Frigid Cleveland Winter Boosts Plants Air Quality and Fish
Experts say severe winter benefits include bulb protection and delayed blooms for plants, cleaner air due to halted pollution-forming conditions, and reduced nonnative Lake Erie species. Walleye reproduction may improve after sustained cold, while ice preserves water levels and shifts spring timing in shoreline communities.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Jim Bissell
Natural History Museum
Bissell
Kevin Snape
Clean Air Conservancy of
Roger Knight
Knight
Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Fish Research Unit
Sandusky
Painesville
Ashtabula
Lorain
Frank H. Quinn
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Ann Arbor
New pizza shop owner preserves local feel in Ridgeville
North Ridgeville’s Frank's Pizza and Subs at Center Ridge Road remains largely the same under new owner Barbara Goetz, who bought from Frank Stewart in November. She plans to rename within a year, may add sauces and salads, and keeps daily made dough and sauce for carry-out and delivery.
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North Ridgeville
Barbara Goetz
Frank
Center Ridge Road
Ridge Plaza
Goetz
Frank Stewart
Stewart
Kim
Frank's Pizza and Subs
Greg Ruffing
Chronicle
Woman charged in shooting of missing husband
A Mahoning County grand jury indicted Addie Crawley on aggravated assault after she testified about shooting her long‑lost husband Ben Holmes at her home in October. The 50 year old, now remarried, said he had been there four days after being absent over 20 years. A firearm specification adds a three year term. Crawley faces six to 18 months plus the firearm term.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County
Addie Crawley
Ben Holmes
Ohio to close J. Leonard Camera Center for injured workers
Ohio officials will close the J. Leonard Camera Center in Columbus by April 28, cutting 56 state jobs. Bureau director James Conrad says the center has dwindling clients, rising debts, and losses around 33 thousand dollars weekly, with costs above 815 thousand through June 30.
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Columbus
J. Leonard Camera Center
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Bureau
James Conrad
Oversight Commission
the Plain Dealer
Conrad
Bob Taft
Ohio
Taft
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Case Western Reserve University
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Robert Milich
Grand Jury
James Gentile
Crawley
Nicholas Madarelli
Gentile
Peter Wray
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association
Wray
Gretchen Thomas
Terre Nuges
Elyria
Cascade
Alexsandra
Zachary
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