Ohio Turnpike to add third lane Toledo to Youngstown
The Ohio Turnpike Commission plans a four year project starting April to add a third lane in each direction between Toledo and Youngstown. The $250 million widening will cover about 42 miles and include repaving 27 miles and new toll areas. Traffic delays concern truckers though, as construction peaks in summer travel.
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Toledo
Ohio Turnpike
Grange
Youngstown
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Tom Mahon
Fred Corliss
Corliss
Alan Plain
Commission
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Anal
Miesinnie
Plain
Adi
Mid county basketball league suspends season due to leadership gap
Elyria's Mid night Basketball League cancels the June to August season after leader Thomas Bowen resigns and funding declines. Joseph Starr, president of the advisory board, says the league lacks time to appoint a new director, with a $100 000 budget from local donors and foundations. The board plans to reconvene in the fall to reorganize.
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Elyria
Joseph Starr
Thomas Bowen
Bowen
Elyria Board of Education
Washington, D.C
Starr
League
Elyria School Board Meeting Moves to Northwood Junior High
The Elyria Board of Education changes tonight's meeting to Northwood Junior High School at 7 p.m. due to expected large turnout. The address is 700 Gulf Road and the Maplewood Administrative Center is unavailable for tonight's session.
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Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
Northwood Junior High School
Gulf Road
Maplewood Administrative Center
Lorain Considers Expanding District Boundaries
Lorain School Board debated aligning district lines with city borders to include Amherst Firelands Clearview Sheffield Lake and Elyria students living in Lorain. The meeting sought information on racial balance funding and resident comments with no set timetable for action.
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Lorain
Amherst
Firelands
Clearview
Sheffield
Sheffield Lake
Elyria
Board of Education
Raul Ramos
Tony Giardini
Lorain City
Howard Dulmage
Dulmage
Giardini
Joseph Koziura
Safety Service
George Koury
Ramos
Koziura pushes plan for 4 to 5 million for streets
Lorain Mayor Joseph Koziura suggested a debt plan to borrow four to five million dollars to pave up to 20 streets and build salt sheds. He spoke after a three hour budget hearing that added 22 new positions while council eyed road funding and staff needs across departments.
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Lorain
Joseph Koziura
Koziura
Marathon
Council
Finance and Claims Committee
Graffiti bounty plan faces legality review in Lorain
Lorain resident offers two Indians game tickets as a Graffiti bounty to catch a youth spray painting a building or sign. City officials review legality while a proposed ordinance would ban spray paint sales to under 18 and impose a 1000 dollar fine and up to six months jail.
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Lorain
Jean Rodgers
Daniel Given
7Th Ward
Rodgers
Police and Fire Committee
Vincent Shipley
Given
Safety Service
George Koury
Joseph Koziura
Koury
Michael Scherach
Ex-Southview gridder killed in Tenn. crash
Lorain former football player Burnridge Andrew Dean 21 of Caroline Avenue died when a 1992 Mercury Sable driven by Roderick Beard 23 left Interstate 40 near Lexington Tennessee and struck a guard rail. Dale Curry 22 also from Lorain was hospitalized in Jackson Tennessee with details not released. No charges filed.
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Lorain
Lorain Southview High School
Lexington
Tenn
Burnridge Andrew
B.J." Dean
Caroline Avenue
Steve Russell
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Roderick Beard
Lexington Methodist Hospital
Dale Curry
Jackson Madison County General Hospital
Jackson
Doan
LaTashia Jackson
Beard
Curry
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Dot” Nemetz
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Urbanek
George
Building Department
Health Department
Scherach
Ohio
John Gilligan
Columbus
Cincinnati Democrat
Southview
Jeff Mohrman
Chroniele-Telegram
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