Twins Day doubles up with third place medals
At Twins Day in Twinsburg Peggy Board of Elyria took Shawn and Shane, both nine, to the festival where they earned third place in Most Alike Males Ages 9-10, a family favorite with the brothers already winning the same contest at eight months old. The boys enjoyed hot dogs and mingling with the crowd while their mom noted the busy Turnpike traffic this year with 24.5 million vehicles January through July, a new record.
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Twinsburg
Peggy Board
Elyria
Shawn
Board
Ohio Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Turnpike
Midview board leader gauges public view on levy renewal
Midview school board president Jim Ries said residents expressed strong views on renewing or replacing a 2-mill permanent improvement levy after a Chronicle-Telegram report. About 30 residents called or spoke to him in public places, with most favoring renewal to avoid higher taxes.
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Jim Ries
Midview School Board
Chronicle- Telegram
Ries
Jeff Mohrman
Lorain County Abandons Bid to Buy Rail Line
Lorain County Commissioner Michael Ross ends plans to acquire the Lorain and West Virginia Railway as time runs out. The Ohio Turnpike board slated to vote on a Route 58 interchange that would sever the line owned by Lake Shore Railway Association, likely ending local efforts. Ross planned to attend the Turnpike meeting but will not speak on the railroad. Lake Shore officials were not available for comment.
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Elyria
Michael Ross
Lorain and West Virginia Railway
Ross
Ohio Turnpike
Lake Shore Railway Association
Lake Shore
USS/Kobe
LaGrange plans park on mayor’s land along Route 308
LaGrange will buy about 75 to 80 acres from Mayor Donna Stewart and husband Robert at 7000 dollars per acre to create the village’s first park. The site along Route 308 will host baseball diamonds basketball courts and a nature trail with work hoped to start in 1999. County records value the property at roughly 290000, including the Stewart home and surrounding acres retained.
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Donna Stewart
Robert
Hebble
Jon Clark
Stewart
Bond bid seeks reduction in fatal stabbing case
Rafael Figueroa 19 asks Lorain Common Pleas Court to lower his 400000 bond set after allegedly fatally stabbing Cordelia DePaolis 18 on June 29 at the DePaolis family home in Elyria. A pretrial hearing is scheduled, with no bond hearing yet set.
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Mike Sakat
Chronicl
Elyria
Rafael Figueroa
Lorain
Woman For Common Pleas Court
Kosma Glavas
Michael Duff
Figueroa
Cordelia DePaolis
DePaolis
Middle Avenue
Cordelia
Rebecca
Homeless couple charged after crash linked to hitchhiking duo
Elyria police say Robyn Newtons 31 and John Brooks 36 are charged with aggravated robbery after a hitchhiking homeless pair allegedly forced a driver to crash her van on Route 57 near I 90. Darlene Voelz 35 faces drunken driving and driving while suspended charges after the crash. she says the suspects robbed her after she picked them up. If convicted, Newtons and Brooks face up to 10 years. arraignment set for Monday in Municipal Court.
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Elyria
Robyn Newtons
John Brooks
Darlene Voelz
Longfellow Street
Voelz
Griswold
Voetz
Emh Regional Medical Center
Brooks
Newton
Firelands school to build addition seeks bids for nine classrooms
Firelands Elementary School in Henrietta Township plans an addition by the 1999 2000 school year adding nine classrooms to the Vermilion Road building. The Firelands School Board authorized the treasurer to seek bids for the project. Ed Syrowski, the district's business manager, announced the growth spur.
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Henrietta
Firelands
Ed Syrowski
Firelands School
Vermilion Road
Syrowski
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