Vermilion Flood Ravages City Causing $10 Million Damage
Vermilion faces its worst flood in 15 years as ice clogged rivers burst, flooding homes, marinas, and cars. Police ordered evacuations for Riverside and Nautical drives with about 75 families leaving. one home burned, four firefighters injured, and McGarvey's Riverview Restaurant sustained roughly $500,000 in damage. Mayor seeks state emergency while residents haul out waterlogged furnishings and salvage valuables, with total damage projected near $10 million.
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Vermilion River
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Nautical Drives
Ted Gawronski
Riverside Drive
Vermilion Port Authority
Gawronski
Vermilion Lagoons
Hobart Johnson
Richard Celeste
Johnson
Vermilion River flooding debated icebreakers and blame
Mayor Hobart Johnson cited a Coast Guard icebreaker could have reduced flooding along Vermilion River but declined to fault the service. He noted ice jammed at the Liberty Avenue Bridge and near McGarvey's Restaurant, with other factors possibly involved. Coast Guard officials said the Neth Bay is too large to maneuver past the river mouth. Residents blamed the Army Corps of Engineers for not cutting a hole in the breakwall. Flooding linked to ice jams at the bend and river mouth rather than a single cause.
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Willow Lane
Zeck
Vermilion
Coast Guard
Vermilion River
Hobart Johnson
Liberty Avenue
McGarvey’s
McGarvey's
Neth Bay
Rich Mueller
John Pinter
Amon
Army Corps of Engineers
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Corps of Engineers
Tee
McGarvess
Otheran Qinally
Fazio workers plan pickets and March boycott in protest
About 400 Fazio Supermarket employees vow to picket this week over layoffs and new hires at lower wages. A March consumer boycott is planned as arbitration handles hundreds of grievances filed by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880. The meeting drew Cleveland leaders including Dennis Kucinich and Louis Stokes, with workers lamenting job loss and alleging union complicity. Some say back pay will be sought during arbitration and fear protection gaps for those laid off.
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Fazio
United Food and Commercial Workers
Dennis Kucinich
Louis Stokes
Dcleveland
Joseph Madzelenka
Madzelenka
Cheryl Suppa
Worker layoffs spark complaints and wage changes
A worker recounts a family message about building a future as layoffs hit. Two hundred workers earning 1030 an hour before layoff logged 5200 hours to qualify for this pay. They were replaced by 400 part timers at 245 to 405 an hour in December as more cuts occur daily. Partly cloudy tonight with lows near 30 and 20 percent precipitation Tuesday.
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Mistrial ruling awaited in Lorain vehicular homicide case
Judge Robert Corts faced a delay as the Lorain County Common Pleas Court prepared to rule on a mistrial motion in the aggravated vehicular homicide trial of Monroeville truck driver Howard Stimson. Jurors had begun deliberations Friday, one juror was excused, and a juror allegedly whispered that the jury may be deliberating. Camillo, the court reporter, reported hearing a voice near the jury room as the jury deliberated, prompting questions about communications during the trial.
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Robert Corts
Lorain
Commun Pleas Court
Monroeville
Howard Stimson
George Howells
Beewaise
Fati Gues
Loran
Camillo
Howells
Corts
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Valley Harbor Marina
Gene Krebs
Willow Drive
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Glen Miller
C-T
Cindy Leisect
Suppa
Kaiser
Euclid Avenue
Dave Kaiser
Westgate Fazio's
Sais
Sue Buckosh
Lorain County
Fazio’s
Janet Krakemperger
Cuyahoga
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