Blizzardlike storm shuts schools and snarls roads across region
Snow totals reach nine inches in parts of Ohio while gusts up to sixty mph whip drifts up to six feet. Schools including Lorain County Community College close. Avon Lake plant and many businesses halt operations. Roads, interstates, and the Ohio Turnpike face closures as towing crews work through the night. Hopkins Airport remains operational with delays.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Diederich
Ohio
Lorain County Community College
Ord Motor Company
Avon Lake
Erie
Huron
Cleveland Hopkins
Hopkins
Sarina Kinney
Air Service Development
North Olmsted
Thomas Marsh
Interstate 480
Great Northern Blvd
Lorain Road
Winter storm warning with heavy snow squalls and drifting
A winter storm warning remains in effect through tonight with heavy snow and blowing drifting conditions. Temperatures fall to 15 to 20 degrees as northerly winds reach 20 to 35 mph. Snow chances near 100 percent tonight and about 90 percent Wednesday with occasional heavy squalls and continued drifting.
Trades council eyed for AmShip Lorain yard
A proposed metal trades council could streamline bargaining for a potential buyer of the closed AmShip Lorain yard. Seven unions plan to file for a charter while clerks and guards stay separate, with meetings set for March 9 to discuss feasibility and potential buyer acceptance.
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Lorain
Metal Trades Council
American Ship Building Co
Trades Council
Dave Mitchell
AmShip
Area Task Force
Mitchell
Ndte
Tampa
George) Steinbrenner
Paul Hiltabidel
DeAngelis
Boilermakers’ Local 3258
Jim Unger
Airport levy pulled from May ballot in Lorain County
Lorain County Regional Airport Authority votes to withdraw a one year one mill levy citing conflicts with other ballot issues and a possible misuse of taxes for operating expenses. Commissioners must ratify by Friday to remove the measure from May ballots.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Capital Improvement Authority
Airport Authority
James H. Schmidt
Schmidt
Authority
New Hampshire Votes as Hart Surges in Polls and Dixville Notch Results
Eight Democrats await NH primary outcomes while Dixville Notch yields Hollings 3, Mondale 2, Hart 1, and Askew 1 on the Republican side. Mondale and Hart lead polls in a tight race with Mondale and Hart each at 36 percent in an ABC Washington Post survey of 446 voters.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Dixville Notch
Balsams Hotel
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Walter Mondale
Gary Hart
Colorado
Florida
Reubin Askew
Reagan
Hollings
Hart
Mondale
Abc-Washington Post
Sen
John Glenn
Jesse Dackson
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Martin H. Wolk
C-T
Dunlap’s Towing
Ohio Turnpike
Clyde
Castalia Post
The
Highway Patrol
Norwalk
Richard Koba
Cuyahoga County
Bay Village
Westlake
Fairview Park
Rocky River
Admiral King High School
Indianapolis
Midwest
Rt. 57
John Kenney
TteKese Bu Entertainment
Baath Ridgeville
Hiltabidel
Joseph Zahorec
Andy DeAngelis
Afl-Cio
AFL
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