Fire destroys four downtown Elyria buildings in massive arson blaze
One of Elyria’s worst fires gutted Hi Brows Lounge and Parkview Building on West Broad Street, causing 750000 to 1000000 dollars in damage. Twenty Elyria firefighters and one city worker were injured as units from Lorain and North Ridgeville fought the six hour blaze blamed on arson.
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Elyria
West Broad Street
Ronald Novak
Lorain
North Ridgeville
Hi Brows Lounge
Johnny Dixon's
Broad St
Parkview Building
Gallery 7
Frank’s
Army Navy
Spitzer Plaza
Broad Street
Hollywood
Harry P’s
Orv Terrell
James Igneczi
Novak
Hi Brows
Parkview
North
Carl Lazevich
Leigh Kindle
James Heginbotham
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ralph Crosby
City Wastewater Department
Tappan to donate land for senior center and incubator
The Tappan Co. will donate 13.2 acres of its Woodford Avenue industrial property in Elyria for a senior citizens center and an incubator project to attract small businesses. The $500,000 donation is part of a broader plan to revitalize the former factory site, with plans to lease other portions to tenants and store city trucks on the land.
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The
Tappan Co
Woodford Avenue
Tappan
Smith-Jones Corp
Michael Keys
Akron
Lorain County
Keys
Majestic Molding Co
Senior Citizen Center
Council
Robert R. Teall
the Tappan Co
Teall
Ben
City of
Elyria
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Ridge Tool shifts to four day week for 500 workers
About 500 blue collar employees at Ridge Tool Co in Elyria moved to a Monday through Thursday schedule for four days a week through March to deplete inventory. White collar staff at the Clark Street plant remain at full schedule. Company reports 1983 sales up 6 to 10 percent overall. export sales flat. A $2 million remodeling project continues at Clark Street building. Ridge Tool, a unit of Emerson Electric, makes Ridgid tools.
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Elyria
Ridge Tool Co
Robert W. Staley
Ridge Tool
Clark Street
Staley
St. Louis
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Snow Tonight and Tuesday Snow Accumulations Likely
Tonight expect continued snow with further accumulations and low near 20 as easterly winds shift to north. Tuesday brings morning snow with scattered flurries in the afternoon, temperatures dropping to around 12 by evening and an 80 percent then 70 percent precipitation chance.
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