Lorain HR chief Geoff Smith resigns to focus on law firm
Lorain’s human resources and risk management director Geoff Smith will resign June 14 to devote time to his Avon Lake based Smith and Smith law firm. The 54 year old has public sector experience and helped develop a wellness plan for about 450 employees. a clinic at Mercy Regional may be part of it. Mayor Chase Ritenauer announced the move at Monday’s council session and said a replacement would be named later this month.
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Lorain
Smith
Chase Ritenauer
Avon Lake
Elyria
Tony Krasienko
Mercy Regional Medical Center
Ritenauer
Council selects five roads for repair plan and levy funding
Vermilion council approves a $2.04 million road repair plan funded by a levy passing 1,279 to 422. Ohio Street Edgewater Drive Sanford Street Yorktown Place and Sunnyside Road will be resurfaced or rebuilt with cost savings possible. Essex and Devonshire roads may be funded by a grant.
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Rowland Road
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Larchmont Drive
South End
Yorktown Place
Sunnyside Road
North Ridge Road
Jerusalem Road
Gabriel
Lynn Miggins
Essex Road
Devonshire Road
Curriculum director named for North Ridgeville Schools
North Ridgeville names David Pritt as director of curriculum and instruction starting August. Pritt, 36, comes from Lear North Elementary where he has been principal for one year. The post was vacant since January after Jim Powell became superintendent and former director Larry Brown left. Powell held the role for five years and continued duties under a 22 year contract to 2015. Pritt has 13 years with the district and previously served nine years as assistant principal at North Ridgeville Middle School.
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North Ridgeville
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Pritt
Lear North
Jim Powell
Larry Brown
Powell
North Ridgeville Middle School
Oberlin Man Rescued From Plum Creek After Claim of Robbery
Dewayne Sturtevant, 60, of Oberlin, was rescued from Plum Creek near Main and Vine after firefighters were dispatched during a thunderstorm. Police say his statements about being assaulted and thrown from a bridge were conflicting, and the case remains unresolved. He was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center.
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Sturtevant
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Mike McCloskey
Mercy Regional Medical Center
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