E voting eyed for August by Lorain County officials
Lorain County elections officials consider an August start for electronic voting tests rather than waiting for the November general election. Board of Elections director Marilyn Jacobcik notes cost savings and early testing, while Diebold federal funds release and state delays affect timing and deployment prospects.
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Cindy Leise
Chronicle-Telegram
Marilyn Jacobcik
Lorain County
Diebold
Jacobcik
North Ridgeville
Sheffield Lake
Vermilion
Carlo LoParo
Kenneth Blackwell
LoParo
Chris Abbruzzese
Blackwell
Power outages hit Oberlin and surrounding areas
More than 12 000 residents lost power in two outages. Oberlin city with 8300 customers went dark about 11 20 am for half an hour then again before 1 pm for about an hour due to an Ohio Edison feed line problem. 2910 Ohio Edison customers in South Amherst and Amherst briefly lost power.
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Oberlin
Ohio Edison
Wakeman
South Amherst
Amherst
Steve Dupee
Oberlin Municipal Light and Power System
Dupee
Robin Patton
Joe Faga
Butler Road
Faga
Rob DiSpirito
Dispirito
OMLPS
Robbery at East 32nd Street Home Seizes $450 Cell
Two teenagers were robbed of 450 dollars and a cell phone after a man barged into their Lorain apartment on East 32nd Street at 11 10 p m. The suspect described as Hispanic with a tattoo on his neck demanded cash and struck one victim with a gun. He fled after taking the money and phone. Detective Steven Curry leads the case.
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Lorain
East 32Nd Street
E. 32Nd Street
Mark Carpentiere
Steven Curry
Carpentiere
Oberlin Council Advances Sewer Upgrades and Historic Gasholder Plan
The Oberlin City Council approves using Community Development Block Grant funds to modernize sewers in the southeast quadrant, targeting manholes and a brick drain built before 1900. Also approved is hiring ODOT as project manager for the Gasholder building renovation, funded by a $200,000 federal grant and $917,600 from NOACA, with early work possible by July 2005 after environmental studies.
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Oberlin
Jeff Baumann
Dan Gardner
Baumann
Ohio Department of Transportation
S. Main St
Northeast Areawide Coordinating Agency
NOACA
ODOT
Rob DiSpirito
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