Pride Day volunteers sweep county littered streets
Hundreds of volunteers across more than 20 communities joined Pride Day, cleaning up litter, mowing lawns, and planting flowers. Elyria led with 900 volunteers targeting Furnace Street Cascade, while families like Brianna Boisseau and her father joined to keep Elyria clean and teach litter avoidance. The event traces to South Lorain’s origins amid tight budgets and local partnerships.
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Elyria
Furnace Street
Cascade
Tom
South Lorain
Sally Pecora
Lorain County
North Ridgeville Celebrates Old Town Hall Grand Opening
North Ridgeville marked the 1810 to 2010 bicentennial era opening of the Old Town Hall after renovations funded by a 175000 grant from the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission. Dignitaries including state Rep. Matt Lundy attended as Jeff Sigsworth described the event as one of the city's largest celebrations. The upgrades revived chimneys air conditioning heating and a second floor chairlift enabling access to the Old Towne Hall Players venue.
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North Ridgeville
Matt Lundy
Delyria
Orlando
North Ridgeville Historical Society President Jeff Sigsworth
Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission
Old Towne Hall Players
Elyria Schools Revise Dress Code After Student Feedback
Elyria Superintendent Paul Rigda unveils a revamped dress code replacing the prior stricter policy with a more flexible standard. The change follows input from students and parents after the 2011-12 start plans, aiming to balance uniformity with practicality in middle and high schools.
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Elyria
Paul Rigda
Rigda
Sneeze sparks Route 2 pileup injuring five
Elyria Township driver Aaron Hall 24 blamed an uncontrollable sneeze for a chain reaction crash on Route 2 at Middle Ridge Road. Three people were hospitalized after a five-vehicle crash as traffic narrowed to one lane. Hall was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland in good condition.
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Elyria Township
Lorain
Middle Ridge Road
David Dylag
Elyria
Hall
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland
Dylan
Allen
Dylag
Mark Bollinger
Brunswick
Bollinger
Michael Reighley
Vermilion
Reighley
Nancy Brotko
Richard Mulder
Amherst
Mulder
Tamara Roseman
Meeting on Cascade Park Redevelopment Plan
The Community Development and Finance Committee will review the Cascade Park Redevelopment Plan at 6 p.m. Monday in City Council chambers. A consultant will present a 30 minute report outlining the master plan for the park and surrounding area. Currently no funds exist to implement ideas, but the plan aims to attract future funding and consider pay to use elements to make the park self sufficient.
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Community Development and Finance Committee
Cascade Park
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