New elections board starts test for Cleveland area primary
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Ohio implements new procedures for the upcoming primary amid a troubled image. Officials say absentee ballot scanners have tested 100 percent accurate, more poll workers will be deployed, and supply and timing changes aim to restore public confidence.
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Cleveland
Elections Board
Cuyahoga County Board of
Cuyahoga County
Jennifer Brunner
Michael Wu
Platten
Pas Board
Vt Ome
Candice Hoke
Cleveland State University
Center For
Lorain moves forward on East 36th road repairs
Lorain City Council weighs letting Safety Service Director Kobylka seek bids for a rehab from Elyria Avenue to railroad tracks. The project, approved in 2005, involves pavement replacement, resurfacing, drainage, and markings funded by a $300,000 loan and $100,000 from the State Infrastructure Bank. Additional bids target nine other roads with total costs over 1.5 million.
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Lorain
Safety Service
Mike Kobylka
Elyria Avenue
Craig Foltin
Ohio Public Works Commission
Ohio Department of Transportation
State Infrastructure Bank
Council
Kobylka
Flooded Lorain homeowners sue over sewer line collapse
A group of Lorain residents filed a civil suit in County Common Pleas Court alleging the city contractor Insituform Technologies and city employees caused basement flooding on Oak Point Road when a west side sanitary sewer line failed during a heavy rain in December. The suit claims the line, less than 20 years old, was improperly installed and not maintained, against a duty to operate the system properly.
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Elyria
Lorain
County Common Pleas
Insituform Technologies Inc
Massachusetts
Oak Point Road
Teen Struck Crossing Road In MetroHealth Incident
A 16 year old Lorain boy Christopher Hampton was struck by a 1996 Ford Windstar at the Route 57 North Ridge Road intersection in Sheffield Township. He was listed in fair condition at MetroHealth after rolling across the van’s windshield and onto the median. The driver Alvin Thomas, 49, submitted to tests. green light favored the vehicle, while Hampton was crossing halfway across when hit.
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Sheffield
Lorain
MetroHealth
Christopher Hampton
North Ridge Road
Glenn Peterson
Eee Aive
Peterson
Hampton
Alvin Thomas
Thomas
Abbe Road Closure for Norfolk Southern Track Work
Beginning Monday Abbe Road will close to all vehicles between Cleveland and Taylor streets to allow grade improvements to the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks. The closure starts at 8 a.m. and is expected to end by 5 p.m. May 11 with southbound traffic rerouted onto Cleveland Street and northbound detoured onto Taylor Street.
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South Abbe Road
Cleveland
Taylor Streets
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Cleveland Street
Taylor Street
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