Wetlands not a barrier to 2000-foot airport runway
Lorain County Regional Airport faces a 2000-foot eastward extension with wetlands not hindering plans. URS Greiner Inc. conducts the study, funded about 16000, to justify the extension and a separate purposes and needs study. If warranted, funding would mix federal 90 percent, state 5, county 5, with surveys sent to cargo operators and users.
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Elyria
Lorain County
URS Greiner Inc
Columbus
Airport Authority
Abfall
Cleveland
Federal Aviation Administration
Four injured in Route 82 head on crash near Olmsted Falls
A Monday afternoon head on collision on state Route 82 near Route 83 injured four people including two toddlers and their mother. John Szeszak Jr. 19 of Columbia Station was flown to MetroHealth in Cleveland in stable condition with multiple injuries. Mary Kawacki 39 of Olmsted Falls was in serious condition at EMH with several broken bones. her children Maurene 3 and Kristin 1 were treated at EMH. Airbags deployed. authorities doubt alcohol involvement.
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EATON
John Szeszak Jr
Columbia
Metro- Health Medical Center
Cleveland
Szeszak
Mary Kawacki
Ohio Highway
Ronald Cross
Kawacki
Olmsted Falls
EMH
Elyria
Maurene
Kristin
Cross
Gretchen Thomas
Chronicle
Eaton Township
New JVS head must work magic at Lorain County school
Jim Watson, known for pulling troubled districts like Triway Oberlin and North Ridgeville from fiscal woes, takes over as Lorain County Joint Vocational School superintendent. He vows open management, anti status quo drive, and immediate policy overhaul after former leader William Ruth’s indictment. He aims to shift focus to programs and students. Watson, resident of Columbia Station, begins duties with plans for a new policy manual at his first board meeting.
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Pittsfield
Jim Watson
Triway
Wayne County
Lorain County
Ruth
Watson
Columbia Station
Board of Education
Lorain Fire Dept Adds Five Defibrillators
Lorain Fire Department put five automated external defibrillators into service with four on pumper trucks and one on a rescue squad. The city funded three units while Community Health Partners Foundation and LifeCare Ambulance each purchased one. Each unit costs about $3,000 and firefighters require only a two hour training session to operate them. The devices are aimed at improving survival after heart attacks during the crucial early minutes.
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Lorain
Tom Sultzer
Community Health Partners Foundation
LifeCare Ambulance
Sultzer
Richard Hyde
Physio-Control
Ridgeville master plan hearing over map issue heats council
North Ridgeville residents will hear the city master plan at a Nov 30 public meeting at City Hall. Officials proposed sharing the plan through The Press & Light and water bill inserts after a heated discussion over including a detailed map. Councilman Gilbert Cornish questioned the absence of a map and its impact on public understanding. Safety Service Director Daniel H. Zirzow defended the process as plans to disclose the map text and changes. The session aims to clarify development visions and how residents will access the plan.
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North Ridgeville
Safety Service
Daniel H. Zirzow
Gilbert Cornish
City Hall
Press & Light Weekly
Cornish
Ames to close Hills stores for six week remodel
Ames Department Stores will sell off inventory in Ohio’s 46 Hills stores close them for six weeks to remodel and reopen under the Ames sign. CEO Joseph Ettore says no layoffs during the transition as 5,000 Ohio workers will help, with Hills stores in Elyria Amherst North Olmsted and an Oberlin location. Ames will acquire Hills Stores Co. for 330 million to expand presence in Ohio.
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Rocky Hill
Ohio
Ettore
Area Hills
Elyria
Amherst
North Olmsted
Ames
Oberlin
Hills Stores Co
Westlake fire causes $600000 damage to apartment building
A candle burning in a first floor unit of Westown Garden Apartments sparked a fire that damaged nine units severely and nine others lightly, with total damage estimated at 600000. Fire officials ruled out arson and expect to finalize the cause as investigators work after a 5 30 a m blaze. No injuries were reported and Red Cross aided displaced residents.
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Westlake
Richard Pietrick
Westown Garden Apartments
Westown Blvd
Pietrick
American Red Cross
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Michael Ross
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Aifall
Silk
Stine
the Chronicle-Telegram
JVS
Melissa McCord
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain Fire Department
Ene Krebs
Bob Haas
Joe Houdeshell
Ridgeville
New England
Washington, D.C
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