender
D-Elyria
Eaton zoning board rejects Route 83 plan
Eaton Township zoning commission votes unanimously against rezoning along Route 83. Trustees may still vote later this month after receiving the recommendation, which backs a plan to rezone 36 residential parcels and four business parcels to light industrial to block housing development.
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Eaton Zoning Board
Eaton Twp
Township Zoning Commission
County Planning Commission
Zoning Commission
John Hruska
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Elyria woman donates cemetery plot for baby Kowalczyk
Gwynn McCauley 28 of Elyria donated a family cemetery plot in Columbia Township for the unidentified infant found in a quarry near her childhood home. Noelle Wolfe of Strongsville is organizing a memorial fund with a candlelight vigil set for 7 30 pm Wednesday August 11 at Columbia Park. Police investigate possible leads with no suspects yet. Wolfe hopes the memorial raises awareness to prevent abuse and save other children.
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Gwynn McCauley
McCauley
Noelle Wolfe
Strongsville
Columbia Park
Royalton Road
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Columbia Township
Information sought on baby in Lorain County case
Drozdowsk urges anyone with information to contact Lorain County Sheriffs Department at 440 329 3709. All calls will be kept confidential, police spokesperson said.
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Lorain County
Vermilion Schools reverse tax plan on ballot
Vermilion officials dropped the proposed income tax after public pressure and will seek a three year property tax increase to raise about 2.45 million annually. The state appointed Financial Planning and Supervision Commission approved an eight mill proposal costing a $100,000 home about 245 dollars per year. The panel, formed in April, voted 7-0 to pursue the property tax hike. Mayor Jimmy Davis supported the reversal, citing better public input. Marie Warden and James Levero reported strong local feedback as calls poured in following newspaper coverage.
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Financial Planning and Supervision Commission
Apri
Jimmy Davis
Teachers and Union Make Progress on Elyria Contract
Elyria teachers and school board negotiators made significant progress on several issues with help from a federal mediator. The teachers contract expired Sunday, and both sides had hoped to finalize an agreement in August.
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Elyria
Elyria Schools Jure Three Principals In Mediation
Elyria Schools districts and teachers union met with federal mediator Jack Buettner on Wednesday to discuss ongoing contract talks and set a Friday session. Attorney Mike Hanna said fourteen issues remained with substantial progress on several, while the union had reported a June standstill.
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Jack Buettner
Mike Hanna
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