Avon approves 2 percent raises for nonunion city staff
Avon plans 2 percent raises for about 20 non bargaining unit employees in 2011 after the legislation final readings. Mayor Jim Smith says directors administrators and other top staff will receive increases immediately after the law passes. Union workers recently received 3 percent raises and city revenue rose 5.5 percent in 2009 and 2.5 percent in 2010, funding the plan.
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Innocence Project seeks new trial in 1997 Galloway murder
The Innocence Project asks Lorain County judge James Burge to grant a new trial for Ray Smith Jr. alleging trial counsel were unaware of an alternate suspect spotted near Friendly's two nights before Angela Galloway's Christmas Eve 1997 slaying. The report notes a white male in his 20s lingered outside the East Broad Street restaurant, creating reasonable doubt if admitted.
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Elyria
Ohio Innocence Project
Lorain County Common Pleas
James Burge
Ray Smith Jr
Angela Galloway
Smith
Kenneth Lioux
Dan Wightman
Galloway
Friendly’s
East Broad Street
Bergeron
Lioux
Wightman
Innocence Project
Valentine's Day boosts sales for florists and candy makers
Elyria vendors report strong demand as Karol Davis of Botamer Florist & More notes brisk business with $69.95 dozen roses and tulips selling well. Garth Grimes of Suzin L. Chocolatier says chocolate covered strawberries are nearly sold out after dipping 4,000 pints for $15.95 a pound.
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Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Connie Butler
Botamer Florist & More
Elyria Shop
Elyria
Karol Davis
Davis
Suzin L. Chocolatier
Garth Grimes
Grimes
Man and machine tie in Jeopardy! debuts with Watson
In a Monday round of Jeopardy! Brad Rutter and IBM's Watson split $5,000 each while Ken Jennings trails with $2,000. Watson, named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, runs on 10 racks of Linux servers and impressed with speed and accuracy.
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Brad Rutter
Watson
Ken Jennings
Rutter
Lion
Jennings
IBM
Thomas J. Watson
Alex Trebek
Jeopardy Productions
Yorktown Heights
N.Y
Firelands district mulls 1.3 million in cuts
Oberlin The Firelands school board will weigh 1.3 million dollars in proposed reductions over the next two school years at a special meeting on Wednesday night. The plan follows 800 thousand dollars in cuts over the past two years, including 14 teacher positions and five nonteaching jobs, plus curriculum director elimination and 15 percent budget reductions at Firelands High School and the middle and elementary schools.
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Oberlin
Firelands
Firelands High School
Moen upgrades in Elyria cost city about 1.6 million
Engineering firm says converting the Moen Corp building into a central maintenance garage will run about 1.6 million dollars. Costs to purchase the Woodland Avenue facility are not public yet. Patrick Thornton of R.E. Warner & Associates notes the main fix is a new roof.
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Elyria
Moen Corp
Woodland Avenue
R.E. Warner & Associates
Patrick Thornton
Obama Budget Proposal Faces Large Debt Leap
President proposes a 3.73 trillion dollar budget aiming to fund programs while projecting a 13 trillion dollar rise in national debt over ten years. The plan signals a sweeping fiscal path with broad implications for revenues and deficits.
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