City weighs brutal cuts as tax renewal looms
Elyria faces deep reductions if the November vote on renewing a long standing income tax fails. Police and fire budgets would suffer most, possibly halving staffing and delaying responses to about 40 000 annual calls. Mayor Grace and Police Chief Medders warn layoffs and stretched service without the $6 million annual revenue.
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Bill Grace
Michael Medders
Dles
Medders
Ted Pileski
Navy vet recalls service on USS Intrepid during 1950s
Elyria man Donald Rothgery, a former clerk of courts, and 250 other former crew members personally reboarded the USS Intrepid during its return to Pier 86 in Manhattan after a two year overhaul. He served January 1957 to January 1959 as yeoman in the captain's and gunnery offices.
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Donald Rothgery
Manhattan
Rothgery
Lorain County
Staten Island
Atlantica
Hudson River
Pier 86
Sea, Air & Space Museum
Marcia Rothgery
Don
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New York Times
Statute of Liberty
Ground Zero
Intrepid
Poll shows Obama McCain tied in Ohio race
An Associated Press poll of Ohio voters finds Barack Obama at 49 percent and John McCain at 46 percent with little more than a week left in the campaign. The eight-paper poll notes a shift since September when McCain led by six points.
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Barack Obama
Ohio
West
McCain
Eric Rademacher
Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson mourns family killings
CHICAGO The Oscar winner grew up in Chicago's South Side Englewood area where her sister asked for her nephew Julian's safe return after their mother and brother were found shot dead at the family home. Hudson's relatives were killed in a family shooting scene.
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Jennifer Hudson
South Side
Julian
Englewood
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