Mercy Regional Medical Center lays off twenty workers
Mercy Regional Medical Center plans $10 million savings cutting 20 nonunion positions amid lower expected reimbursements. CEO Ed Oley cites $12 million shortfall and 6 million deficit, with shorter stays and efficiency driving staffing changes. Union officials warn of understaffing, while the hospital touts a Joint Commission high performance designation.
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Lorain
Mercy Regional Medical Center
Mercy
Ed Oley
Oley
Hospi
Service Employees International Union District 1199
Ohio
Joint Commission
Oberlin College solar array to supply campus power
Oberlin College builds a 2.27 megawatt solar array on private land west of Professor Street to feed about 3 million kilowatt hours annually to Oberlin Municipal Light and Power System. Spear Point Energy purchases the generated power with SPG Solar designing and installing the panels.
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Chronicle
Rob Lamppa
Oberlin College
New Russia Township
College
Oberlin
NEW Russia
Oberlin Municipal Light and Power System
Spear Point Energy
Aspen
Colo
SPG Solar
Professor Street
Butternut Ridge Road
Green Energy
Ohio
Oberlin College solar array totals unveiled
Oberlin College reveals a 2.27 megawatt solar array spanning about 11 acres on a 7722 polycrystalline photovoltaic wall. The system uses roughly half a mile of underground cable to Oberlin's municipal grid and is expected to produce 2.8 to 3.1 million kilowatt hours annually.
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Oberlin Municipal Light and Power System
Lorain Schools Named in State Attendance Probe
The state auditor’s interim report includes three Lorain schools among 100 districts reviewed for attendance reporting irregularities. While officials say Lorain did not scrub or misreport, missing documents for 18 students at New Beginnings Academy General Johnnie Wilson Middle School and Longfellow Middle School raise concerns about recordkeeping and data availability for the 2010-11 year.
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State Auditor’s Office
Dave Yost
Ohio Department of Education
Columbus
Toledo
Cincinnati
New Beginnings Academy
General
Johnnie Wilson
Longfellow Middle School
Teacher and husband charged over pot plants at home
Medina Schools teacher Shannon Briggs and her husband Matthew Briggs, both of North Ridgeville, face charges after police found marijuana plants growing in their residence. They are charged with cultivation, possession paraphernalia, complicity, and endangering children. Preliminary hearings set for Oct. 23.
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Medina
Matthew Briggs
Shannon Briggs
Adam Freas
Elyria Municipal Court
Lisa A. Locke Graves
A.I. Root
Randy Stepp
Briggs
Greg Petek
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