Elyria Renegotiates Route 57 Start Point and Timeline
Elyria officials will start road work on Route 57 from Lorain Boulevard rather than Chestnut Ridge Road. Bids begin April 10 with an expected 18 month timeline and a $20 million cost funded partly by a $2.7 million city loan. Work will occur in three phases from Lorain Boulevard to Chestnut Ridge, with traffic reduced to one lane during a November to January period.
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Elyria
Bill Grace
Makund Moghe
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Chestnut Ridge
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State lowers walleye catch limit for Lake Erie
The Lake Erie Committee cut the total allowable walleye catch from 5.36 million fish in 2007 to 3.59 million this year. Despite safer eating guidelines issued by the Ohio EPA, the limit is reduced about one third amid variable annual yields and a strong new year class.
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Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Lake Erie
Marc Gaden
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Gaden
Provisional ballots in county to be tossed
The Board of Elections found issues with more than half of the county's provisional ballots from the March 4 primary, prompting removal of about 1,100 ballots. Officials cited irregularities affecting the tally and voter eligibility.
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Board of Elections
Solar panels win eco smackdown as trees must fall
A couple has agreed to cut down two redwood trees after being prosecuted for shadowing solar panels. The case highlights a conflict between renewable energy installations and neighboring shade disputes.
Guard accused of racist language at prison
A Grafton Correctional Institute guard was accused by a co worker of using racial epithets in a talk with inmates. Inmates contend the words were taken out of context.
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Grafton Correctional Institute
County patrol arrests rise in Franklin County
State Highway Patrol data show Franklin County troopers have the most arrests and felonies in the state, with Elyria and Milan units cooperating on a major drug route. Sgt. Midkiff says the region's numbers reflect persistent crime and active patrols along the turnpike.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Franklin County
Lorain County
Elyria
Christopher Midkiff
Milan
Defense seeks hostile witness ruling in fatal family case
The attorney for a 16 year old charged with murdering his mother and shooting his father asks a judge to declare the boy’s father a hostile witness. The motion cites a Chronicle story suggesting the Reverend Mark Petrie may have a moral conflict testifying against his son. A hearing is sought to determine the father’s stance and whether his statements to police should reach the jury.
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Elyria
James Kersey
County Common Pleas Court
Chronicle
Mark Petrie
James Burge
Mark Petric
Census faces high tech hurdles threaten 2010 count
Census tests showed door to door workers struggled with new handheld computers risking accuracy and adding as much as 2 billion dollars to costs. Officials consider reverting to paper and pencil while initial 2010 census costs soared past 11 billion dollars.
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Washington
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