United Way Allocations Rise Ten Percent in Lorain County
The United Way of Greater Lorain County allocated 2.02 million dollars to 32 affiliate agencies, about 10 percent more than last year. Total pledges reached around 2.9 million, with 282 thousand uncollected and 420 thousand set aside for administration and special funds. Major recipients include American Red Cross Lorain County 257,384 and Rehabilitation Center of Lorain County 221,789, with 16 percent supporting emergency aid across 10 local agencies.
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Lorain
United Way
Greater
Lorain County
American Red Cross
Rehabilitation Center
Neighborhood House Association
Family Service Association
Catholic Social Service Bureau
Salvation Army
Jury weighs fate of Kasubiewskis in Ashley death case
Lorain County Common Pleas jurors began deliberations on the July 15 1988 death of 2 year old Ashley Kasubiewski. Prosecutors said parents failed the child. defense argued death was an accident with no intent to harm. The couple faced murder, involuntary manslaughter or child endangering charges with potential sentences from life to 15 years.
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Elyria
Lorain County Common Pleas
Alexander
Catherine Kasubiewski
Ashley Kasubienski
Lorain County
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Wightman
Alex
Ashley
Vermilion Schools Seek Overturn of Ford Abatement
Vermilion School Board filed a 17 page suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to void a 50 percent property tax abatement for a 105 million Ford Motor Co expansion on Baumhart Road. Lorain City Council had approved the abatement for 10 years after previously rejecting it. The suit names Lorain Mayor Olejko, all 12 Lorain council members, Ford, the county auditor and commissioners. The district argues the abatement violates city rules and state law, noting the plant expansion occurred before the agreement and would reduce labor needs, costing Vermilion about 45 million over a decade. Court Judge Joseph Cingliano to hear the case.
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Elyria
Vermilion School Board
Ford Motor Co
Baumhart Road
Lorain County
The
Lorain
Ford
Council
Vermilion School System
Vermilion School District
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Cingliano
Veterans push for national cemetery on prison farmland in Grafton
Elyria area veterans groups urged Lorain County Commissioners to aid in locating a 260 to 310 acre VA national cemetery on 376 acres of state prison land in Grafton between Route 83 and Island Road near the Lorain Correctional Institution. Commissioners plan to lobby lawmakers to transfer land to the VA.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Grafton
Ohio Department of Rehabilitations and Corrections
Route 83
Island Road
Lorain Correctional Institution
Herbert Jacoby
Corrections Department
Veterans Administration
Brecksville
Ohio
Dayton National Cemetery
Elyria Veterans’ Council
Veterans’ Organizations
Special Commissioners
Marvin Reising
Capel Road
Jacoby
Ex-exec indicted in Tri-City aging office case
Lorain County grand jury charged Mary Meziak, 40, of Lorain, with four counts of official misconduct and three counts of gambling tied to the Tri City Office on Aging. She is accused of theft of 4200 dollars from the Sheffield Lake Community Center as manager, amid an auditor’s report noting irregularities.
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Elyria
Tri-City
Lorain County
Mary Meziak
Lorain
Sheffield Lake
Lorain man charged with murder in wife’s death
A Lorain County grand jury indicted 36 year old Thomas A Arquillo on murder after previously charging involuntary manslaughter for allegedly supplying the rifle used by his wife Anita 34 to shoot herself near midnight on Feb 22 The shooting followed an argument after Arquillo returned home intoxicated He was arraigned next week in Court Lorain police said Arquillo was unemployed and had been taken to Cleveland for methadone treatments after the incident.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Thomas A. Arquillo
Fillmore Ave
Lorain
Arquillo
Anita
Leon Sullivan
Cleveland
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Catherine Kasubienski
Joann Blake
C-T
John Haynes
Catherine
Daniel Wightman
Haynes
Alexander Kasubiewski
Ance
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Helping Hand
Chronicle-Telegram
Jane Trager
Elyria West High School
Vermilion Schools
National Cemetery
Las Vegas
Draisers
Mezlak
Meziak
Avon and
Avon Lake
Editorial
James Brady
Ridgeville
Lake Erie
Abby
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