LaGrange considers secession from township over taxing benefits
LaGrange village leaders weigh splitting from Lorain County’s LaGrange Township amid tax payments of about 70 000 dollars a year with limited village benefits. County official Paul Adams notes dual jurisdiction where village residents vote for township offices and pay township taxes. Residents would vote on any levy in both entities on future ballots.
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Strauss
Lorain County
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Wellington garage sale icon scours curbside treasures
Alice Hawes, 82, earned the nickname sidewalk shopper for combing curbs in Wellington Ohio in the 1970s. With her late husband Tom they lived on disability and sales from repaired castoffs, turning trash into income through weekly garage sales.
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Chronicle
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Wellington
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Wellington Enterprise
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Thomas
Alice
Tom
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Mercy Health breaks ground on Wellington medical center
Mercy Health broke ground Thursday on a new Wellington medical center at 840 Patriot Drive in southern Lorain County. The $2.5 million project aims to bring closer care and will open in fall 2018, with senior VP Edward Oley praising the effort and community impact. The ceremony included Wellington officials and Mercy Health leaders.
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Lorain County
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Ross Builders Co
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Mercy Health Lorain
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Mercy Health Wellington
Ed Ruth
Wellington Medical Center
House passes sweeping tax bill in Congress
The House Republican plan overhauls taxes by cutting the corporate rate to 20 percent, simplifying individual rates, ending state and local tax write offs, and capping mortgage deductions at 500000. The proposal also limits second homes and caps property deductions at 10000.
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Brinda backs half million loan for Elyria mall boost
Elyria Mayor Holly Brinda supports a $500,000 loan to the Elyria Community Improvement Corp to attract a company and revitalize Midway Mall. She frames the loan as catalytic, not a waste, hoping to draw outside traffic and spur city growth.
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