Gilligan plan eyed by four Lake Erie shore mayors
Vermilion Mayor Maiden and three other lakeshore leaders questioned if lagoons would be included in Gov. Gilligan plan to buy flood prone private shoreland and curb erosion. Public damage in Lorain County from recent storms tops half a million with Friday's disaster declaration covering eight counties.
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John W. Maiden
Gilligan
Maiden
Lakeshore
Lake Erie
Lorain County
Nixon
Lorain
Cuyahoga
Avon Lake City Hall
Civil Defense
Riverwood Plains
Bay Village
Henry Reese
Reese
Corps of Engineers
Lake Shore
Maiden Sai
Sheffield Lake
Don Smith
Smith
Gilligan’s
Avon Lake
Harold Barley
Earley
Allen Art Museum
Lorain County Historical Society
Johnstown
Historical Society
Mayor Perk backs NOACA in present form amid reform push
Cleveland mayor Ralph J. Perk urges regional unity to keep NOACA intact. He seeks federal approval to block Gov. Gilligan’s plan to split into two agencies, arguing division harms cooperation for seven counties including Lorain. NOACA would remain under current structure if HUD resists the split.
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Cleveland
Ralph J. Perk
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
NOACA
John J. Gilligan
Perk
Ohio
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lorain
Parks West River Parkway bridge work slated for late summer
Elyria mayor says construction on the first of two bridges in the West River Parkway renewal will start in late summer or early fall after signing state highway contracts. The plan mirrors the Fourth Street bridge with separate westbound and eastbound structures and an extended Lorain Boulevard corridor.
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Parkway
Elyria
West River Parkway
Leonard P. Reichlin
Reichlin
State Highway Department
Fourth Street
Second Street
Third Street
Lorain Boulevard
Lodi Street
Norm H. Failing
Three C T women win 10 state writing awards
Three Chronicle-Telegram women won ten state writing awards in Ohio Press Women contests. Jinny Jones led with seven awards including the Helen Waterhouse prize for best human interest story. Embree Hoffman and Betty Hinman also earned multiple honors, with entries spanning news, features, education, and personal columns.
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C-T
Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Press
Jinny Jones
Helen Waterhouse
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Dr. Phibes Rises
Bluebeard
Betty Hinman
Women’s Pages
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
Medina
Waterhouse
Postponed EPA opposition meeting in northern Ohio
A morning gathering of northern Ohio government officials to oppose Ohio EPA regulations was canceled due to a key participant’s absence. Lorain’s Lorain Service Director Elio Jacobozzi said utilities chief Phil Majorana was unavailable, and the meeting will be rescheduled.
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Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Lorain
Elio Jacobozzi
Phil Majorana
Jacobozzi
Funeral director to appeal suspension of licenses
Oberlin funeral director Richard A. Cowling will appeal the state board decision to revoke his funeral director and embalmer licenses. The filing must be by May 15 in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, which would reinstate the licenses during the appeal. The board found unprofessional conduct in the burial of Eugene Graves, 63, noting the nude body buried face down violated state law.
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Oberlin
Richard A. Cowling
Cowling Funeral Home
State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Cowling
Stuart Fanver
Eugene Graves
Wiggins Nursing Home
John Towland
Towland-Jerzig Funeral Home
Dover
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HUD
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Community Development Department
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William Ogie
Ohio Edison
Embree Hoffman
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National Federation of Press Women, Inc
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Columbia Gas Company
Columbus
Waterhouse Award
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EPA
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Stuart Fauver
Fauver
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Westwood Cemetery
Towland
Mildred Whitmore
Garfield Hts
Richard Cowling
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