Avon Commons vote a step closer
Avon residents move toward a second ballot on rezoning Avon Commons. Clerk Pat Vierkorn verified 2039 of 2379 signatures collected by Robert Barnhart and will submit them to the Lorain County Board of Elections. A June 1 ballot is planned with a March 22 council resolution.
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Avon
Avon Commons
Pat Vierkorn
Robert Barnhart
Vierkorn
Lorain County Board of Elections Office
Ted Graczyk Jr
Barnhart
Gerald Phillips
Judge delays sentencing in baby death case in Elyria
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Kosma Glavas postponed Brenda E Lee 41 of West 22nd Street sentencing after she pleaded guilty to gross abuse of a corpse for hiding a stillborn baby girl in her car trunk last year. Prosecutors urged probation but pending charges in felonious assault and domestic violence kept him from final action. The case hinges on DNA tests showing a 99.92 percent probability Lee gave birth to the infant weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces.
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Lindy Leise
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Lorain
Common Pleas Court
Kosma Glavas
Brenda E. Lee
Glavas
Lee
West 22Nd Street
Ford
Allen Norris
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Norfus
Paul Matus
Plans to fix dangerous Lewis Road in Olmsted Twp
About 75 residents heard proposals to improve Lewis Road after the fatal crash that killed Charles Haske in December 1998. County engineers propose options including flattening the hill, widening curves, or a combination costing roughly 0.9 to 1.65 million dollars with potential partial road closure. The Olmsted Township Police Chief noted a longtime crash problem extending over years with 2,000 daily vehicles on the county controlled road.
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Olmsted
Dan Noll
Berea
Lewis Road
Haske
Charles R
Noll
Cuyahoga County
McCafferty
Lewis
Durbin
Neglectful dad seeks early release in child endangerment case
Brett Scott 38 seeks early release after being sentenced to a year for allowing five children to live in a filthy Lorain home. He and wife Sherri Yost faced five felony counts. one child Ryan died in March 1998 after being found nonresponsive in a foster home. Coroner ruled homicide. prosecutor’s office continues investigation. A prior request was denied. Yost was released in February.
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Elyria
Brett Scott
Scott
Sherri Yost
Lorain
Ryan
Frank
Vickie Lowery
Sheffield Lake
Cuyahoga County
Elizabeth Balras
Common Pleas
Edward Zaleski
Zaleski
Yost
Todd J. Anderson
Anderson
Library mini branch to open on Middle Avenue Elyria
The library board approved a 20 by 30 foot mini branch at the Neighborhood House Association Elyria Center on Middle Avenue. It will hold a few thousand books and is expected to open in about three months. The move aligns with ongoing collaboration with Neighborhood House. The board also accepted a 5914 grant from the Ely Family Trust for preserving Ely Family papers. Archives will be kept at the West River Road branch.
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Elyria
Neighborhood House Association
Elyria Center
Middle Avenue
Donald Burrier
Burrier
Ely Family Trust
Ely
Elyria Historical and Biographical Commission
Barker
West River Road
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Mitchell Schneider
Detroit Road
Graczyk
James Smith
Smith
Avon Com
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Rachel Cerra
Ely School
Cuyahoga Eyes
Jeff Mohrman
Olmsted Township
Dennis McCafferty
Hull
Gary Durbin
Rainbow Drive
Memory Lane
Wathamel J Sull
Westlake
Mary Theodora Bergs
North Olmsted
Sull
Renne Gareau
Berges
Lynda Ryan
Ron Novak
Novak Construction
Third Street
Middle Ave
Thebrary
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