Fire probe on former General Industries site closed
Ohio fire marshal investigators concluded the cause of the July blaze at the former General Industries factory is undetermined due to extreme damage and instability. The on site work is closed but could reopen with new information. Nearby cleanup with asbestos is to be coordinated with the EPA before rebuilding. Mayor Grace notes city will continue inquiry.
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Elyria
General Industries
Shane Cartmill
Ohio Department of Commerce
Cartmill
John Peshek
Olive
Taylor Streets
Peshek
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Bill Grace
Police drill halt after officers draw guns at kids play
Lorain County Community College paused three planned police training drills after two veteran officers drew their pistols inside the Stocker Arts Center during a Willy Wonka Junior performance. The drills, using fake ammo and simulated gunfire, were to occur July 18, 25 and August 1 across campus buildings.
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Elyria
Virginia Tech
Lorain County Community College
Stocker Arts Center
LCCC
Marcia Ballinger
Lorain County
Geothermal High School Heating System Drilled On Middle Avenue
In Elyria the new high school on Middle Avenue will use 288 wells for a geothermal heating and cooling system. Heavy drilling equipment digs hundreds of feet into the earth as the project progresses. Project manager Scott Wagner of Regency Construction calls the system neat and notes its long term cost benefits despite high upfront costs.
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Carl Sullenberger
Eaton Well Drilling
Elyria High School
Elyria
Middle Avenue
Washington Building
Scott Wagner
Regency Construction
Geothermal system planned for Oberlin Conservatory building
The Phyllis Litoff Building at Oberlin Conservatory of Music will use geothermal heating and cooling with a $1.3 million preliminary budget and about three dozen wells drilled to hundreds of feet for climate control and acoustics, noted by Dean David H. Stull and media relations director Marci Janas.
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Phyllis Litoff
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Jazz Studies
David H. Stull
Conservatory
Marci Janas
Conservatory Media Relations
Soap Foam at Avon Lake Beach Traced to Bubble Bath
A mysterious white foam at Miller Road Park beach led Avon Lake officials to call firefighters after 4 p.m. The Coast Guard identified the substance as soap from a storm drain feeding into Lake Erie from Ford's Ohio Assembly Plant.
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Avon Lake
Miller Road Park Beach
U.S. Coast Guard
Kurt Brandstaetter
Park
Ford
Ohio
Wellington School District seeks 26.7 million bond for new K-12 school
Wellington School Board unanimously votes to ask voters to approve a 26.7 million bond to fund a new K through 12 school. The 27 year bond would total about 8.9 mills per Lorain County Auditor guidance, with the board aiming to present the levy as roughly 5 additional mills. A 3.94 mill permanent improvement levy expires in December, and renewal is not needed if the new school is approved.
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Wellington
Wellington School Board
Lorain County
Suzanne Wilson
Sally Stewart
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