County leaders push economic plans amid tax rise
Lorain County Commissioners at the State of the County luncheon pledged to boost development with a new road linking Lorain County Regional Airport to US 20 and a north south corridor on the west side. They cited a 0.5 percent sales tax hike to fund criminal justice needs and stimulus goals, plus wind turbine options and sewer and road resurfacing plans.
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Elyria
Lorain County Regional Airport
Lorain County Community College
Ted Kale
Kale
Kalo
Turtle Plastics
Lorain
Obama
Carney
Baumhart Road
Baumhar
Russia Road
Lorain men charged in fatal drug dispute shooting
Two 19 year olds, Andrew Lorenzana and Avery Taylor, pleaded not guilty in Lorain Municipal Court to attempted murder in a shooting that killed Christopher Lundberg 35. Lundberg died at MetroHealth Medical Center after a Tuesday incident near West 29th Street and Ashland Avenue.
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Lorain
Andrew Lorenzana
Avery Taylor
Elyria
Christopher Lundberg
West 29Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Lundberg
MetroHealth Medical
Lorenzana
Lorain County
Carpentiere
Lorain Plaza
Taylor
Arthur McLemore
McLemore
Lorain Municipal
Man volunteers to shovel snow after county wide storm
Elyria report notes a 5 inch snowfall from a lake effect storm. Poling, a recent ArcelorMittal layoff, walked Columbus Street helping neighbors with shovels as people faced continued snow showers and a 40 percent chance of more snow. No serious injuries were reported.
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Elyria
Art Poling
Columbus Street
Lake Erie
Chuck Humel
Chronicle
Poling
Elections office to close Fridays to save money
Lorain County Board of Elections will close six Fridays starting Feb 20 at 1985 North Ridge Road to save at least 35000 while keeping a limited staff for essential duties. The office will return to five days a week in April for the May election and again in October for the November election.
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Sheffield
Lorain County
May
Candelario
Candelaria
Cleveland weighs cost of police radio upgrade amid outages
Cleveland faces a potential 60 million replacement for an aging dispatch system after a recent outage cut many patrol cars from contact with dispatchers. Safety Director Martin Flask said bids could be sought next week with grant help or long term financing. The 15 year old system serves 1646 officers and 911 calls remained unaffected during the outage.
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Cleveland
Martin Flask
Flask
U.S
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Michael Polensek
Motorola
Steve Gorecki
Cleve
Land
Thomas Stache
Stacho
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