Oberlin to raise garbage collection rates next year
Oberlin City Council heard that higher funding is needed for future operations and equipment. Residents could see monthly rates rise from 2.50 to 4.00 with a 6.5 percent hike in 2003 if the plan is accepted, while commercial customers would face larger increases based on dumpster size and business type. The council also approved an auto fire response agreement with Wellington to share water tankers for non hydrant areas and a $15,000 grant to the Dental Lorain County Ambulance District pending tax levy repayment.
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Oberlin
Mike Sigg
Sigg
Wellington
Council
Dental Lorain County Ambulance District
Man struck on Lorain Boulevard found 260 feet away
Police say a man was hit on Lorain Boulevard and carried about 260 feet by a vehicle that left the scene. Shoes tied in a bag were found near the body along with a bloody towel. The man was taken to EMH Regional Medical Center. condition not released. Officers blocked the road for about an hour despite wet, lightly snowy conditions.
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Lorain Blvd
Elyria
Lorain Boulevard
Michael Darmstadt
Emh Regional Medical Center
Phil Hammonds
Ently
Hammonds
Three vie for Taylor seat in 63rd District race
Norwalk area district voters see three contenders for the 63rd District state representative seat vacated by Bull Taylor. Milan mayor Robert Bickley and Norwalk Concrete Industries former president J T Lendman join Democrat Natalie Mosher of Huron in the Republican primary and party selection battle spanning Lorain, Huron and Erie counties. Taylor, 75, will not run again and plans to stay out of the process.
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Norwalk
Bull Taylor
Robert Bickley
Milan
J.T
Tom’’ Lendman
Norwalk Concrete Industries
Taylor
Natalie Mosher
Huron
Loram
Erie
Cracas seeks Bender seat in 62nd District race
Avon Lake Democrat Dale Cracas, 39, confirmed Monday his candidacy for the 62nd District seat to replace John Bender in 2001. Cracas plans March primary bid and cites education funding as a campaign focus with a pledge to avoid new taxes. He notes past service in the US Army and a career as a teacher in Greenlawn and Lakewood.
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Elyria
Avon Lake
John Bender
Dale Cracas
Elec
Cracas
US Army
Bowing Green State University
Greenville
Madh
Lakewood High School
Settlement reached in Midview rape case from 1993
A tentative settlement has been reached in a $50 million lawsuit filed by a girl who says she was raped in a Midview High School bathroom in 1993. The deal hinges on approval by the victim’s attacker, Joseph McEwen, now in prison serving 10 to 25 years.
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Flyria
Midview High School
McEwen
Joe Andrews
Oho Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Grafton
Midview
Alan H. Kraus
Two Cleveland teens die in I-90 crash
Two Cleveland teens Mark Weber 19 and Megan L Frazier 18 were killed when their Geo Prizm crossed the median on I-90 west of Columbia Road and collided with a GMC Yukon. The Yukon driver George Theodore 28 of Avon Lake was treated for bumps and bruises. Rescue crews used cutting tools to reach at least one body.
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Westlake
Cleveland
Mark Weber
Megan L. Frazier
Columbia Road
Guy Turner
Weber
Frazier
George Theodore
Avon Lake
St. John West Shore Hospital
Theodore
Turner
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EMH
Darmstadt
Bickley
Firelands Mayors and Managers Association
Ohio Mayors Association
Ohio Municipal Electric Association
Firelands College of
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Ghuge Humel
D.J. Deertz
Elyria Library
West River
Isabelle
Covington
Ohio
Dayton
Matt Johnson
Bender
Dan Harkins
The
Chronicle-Telegram
Joseph McEwen
Jeff Mohrman
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