Elyria Fire Dept audit sparks debate over tenure and staffing
The $50,000 audit of the Elyria Fire Department sits open at Cedar Street Station as residents question its findings. The report from McGrath Consulting Group urges 13 firefighters per shift, changes to Kelly days, union contract cuts, and transferring dispatch duties to county 911 or police, while firefighters’ union says figures were revised after release.
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Elyria
Rich Benton
Cedar Street
Marks
International Association of Fire Fighters
McGrath Consulting Group
Illinois
Kelly
Fire destroys center road building intended for West Side Children’s Museum
An early morning blaze on Center Road gutted the former Loeser Trucking Co. building planned for Avon West Side Children’s Museum set to open for ages infant to 12. Fire crews from multiple departments battled flames for safety, protecting nearby Parker Hannifin as they entered the structure and cut through steel doors.
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Steve Manheim
Chronicle
West Side Children’s Museum
Center Road
Avon
West Side
Avon Fire
Brett Bruehler
Avon Lake
Sheffield
Sheffield Lake
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Bay Village
Bruehler
Parker Hannifin
Tmcnews.net
Ghronics
Children’s Museum
Realtors predict short-term housing market rebound
Lorain County foreclosures rose in 2009 indicating distress but agents from Keller Williams and Howard Hanna in Avon Lake say the market may be near a bottom. Carol Murphy notes volatility while Rosemary Revta reports earnings stable yet down from earlier years as 2008 had 2,438 foreclosures and 2009 had 2,691 filings.
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Lorain County
Carol Murphy
Keller Williams
Avon-Avon Lake
Rosemary Revta
Howard Hanna
Avon Lake
Revta
Murphy
Aid Hope Arrives in Haiti After Earthquake Tragedy
In Port au Prince water and food reached streets offering fragile relief as hope for discovering more survivors waned. Aid deliveries mark the first visible signs of international response to the catastrophe.
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Haiti
Port-au
Lorain Police Chief Disputes Email About Commutation Request
Lorain Police Chief Cel Rivera said an email to Nancy Smith’s daughter, Amber Bronish, does not reflect his views on the Head Start molestation case. He helped Bronish with a 2008 commutation request to Gov. Strickland after Bronish provided new information that could not be corroborated.
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Lorain
del Rivera
Nancy Smith
Cel Rivera
Rivera
Chronicle-Telegram
Ted Strickland
Amber Bronish
Smith
Bronish
Kathy Keiffer
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