Classic LaGrange Founding Day features 130 cars and memories
Rows of over 130 classic autos filled Keystone High School lot for LaGrange Founding Celebration. Kim Carter spoke of her father Bruce Hunkley who died in February while detailing his 1940 Ford coupe and lifelong auto work. Hunkley, 74, was a longtime Murphy Bros. Auto Body employee known for fixing almost anything. The event included a carnival, 5K run, engine and history displays, bingo, and a fireworks show, with Memorial Day activities and a traffic circle closure Monday noon to 2 pm. For details visit the 2025 LaGrange Founding Celebration page.
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Carissa Woytach
Chronicle-Telegram
Lagrange
Keystone High School
Kim Carter
Shelly Hunkley
Carter
Bruce Hunkley
Hunkley
Grafton
Murphy Bros. Auto Body
Elyria
Keystone Elementary School
Lorain Democratic Party names new chair Mary Santiago
Lorain City Democratic Party selects Mary Santiago to succeed Paul Adams as chair after 13 years. Adams remains Lorain County Democratic Party Central Committee chair. Santiago has served on the party executive committee and local boards and represents Lorain on the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs for over 20 years. The region’s higher education partnership between EHOVE Career Center and Lorain County Community College expands to add LCCC’s dental hygiene program at EHOVE, with officials citing regional workforce needs and RAPIDS funding to upgrade equipment and training. The Lorain County Development Department invites contractors to a confidential survey to improve the bidding process for local projects.
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Lorain
Lorain City
Democratic Party
Mary Santiago
Paul Adams
Adams
Lorain County
Santiago
Ohio Commission On
Ehove Career Center
Milan
Lorain County Community College
LCCC
EHOVE
Erie
Huron
Ottawa
Marcia Ballinger
Chris McCully
McCully
Roger Stine
Norwalk
Ohio
Stine
Ohio Department of Higher Education
U S 20 and 511 intersection to close for roundabout
The U S 20 Route 511 intersection in Camden Township will close starting June 9 for a roundabout conversion, with completion expected around August 22. The $1.89 million project aims to reduce crashes by limiting conflict points, using detours for motorists traveling on U S 20 and Route 511.
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Camden Township
Ohio Department of Transportation
ODOT
Kipton
U.S. 20
Route 511
Federal Highway Administration
Ohio
Memorial Day Parades and Ceremonies Across Several Communities
Memorial Day events across multiple towns include parades starting at 9 or 10 a.m. from locations such as Senior Center Avon Lake High School Court Street Ely Square and Ranger Stadium with ceremonies at veterans memorials, parks, or cemeteries. Participants and spectators are urged to join, with activities like bike decorating contests, float and marching group awards, and free Dairy Dock tokens for children.
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Northridgevillelions.org
Facebook
Nrlions
Avon Lake High School
Avon Belden Road
Electric Boulevard
Glenview Drive
Veterans Park
Lake Road
City of
Elyria
Ely Square
Ranger Stadium
Bainbridge Road
North Ridgeville Senior Center
VFW
Victory Park
Vermilion
Joette McDonald
Vermilion High School
Jim Forthofer
Mike Facine
U.S. Marine Corps
Jeff Lucas
U.S. Air Force
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LaGrange Founding
Chroniclet
Chronicle
Ronald Roerig
New London
Kevin Minnich
Minnich
Clifford Geen
Levi Ackerman
Avon
Senior Center
Detroit Road
Veterans Memorial
Aquatic Center
Oberlin
Avon Lake
Reservoir Park
West Eighth Street
Broadway
Black River Landing
North Ridgeville
Wright Memorial Park
W. Vine St
Tyrone Wicks
U.S. Navy
U.S Marine Corps
Oberlin Elementary School
N. Park St
Amherst
Kenwood
Charles
Vivian Streets
Kenwood Street
Main Street
Evergreen Cemetery
Brownhelm
Brownhelm Township
North Ridge
Claus Roads
Brownhelm Cemetery
Sunnyside
Amherst American Legion Post
Brownhelm Historical Association
Eaton Township
Butternut Ridge
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