Elyria pesticide cleanup bill climbs above thirteen million
Lorain County homes contaminated with methyl parathion face a rising cleanup bill now over 13 million dollars with EPA funding dominating costs. Ninety two Elyria homes are affected and 43 or 44 have been cleaned as officials test hundreds of residences and expect more claims as an unlicensed exterminator faces trial on multiple charges.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Kathryn Boylan
City Health Department
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Health Department
EPA
Lutellis Kilgore
Boylan
Kilgore
Gerald Hammond
Roth Ward
Ridgeville officials split over senior housing proposal
North Ridgeville officials debated a $2.3 million 4e-unit senior housing project on city owned land east of City Hall near Bainbridge Road. Proponents cite tax revenue and senior needs, while Planning Commission and some council members oppose and seek a land use plan first.
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North Ridgeville
Planning Commission
Lorain
Jon Weard
City Hall
Bainbridge Road
Ann Bruewer
Council
Veard
Nancy Fate
Bruewer
Weard
Deanna Hill
Warren Blakely
Homes Moved From Elyria Village For Expansion
Residents watch as two mobile homes are moved from Elyria United Methodist Village to lots on Middle Avenue near Oberlin Avenue. The two bedroom one bath houses blocked the street on Earl Court while being hauled on flatbed trucks. Donated to the Community Housing Cooperative the homes free space for a Methodist Village expansion. Lots were donated by Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co., publisher of The Chronicle Telegram.
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Elyria United Methodist Village
Middle Avenue
Oberlin Avenue
Earl Court
Community Housing Cooperative
Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co
Chronicle-Telegram
Shakeup in Elyria Schools to cut costs and reorganize
Elyria Schools Superintendent Lester Schultz will present a plan at the Board of Education meeting to restructure administration by promoting three to “school improvement directors” and hiring two outside principals. The move aims to save about 60000 dollars annually, keep management size steady, and align elementary to high school progression while addressing crowding and flow.
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Elyria
Lester Schultz
Board of Education
Schultz
Joan Sigafoos
Windsor
Victoria Brian
Findlay High School
Elyria High School
C. Kenneth Mundorf
Ackerman
Sigafoos
Goodsite
Dis
Trict
Wilkes Villa police to stay two years in complex patrols
Elyria council approved an agreement with Lorain Metro Housing Authority to extend full-time police patrols at the Wilkes Villa apartments for two years. City will cover injuries and LMHA will pay overtime. officers focus on community policing, mainly 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The move follows a year of crime reduction in the London Court area.
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Elyria
Wilkes Villa
Lorain
Larry Tanner
Lst Ward
Heat and storms test residents and animals in Lorain county
Elyria and surrounding areas faced sweltering heat and storms over the weekend. Businesses like Sugarcreek Restaurant in Sheffield Village kept serving by candlelight as power failed, while shoppers sought air conditioning at Lorain's Kmart. Pets and livestock suffered heat stress at local shelters and farms, with a pup dying from heat stroke and dairy cows slowing production. Weather forecasts promised 80s and 60s with thundershowers later in the week.
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Elyria
Sugarcreek
Sheffield Village
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