Firefighters protest at Lorain City Hall over layoffs
Lorain firefighters and families gathered at City Hall to protest 22 layoffs that reduced the department from 71 to 49 amid a 3.6 million budget deficit blamed partly on the steel industry decline. Captains cited staffing limits and a Monday apartment fire that stretched mutual aid and a two in, two out rule.
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W. Erie Ave
Greg Neal
Lorain Council approves fines for vacant commercial buildings
Lorain city council passed an ordinance Tuesday allowing charges to property owners of vacant commercial properties by the Fire Department. The measure mirrors a prior residential vacancy ordinance, applying penalties to unoccupied commercial structures.
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Elyria considers tethering limits after Ace case
Elyria City Council heard a humane issue as Ace the seven month old hound and Cleveland meteorologist Dick Goddard joined Greg Willey of the Friendship Animal Protective League to urge a local ordinance restricting dog chains and tethers. Ace’s June 10 admission to the Friendship APL underscored calls for animal safety and welfare.
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Dick Goddard
Greg Willey
Friendship Animal Protective League
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Goddard
Cleveland
APL
Isa Roberson
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Artemas Court
County weighs charges in clerk claim over false ISIS alarm
Avon police turned investigation of last week's false claim of Islamic extremism over to Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will. The case centers on a Fairfield Inn clerk and her sister who feared an Emirati guest Ahmed al Menhali and prompted a 911 call resulting in the man being ordered to the ground and searched. The prosecutor declined comment. the clerk reportedly no longer works at the hotel.
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Bryan Jensen
Fairfield Inn
Lorain County
Dennis Will
Ahmed al-Menhali
ISIS
al-Menhali
Cities seek greater say in Lorain County Health District leadership
Elyria and Lorain seek two seats on the Lorain County Health District Board and Advisory Council as they join the county agency January 1 along with Avon Lake. Elyria leaders Tom Callahan Mark Jessie and Jack Cerra push for more representation to reflect urban needs and public health priorities.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Avon Lake
Tom Callahan
Mark Jessie
Jack Cerra
Callahan
Board of Health and District Advisory Council
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