Port authority takes former hotel as redevelopment site
Lorain Port Authority will lease the Broadway Building to Broadway Partners LLC a group led by ReTown developer Jim Louthen after Spitzer Great Lakes donates the property. The project aims for 55 age 55 plus market apartments with upgrades though it faces heavy interior damage and a $9.5 million funding gap.
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Broadway
Lorain Port Authority
Rick Novak
Spitzer Great Lakes Ltd
Port Authority
Broadway Partners LLC
Broadway Partners
ReTown
Jim Louthen
Novak
Louthen
Chronicle
Avon bed tax struck down again by appeals court
The 3 percent Avon bed tax, added in 2015 on top of the county hotel tax to fund Visit Lorain County, was ruled illegal by the 9th District Court of Appeals, upholding a Lorain County judge's earlier decision. Avon officials consider possible further appeal as they reassess funding aims and the visitors bureau’s role.
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Avon
9Th District Court of Appeals
Lorain County Common Pleas
Raymond Ewers
Avon City Council
Lorain County Visitors Bureau
Bureau
Visit Lorain County
Bryan Jensen
Ohio Supreme Court
Phil Craig
Ohio Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus
Appeals Court
Three-Vehicle Crash Injures One In Oberlin
A three-vehicle crash at Route 58 and U.S. Route 20 near Oberlin sent one person to the hospital with minor injuries Tuesday about 1:30 pm. The crash involved a Ford pickup a Dodge SUV and a tractor trailer and the pickup driver was blamed per a dispatcher. No names or citations released yet.
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Oberlin
Water main breaks spark graffiti on Sheffield Lake street
City records 14 to 16 water main breaks since July 27 prompting the mayor to defend repairs. An incident on Warwick Drive featured an unknown resident painting bold graffiti criticizing the city’s response, drawing public attention to the crisis.
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Sheffield Lake
Pat Hastings
Warwick Drive
Police arrest sex offender camping near elementary school
North Ridgeville police captured 52 year old Earl Eddington in a wooded area behind Lear North Elementary School on Lear Nagle Road. He faced a parole violation warrant tied to a 2010 rape and gross sexual imposition conviction involving a minor.
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North Ridgeville
Earl Eddington
Lorain
Marti Garrow
Lear North
Lear-Nagle Road
Eddington
Lorain County Sheriff’s Deputies
U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force
Cleveland
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Appeals court upholds Ohio voting window change
A 6th Circuit panel in Cincinnati rules Ohio may end golden week early voting and voter registration days. The ruling says the 29 day voting window still offers ample access, amid Democratic challenges alleging burdens on Black and Democratic voters. Early voting for the presidential election begins Oct 12 in Ohio.
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Ohio
Democratic Party
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
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