Fire destroys Royalton Road building injuring none reported
A Saturday fire at 27201 Royalton Road in Columbia Township caused over 1 million dollars in damage. The blaze started in Simpson Auto Repair as gasoline from a van leaked and ignited from a torch. Eagles Aerie 4003 seeks new quarters while aiding nearby businesses and preserving bingo proceeds for student helmets.
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Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Ron Luke Sr
Eagles Club
Royalton Road
Columbia Township
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Eagles
Columbia Twp
Eagles Aerie 4003
Ray Anthony
Eaton Township
Luke
Columbia
Midview
Anthony
Simpson Auto Repair
Alan Dixon
Dixon
Displacement tolls on Wellington couple's metal business
In Wellington the gasoline leak displaces 70 residents from 31 homes after a pipeline ruptured under the town garage parking lot. DeeDee Fox and Wally Fahler run a metal fabrication studio next to the cleanup area and are unable to return while authorities test air quality and determine when residences may resume occupancy. Fox credits Sunoco Logistics for an honest response as EPA and health officials work with Lorain and state agencies to finalize return plans.
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Wellington
DeeDee Fox
Wally Fahler
N. Main St
Fox
Fahler
Wellington Township
Sunoco Logistics
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Don DeBlasio
U.S. Epa
Lorain County Health Department
State Health Department
Wellington rail underpass delayed to 2018 report says
Wellington residents face five more years of safety delays as ODOT staffers advise delaying a 21.8 million rail underpass and two county road projects pending TRAC funding approval. About 70 daily trains block Route 58 causing traffic wait times and emergency delays. construction would shift from 2013 to 2018.
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Wellington
Ohio Department of Transportation
ODOT
Transportation Review Advisory Council
Robert Walker
Walker
County property owners face higher Lorain tax bills
Lorain County property tax rates rose slightly this year while values fell. Auditor Mark Stewart said reductions from the Board of Revisions and protests, lot splits, or demolitions shrank values, yet levies for schools and ambulance districts require more payment in many areas, especially where voters approved new levies.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Mark Stewart
Stewart
Board of Revisions
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