Blood drives and events across Cuyahoga area
Blood donations planned at Bay Village High School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and at the Red Cross West Shore office 20335 Center Ridge Rd from 2 to 8 p.m. next Tuesday. A Brazilian flute concert by Elizabeth Barany and Eugenie Hann is set for 4 p.m. Jan. 29 at Koch School of Music. Winter Wonder Skies planetarium shows run Sundays at Lake Erie Junior Nature Center Huntington Metropark. Fire hydrant clearance urged in Berea. county sheriff will discuss criminal justice in Berea. CPPA and Cleveland officials near contract talks for police. potential arbitration. Two UPI briefs report a mansion-like death in an East Side halfway house and marriage plans for Cleveland Police Chief Hongista. A fire at the former Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel caused $3,500 damage. no injuries.
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Rocky River
Koch School of Music
Wooster Rd
Elizabeth Barany
Eugenie Hann
Bay
Lake Erie
Huntington Metropark
Cleveland
UPD
Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association
Dennis J. Kucinich
CPPA
William McNea
George L. Forbes
UPI
Sheraton-Cleveland
Public Square
First Battlion
Stouffer Corp
Solon
Bay Village rezoning sparks public protests hearing
Bay Village council faced protests at a public hearing on rezoning residential land along Bradley Road to allow a small shopping center. Developer Charles Novak plans a 180 by 80 foot complex with 103 parking spaces, after a planning commission denial amid traffic and noise concerns from residents and nursing home officials.
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Bay Village
Bradley Road
Planning Commission
T. Richard Martin
Charles Novak
Novak
Dover Center Road
Bradley Nursing Home
Clevelander hunted in Metzger murder case
Cleveland police issued an aggravated murder warrant for Robert Cuthridge also known as Robert Burks in the Jan 5 shooting death of Ohio City antique dealer Kim R. Metzger. Metzger was shot once in the head. his wallet with 221 dollars was found, and nothing was stolen from the store.
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Ohio City
Cleveland
UPI
Robert Cuthridge
Kim R. Metzger
Cuthridge
Robert Burks
Forrest Avenue
Metzger
Lutheran Medical Center
Westlake Mayor to head NOACA presidency in year
Westlake Mayor Alexander Roman will become president of NOACA the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency this year He will continue housing and land use studies while leading committees on environmental development planning transportation and community involvement NOACA serves 170 municipalities across five counties and reviews federal grant applications A nuclear waste study and regional population projections are top concerns for the spring sessions Roman says the staff will handle most workload and the association may oppose designating northern Ohio as a nuclear waste storage site
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Westlake
Alexander Roman
NOACA
Northeast Ohio
Roman
City Hall
Ohio
Nqada
North Olmsted reevaluates public works commissioner post
North Olmsted Mayor Robert Swietyniowski said the public works commissioner job is being reevaluated before a decision to fill it. Former commissioner Earl Weldon has not been replaced and the duties are being handled by service director Joseph Corrigan. Weldon’s resignation came with other top officials under former Mayor Ralph Christman as Swietyniowski took office. The mayor notes potential need to fill the post later and cites a savings of about $2,000 a month, roughly $20,000 annually, on the salary.
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North Olmsted
Robert Swietyniowski
Public Works
Earl Weldon
Joseph Corrigan
Swietyniowski
Ralph Christman
Judge asks review of plan to close schools to skirt desegregation
NAACP asks U.S. District Judge Frank Battisti to examine whether Cleveland school officials are closing schools to defeat desegregation orders. The filing targets financing delays, busing plans, and possible court-ordered staffing shifts as the district faces a $5 million payroll and a projected $35 million deficit.
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Cleveland
The
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Board of Education
U.S
Frank J. Battisti
Battisti
Cleveland Teachers Union
Custodians and Employees Union
Cleveland Trust Co
National City Bank
Bramble Clears Ice in Lake Erie Ahead of Freighter
Coast Guard icebreaker Bramble plowed through recent ice in Lake Erie, forging a path for the UPI freighter William P. Snyder as the vessel moved forward after a release from ice.
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Coast Guard
Bramble
Lake Erie
Lake
UPI
William P. Snyder
N Olmsted Center to Open March in Shopping Center
NORTH OLMSTED officials plan a temporary Senior Citizen Center in a Great Northern Shopping Center storefront by early March. The Beehive Gift Shop space will host activities until a permanent center is built at the Community Cabin. Alterations under $5,000 will be funded by Federal blocks grant. a 2000-5000 square foot addition is planned for offices, restrooms, a kitchen expansion, and a nutrition program.
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North Olmsted
Great Northern
Donald Copeland
Copeland
Berea Joins Gas Contract Negotiating Team
Berea votes to join a regional effort with nine Cuyahoga County communities to negotiate with Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc. The council accepted an amendment setting membership conditions, requiring one city to join by year end, amid debate over supply concerns and future rates.
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BEREA
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Middleburg Heights
Pat Cahill
Cuyahoga County
Columbia
Hauff
Ward 4
Jessie Adams
Edgar Molre
Con Men Target Area Families In Recent Scams
Middleburg Heights and several nearby towns report three con attempts in the last month. Detective William Wilkins describes the scam as callers posing as relatives or friends, asking for bail money of 500 to 700 dollars. Residents are urged to avoid sharing names, ask personal questions, and contact police instead of engaging further.
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Middleburg Heights
Cuyahoga County
William Wilkins
Bay Village
Berea
North Olmsted
Strongsville
Westlake
Wilkins
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Robert Strong
Strong
Gerald McFaul
Democratic Club
June Huffard
East Side
Hawthornden Hospital
Charles Howard
Richard D. Hongista
Elizabeth Colton
San Francisco
Hongista
Miss Colton
Justice Center
Claude Maxie
Maxie
Fred Stone
Warrensville
By Cynthia Roberts
Munity
Roman Said
Reman
Chronicle-Telegram
Steven P. Rosenfeld
Associated Press
Ernst & Ernst
Battisti Last
N. Olmsted Senior Citizen Center
Sol Shur
By Carl Remensky
North Royalton
Parma
Parma Heights
Ward 2
John Hauff
Olmsted Falls
Columbia Gas
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