Veterans urge clinic to stay at St. Joseph Center
About 60 veterans gathered outside St. Joseph Community Center in Lorain to protest a planned VA outpatient clinic move. Ralliers collected over 2,000 petition signatures urging Lorain as the location, amid reports the VA will announce plans to relocate.
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VA clinic serves veterans, urges keeping facility local
Von Attie, an A advocate, argues the new VA clinic is operating successfully and should remain in the area to continue serving veterans, expressing concern about relocating or closing the local facility.
Lorain to narrow superintendent finalists to two
Lorain school board will hold an emergency meeting to cut three candidates to two for the district’s top post. Board President Tony Cimacchia says Euclid Assistant Superintendent Kimberly Allen, Lorain Superintendent Jeffrey Graham, and Lorain Assistant Superintendent David Hall were all interviewed separately in closed sessions with board members and the Lorain Academic Distress Commission.
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Kimberly Allen
Arma
Jeffrey Graham
Lorain
David Hall
Sepaately
Th Lorain Academic Distress Commission
Commission
Cimacchia
Bill Zeles
Eight finalists named ahead of interviews
Oberlin board of education will interview eight applicants for the superintendent vacancy next week after the Lorain County ESC released resumes of the finalists. The pool was narrowed from 22 to eight, with David Hall of Lorain Schools as the only finalist currently in Lorain County. Ann Spurrier of Shaker Heights High School is another Lorain County-connected candidate.
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Rural water authority shelves retirement plan
A split Rural Lorain County Water Authority board vote of 14 to 11 rejected a revival of a retirement incentive plan. The proposal would have allowed purchase of up to five years of service credit to accelerate retirement and boost monthly pensions, with a 2013 expiry. Supporters intend a review after compensation assessments. critics cited in-fighting and pressure from opponents.
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James
Pete” Riley
Sullivan Township
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