Uphill fight to rebuild Main Street
An Elyria reader weighs the challenge of revitalizing downtown. He notes Main Street Elyria and EcoCity Cleveland face uphill tasks amid urban sprawl, bank departures, and shifting commerce. He urges private sector led, government supported plans to replace blighted blocks with homes, shops, parks, and transit to draw people back downtown.
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Main Street
Elyria
Cleveland
EcoCity
Midway Mall
Broad Street
America
Lorain County Administration
Chronicle- Telegram
Cleveland Organization
West River Road
Wal- Mart
Harvey Gittler’s Column Appears on Mondays
A brief note indicates Harvey Gittler’s column appears on Mondays in the newspaper archive. The entry shows the regular feature position and notes the publishing day for readers seeking his commentary.
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Harvey Gittler
Colin
Lorain YWCA honors two Women of Achievement in 1998
Amherst Police Captain Barbara Cowger-Vilagi and Lorain Irving Elementary principal Stella M. Francis were named 1998 Women of Achievement by the Lorain YWCA. Nine candidates were considered with an awards luncheon at De Luca's Place in the Park sponsored by Community Health Partners.
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Lorain
Amherst
Lorain Ywca
Barbara Cowger-Vilagi
Amherst Police Department
Stella M. Francis
Irving
Linda Neiding
Lerain Ywca
Sandra Ferguson
YWCA
de Luca
Park
Community Health Part
Ners
Neiding
Cowger- Vilagi
John G. Higgins
Police Department
Irving Elementary School
Lora
Cleveland to vote on homeless board representation
Cleveland City Council plans a vote on a bill requiring homeless service nonprofits funded by the city to add at least two homeless or formerly homeless people to their boards. The measure also calls for cross‑agency social workers on boards and AIDS prevention training for front line staff.
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Cleveland
Joe Cimperman
Merle Gordon
School officials cited for abuses of credit cards
State auditors found Columbus area school administrators routinely violated district credit card policies. Log sheets were incomplete, receipts missing, and some purchases exceeded limits. Supplies were bought at retail instead of warehouse discounts, and printers and fax machines were bought without bidding. About $470,000 charged January to September.
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Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Mark Hatch
Referendums reshape zoning decisions in northwest Ohio
NW Ohio voters face complex land use issues as three cities push ahead with rezoning actions. Toledo approved a three acre residential to commercial change for a Home Depot project, Springfield Township eyed a 62 acre orchard for commercial rezoning, and ProMedica Health System planned a 78 million hospital but avoided ballot votes by locating on already zoned land. Expert notes trends toward referenda, warns ballots may ignore broader area planning.
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Toledo
Northwest
Ohio
Stuart Meek
Springfield Township
Oregon
ProMedica Health System
Indus
ProMedica
Meek
Glenn to lead Broadway parade for space shuttle mission
New York hosts a second parade for John Glenn on Broadway the Canyon of Heroes, honoring his 4 million mile space shuttle mission and recognizing Discovery crew members Curtis Brown Steven Lindsey Scott Parazynski Stephen Robinson Pedro Duque and Chiaki Mukai. Glenn retires from the Senate next month and returns to Ohio.
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New York
John Glenn
Earth
Broadway
Chicago Cubs
Sammy Sosa
New York Yankees
Glenn
Discovery
Cmdr
Curtis Brown
Steven, Lindsey
Scott Parazynski
Stephen Robinson
Pedro Duque
Chiaki Mukai
U.S. Senate
Ohio
Mets
Drug raids net 40 arrests in Wooster area
A task force including Medina and Wayne counties arrested thirty nine adults and one juvenile in Wooster and Orrville on trafficking charges involving cocaine crack cocaine LSD and marijuana. Police seized 6 to 8 firearms over $20 000 in cash and equipment.
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Wooster
Wooster (Ap
Orrville
Maurer
Akron
Canton
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Uphill
Lorain ‘Y
Dean Marks
Chris Worthy
Kissimmee
Fla
Sid Shannon
Southaven
ESPN
American Planning Association
Avon
Avon Commons
Northwest Ohio
Yankees
Haile Selassie
Dwight Eisenhower
Amelia Earhart
Nelson Mandela
Medway
Medina
Wayne Counties
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