Harbour Town project eyed for Vermilion redevelopment
Richard McGinnis of the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission outlined the Harbour Town concept to Vermilion officials. The plan envisions a pedestrian core, reworked entrances at four points, rerouted through traffic, private–public cooperation, and waterfront renewal with a focus on historical buildings and parking studies. Final plans target early April completion.
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Vermilion-Harbour Town
Richard McGinnis
Lorain County
Harbour Town
Hubartt
Lorain County Airport faces grant deadline impact on plans
Ohio imposes June 30 use deadline for a $50,000 state grant to aid a $528,000 taxiway project at Lorain County Regional Airport. FAA action pending. authority may scale back expansion or seek revenue bonds if federal funds or extension fail to materialize. Authority also reports no fixed base operator option renewed.
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Lorain County
Ohio Department of Aviation
Authority
Harold A. West
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Ohio
West
Cleveland
Lorain considers repurposing WWII tower at airport
Lorain officials weigh using a 45 foot Ground Observer Corps tower as an air traffic control tower at Lorain County Regional Airport on Russia Road. A committee will study the idea after Carl Neilsen of Lorain proposed it at the authority meeting. The tower now stands near the city hall site slated for demolition.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Russia Road
Authority
Carl Neilsen
Lorain Municipal Court
Lorain Bulding
City Hall
Neilsen Proposes Air Traffic Tower at Airport
Neilsen suggests a large wood tower on steel legs could be moved to the airport to improve landing patterns. Volunteers could staff the tower, directing landings and takeoffs, after relocation at minimal expense. The idea echoes a past volunteer system used at Cuyahoga County Airport and cites Lorain County traffic figures.
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Neilsen
Lorain Coast
Authority
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Lorain County
Parents criticize temporary bridge repair efforts
Reichlin said he would look into improving the temporary repair as parents criticize the bridgework. Safety Service Director James T. Tracey notes difficulty finding drawings and materials to replace the original railing, delaying permanent repairs after the railing was damaged in a December 19 auto accident.
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S. Reichlin
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
C-T
Rob Thomas
Avon Lake planning panel calls state air study a whitewash
James Lytle denounces a state report on CEI Avon Lake plant pollution as a whitewash. Howard Scott notes four generator units with old equipment and plans to modernize air controls while a new Johnson-Marsh coal dust system should begin January. A pollution ordinance is planned for January 21.
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Avon Lake
Planning Commission
Cleveland Electric Aluminating Co
CED
James Lytle
Howard Scott
Northeast
Ohio Department of Health and Air Pollution Control
Cuyahoga Falls
Scott
Harold Earney
Commission
CEI
Cleveland
Avondale Avenue
Batchelder pushes broader, student-inclusive Board of Regents
Ohio State Rep. William G. Batchelder introduces a bill to reform the Board of Regents. He argues for broader membership beyond business leaders and at least one student representative. He opposes expanding regent powers and seeks legislature dictated changes to the current system. He criticizes the community college plan and favors keeping university branches and centers under state oversight.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Regents
Ohio House of Representatives
William G. Batchelder
Medina
Batchelder
House
Senate
Medina County
Lorain County Approves 3 Month Finances
Lorain County commissioners approved a 3 month appropriation totaling 1 312 225 dollars for general operating purposes. The measure, about one fourth of the 1971 general fund requests, allows payment of salaries and expenses until April 1 when a full year certification is expected from the County Budget Commission. Details for each department were set by County Administrator Dominick Deilisanti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
County Budget Commission
Dominick Deilisanti
Apollo 14 crew cleared for moon mission verdict
Doctors say Apollo 14 prime crew Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa passed five hour medical exams with no issues. Backups were started. three more physicals planned before the January 31 launch. Astronauts begin 21 day semi isolation at Cape Kennedy with restricted contact including no children allowed.
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Alan B. Shepard
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart Roosa
Cape Kennedy
Noll May Challenge North Ridgeville Mayor Post
Richard Noll a former North Ridgeville mayor and ex-Republican term holder is rumored to seek a return to the post as an independent. He would contend with incumbent Democrat Marcellus Diederich and likely Republican Charles H. Stuart in the May primaries.
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Lorain County
Richard Noll
North Ridgeville
Noll
Marcellus B
Marc) Diederich
Nell
Diederich
Charles H. Stuart
Detroit
U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau
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Lodi Street
Leonard
Maurice Katz
Lytle
Jim
Pollution Control Board
Harley
Board of Regents
George J. Hoffman
Apollo
Nievepa
Lil Chaves
Tors
Sion
Berry
Russ Davies
Katie Johnson
Fred Peebles
Don Pond
Kenneth Gornowich
Frank Elek
Robert Hadock
Raymond Esser
Frank Monaco
Harry Terrell
John J. Kolopos
Cletus Haury
Frank Hopkinson
Kenneth Adams
Julius Edwards
Fred Huskinson
Frank Janas
Wade Joseph
Robert Saddier
Thomas Terrell
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