Amherst zoning clash over bar upstairs apartment plan
Amherst faces a legal showdown as Neil Dunfee seeks to convert the 2,400 square feet above his closed Comedy Club into a three bedroom apartment. The Zoning Board denied the variance citing after hours activity concerns and the nighttime nature of the business, prompting Dunfee to plan a Lorain County Common Pleas Court suit arguing civil rights and unequal treatment.
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Amherst
Neil Dunfee
Dunfee
Anthony Giardini
Giardini
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Gary Fisher
Arkinetics
Lorain
Fisher
Elyria
2Bour
Dan Strauss
Strauss
Zoning Board of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
Sheffield Lake forms panel to lure industry
Sheffield Lake lays groundwork for economic growth with a new Economic Development Committee. Councilman Robert Palmer chairs the group, joined by GTB Builders’ Doug Gertz and Lorain County Chamber of Commerce’s Frank DeTillio. The panel aims to attract new industry, boost the tax base without raises, and broaden public participation as it meets next on December 14 in Council Chambers.
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Sheffield Lake
Doug Gertz
Gerts
GTB Builders
Robert Palmer
DeTillio
Council
Palmer
Jerry Schill
Gordon Snarr
Mike Fusco
Jane Hildebrend
Colleen Nieman
Robert Hamilton
David Thompson
Council Chambers
Amherst Board weighs centralizing preschool special ed at rehab center
Amherst schools discuss moving all preschool disabled students to the County Rehabilitation Center on Dewey Road. Currently some attend Powers Elementary or a program in Oberlin, with 16 kids at Powers. Superintendent Dulmage cautioned about costs and noted January or February decision timing.
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Amherst
Ae Eee Hort Tan
Etter
Tim Logar
Logar
Dewey Road
Meen TM
Dulmage
Powers
Lorain Schools
Cedar Point Names New Ride Mantis After Name Change
Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio unveils a 12th coaster named Mantis after abandoning the planned Ban shee name. The $12 million stand up ride reaches 145 feet and 60 mph, with a first drop over a lagoon and more than one fifth built above water. construction targeted for May 11 opening.
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Sandusky
Cedar Point
Lake Erie
Ohio City
Don Miears
Nine more Bolita members plead guilty in Lorain court
In Elyria a week after Angel Feliciano was sentenced, nine Bolita ring members pled guilty. Judge Kosma J. Glavas gave four to 25 year prison terms to several defendants and placed others on probation. Named defendants include John Dalton Leland Trice Joseph Moon Oscar Price Larry Gage James Coleman Shelly A. Morgan Joseph Cook and David Martinez with varying sentences and probation outcomes.
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Elyria
Angel Feliciano
Common Pleas
Kosma J. Glavas
John Dalton
Lorain
Leland Trice
Joseph Moon
Larry Gage
James Coleman
Sig
Shelly A. Morgan
Morgan
Feliciano
Oberlin man charged after cashing stolen checks for drugs
Christopher Brown 28 admitted stealing his father William Browns checks from a Stallion Motorcycle Club attache case and using at least 300 in funds to fuel his drug habit. Police say he forged checks, faced felony theft and forgery charges, and remains jailed on a 5000 bond with a December 12 preliminary hearing. Police expect possible grand jury action. Brown had completed rehab recently prior to these incidents.
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Oberlin
Christopher Brown
Brown
William Brown
Smith St
Stallion Motorcycle Club
Apia
Robert Jones
Elyria Township Candidate Seeks Court Win Change
Elyria-Earl Kayser, who lost the Elyria Township trustee race to a write-in, asks Judge Edward Zaleski to halt certification of Rick Hutman. Kayser claims write-ins violated rules. hearing set next week. board certified Hutman 546 to 249 despite challenge.
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Elyria
Earl Kayser
Elyria Township
Kayser
Board of Elections
Common Pleas
Edward Zaleski
Rick Hutman
Hutman
Zaleski
Robert Rousseau
Windshield damaged at Southview High School
Police say a car driven to Southview High School by an 18 year old boy had its windshield broken on Monday morning. A threatening note was left. The 1982 Camaro sustained 300 dollars in damage. The car owner is the boy's 69 year old grandmother. A second 16 year old boy in the car was the target of the note.
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Lorain
Southview High School
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