Circle talk on Elyria move to Cook's building
Paul Facinelli critiques the Lorain County Human Services relocation to the Cook's building on North Ridge Road praising the teal blue sphere's design while detailing cost overruns from 2.8 million to 4.5 million and the political dispute between Mary Jo Vasi and Betty Blair over the project. The column notes 400 jobs moving to Elyria Township and questions voter memory.
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North Ridge Road
Lorain County Human Services
RWL Architects
Elyria
John Heywood
Shakespeare
Mary Jo Vasi
Betty Blair
Chronicle-Telegram
Cleveland
Vasi
Columbus
Blair
Mom’s Open Kitchen to Stay Open After Change in Ownership
Kenneth Baki became the new owner of Mom’s Open Kitchen on Broad Street in Elyria, promising 24 hour operation seven days a week. The longtime restaurant, opened by Emma Jean Mollohan in the mid 1940s and located at 346 Broad St for about 16 years, will remain open as normal while Mollohan is in ill health. Baki, former owner of Sun Photo across the street, sold that business to Cindy and Fred Ginter and transitions the restaurant after a decades long career in local work and a layoff from U S Steel Lorain Works.
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Mom
Emma Jean Mollohan
Broad Street
Kenneth Baki
Mom's
Mollohan
Baki
Sun Photo Shop
Phy
Sun Photo
Cindy
Fred Ginter
Mom’s
Broad St
West Avenue
Broad
Kenny King’s
U.S. Steel Lorain Works
U.S. Steel
Ken Baki
Banks eye branch buy in Lorain County deal
Premier Bank and Bank One announced an agreement for Premier to acquire 11 Bank One branches in Lorain County and Elyria including four in Lorain, three in Elyria, and offices in Wellington, Ripton, South Amherst, and Oberlin. Bank One will keep seven Lorain County branches. The move boosts Premier’s assets to about 625 million to 650 million, while Elyria’s three branches may close or reopen under a new name. Local banks anticipate market stability and express cautious optimism about future earnings.
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Lorain County
Premier Bank & Trust
Premier
Bank One
W. Daniel Waldron
First Merit
EST
Stanley Pijor
Lorain National Bank
Premier Bank
Lorain
Wellington
Ripton
South Amherst
Oberlin
Sheffield Lake
Avon
John Kreighbaum
Villages mull shared building codes and inspector
Grafton Wellington and LaGrange officials discuss forming a council to unify building and zoning standards and hire a full time inspector. The plan envisions an inspector serving all three communities, with current part time coverage in Grafton and LaGrange and none in Wellington. The proposal mirrors the Westshore Council of Governments in Cuyaoga County and would run separately from Lorain County Community Alliance planning efforts. Commissioner Betty Blair backs the idea as a workable, parallel approach to regional code enforcement.
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Wellington
LaGrange
Shari Kerner
Ken Looy
Westshore Council of Governments
Cuyahoga County
Kerner
Westlake
Bay Village
North Olmsted
Rocky River
Lakewood
Westshore Council
Grafton-LaGrange-Wellington
Lorain County Community Alliance
Betty Blair
Powell autographs book at Westlake stop cites ROTC support
Admiral King High School ROTC members greeted Colin Powell as he signed copies of My American Journey at Borders in Westlake. Master Chief Robe rt Tinsley credited Powell with funding for high school ROTCs in the 1980s. Powell declined to announce a presidential bid, saying he would decide in three weeks and urged voters to judge by ideas, not race. A Bedford man criticized Powell for skipping the Million Man March and for not detailing plans to bridge racial and class divides. Powell said he refused Louis Farrakhan’s invitation over antisemitic remarks.
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Reserve Officer Training Corps
Colin Powell
Robert Tinsley
Admiral King
Borders Books and Music
Detroit
Powell
Congress
Tinsley
Lorain County
Westlake Center
Linda Moore
Avon Lake
United States
Craig Gantt
Bedford
Washington, D.C
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Powel
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Nation of Islam
Borders Books
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