Grace would expand planning commission power over building appearance
Elyria mayor Bill Grace seeks to give the Planning Commission more authority to judge aesthetics and curb shoddy renovations. Assistant Safe Service Director Matt Lundy says the city plans a new review step, with guidance on landscaping brick and barriers to separate businesses from homes. He argues developers risk over leniency as the city tightens standards.
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Brandon Wray
Ne Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Bill Grace
Planning Commission
Cerned
Grace
Safety Service
Matt Lundy
Lundy
Man rescued after car crashes into St Stanislaus School
Police say Michael J Lawrence 22 of Elyria drove a 1992 Cadillac into St Stanislaus School causing a fire and smoke filled scene. Officer Ernest Sivert broke the passenger window and freed him. Lawrence was charged with DUI, suspended driving, reckless driving, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He had 264 grams of marijuana on the scene.
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Loraln
St Stanislaus
Elyria Ave
Ernest Sivert
Sivert
Michael J Lawrence
Middle Avenue
Elyria
Lawrence
East 28Th Street
Elyria Avenue
St Stanislaus Church
Alcohol and cocaine in drowning victim's system
Elyria, Ohio coroner ruled Adam Whittaker died by drowning after his body, found in the Black River May 9 by canoeists, contained alcohol at a 0.151 level and cocaine metabolites indicating prior use. Police suspect he may have slipped into the dam area while intoxicated. Whittaker, married with six children, had no trauma evident.
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Elyria
Black River
Adam Whittaker
Cascade Street
Paul Matus
Whittaker
Matus
Community leader urges many great people for Lorain BOLD
Vivian, civil rights figure and keynote at BOLD's fifth annual banquet, urges the Lorain County church coalition to expand regional action. He compares BOLD to 1960s civil rights organizers, notes past sit ins, and cites plans for a youth caucus and a racial justice analysis as a pivotal presidential election year.
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Lorain
Vivian
BOLD
Lorain County
Peoria
Martin Luther King, Jr
Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
CT Vivian
Delucas Place
Salvation Army gets major food drive boost in Elyria
Salvation Army in Elyria faced low food supplies but received help from US Postal Service and Cascade Branch No 196 of the National Association of Letter Carriers. The Saturday drive collected 78,000 pounds for Elvira's Salvation Army on Broad Street, with nationwide totals likely to exceed last year's 548 million pounds. The seventh annual local drive also includes year round canned food, toy, and clothing collections.
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Elyria
Salvation Army
Bill Morgan
US Postal Service
Cascade
National Association of
Morgan
Elvira
Broad Street
Bill Rolfe
Rolfe
ARMY
Gretchen Thowas
Post
Cascade Branch
National Association of Letter Carriers
Alice Stahl
Hispanics demand real attention from candidates
In a Washington report for The Orange County Register Hispanics say candidates must address core issues not token gestures. They question Bush and Gore positions on amnesty education and the Supreme Court, noting discontent with party outreach and a shift in voter enrollment trends. Local voices from Santa Ana Buena Park and Aliso Viejo emphasize real influence over advisory roles.
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Orange County Register
Washington
George W Bush
al Gore
Supreme Court
Jess Araujo
Santa Ana
California
Florida
Texas
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
Art Montes
Buena Park
Centralia
Montes
Araujo
Mary Jean Duran
Aliso Viejo
Bush
Local Hispanics urge greater political outreach in Lorain
Lorain residents say state and national politicians must better address Hispanic needs. Crystell Nado of El Centro notes growing Latino influence and calls for culturally aware outreach. Ketty Fonseca adds bilingual services would expand opportunities as Hispanic migration rises.
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Lorain
Crystell Nado
el Centro
Reveron
Ketty Fonseca
el Re Fon
Broadway
Ohio Edison
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Angela Minge
Chronicle- Telegram
National Anti Klan Network
The
Center For Democratic Renewal
People’s Movement
America
Salvation For the Army
Jeremy Negrey
the Chronicle Telegram
Mike Sakal
Chronicle Telegram
United States
Nado
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