Elyria considers new city planner position for zoning focus
Elyria City Council Finance Committee endorsed creating a city planner role under the Community Development Department to oversee the zoning code and handle commercial rezoning. Mayor Kevin Brubaker said the move addresses workload from the comprehensive plan to zoning updates, citing the Midway mall area as needing major change and a single point of contact for planning.
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Elyria
Kevin Brubaker
Posi
Midway
Brubaker
Community Development Department
Safety Service
Dawn Calvert
Planning Commission
Calvert
Veterans honored in Avon Red Shirt Friday gesture
Mike Schrull of American Legion Post 211 distributed Red Shirt Friday shirts to 39 veterans at Rose Senior Living Retirement Home in Avon. Avon Lake riders delivered the shirts on motorcycles, shaking hands with each veteran as they presented shirts and a commemorative coin.
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Mike Schrull
Vivian McCullough
Rose Senior
Avon
Schrull
American Legion Post 211
Legion
Avon Lake
American Legion Post
Rose Senior Living
American Legion
Post 211
Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Avon Lake Post
Ethlyn Kennedy
George Wilcox
Avon man charged with stealing nearly seven and a half million
Federal prosecutors accuse Curtis McEwen of embezzling about 7.5 million from Saber Healthcare, where he worked from December 2006 to March 2023. The Avon resident, of French Creek Road, faces two wire fraud counts in a Cleveland court filing. He is set for an August 6 arraignment and plea hearing. Saber Healthcare provided consulting and services to affiliated facilities in Ohio and beyond.
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Avon
Curtis McEwen
French Creek Road
U.S. District Court
Cleveland
McEwen
Bill of Information
Saber Healthcare
Beachwood
Ohio
Nine Elyria businesses fail underage alcohol checks
Elyria Police Investigative Unit conducted June and July compliance checks using underage volunteers to test alcohol sales. Nine establishments sold alcohol to the underage buyers, with individual employees cited for misdemeanors and the sites reported to the Ohio Investigative Unit. 14 other businesses refused sales, avoiding penalties and contributing to community safety.
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Elyria
East River Convenient
East River St
Abbe
Navy Cmdr hands over command of submarine Delaware
Avon native Cmdr Robert Low transferred command of the nuclear powered submarine USS Delaware to Cmdr Jason Patton at a pier side ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London Groton Connecticut. Low assumed command in August 2022 and praised the crew for transforming from a green post shakedown team to a ready and capable asset for NORTHCOM and EUCOM missions.
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Groton
Conn
U.S. Navy
Robert Low
Delaware
Cmdr
Jason Patton
Naval Submarine Base
New London
Connecticut
Low
Northcom
U.S. Northern Command
EUCOM
U.S. European Command
Avon
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Convenient Food Mart
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