Elyria reviews 2025 budget and shifting housing needs
City Council discussed 2025 Community Development Block Grants as Elyria expects 1.2 million in HUD funding. A public comment draft is posted until Nov 18. Consultant Elizabeth McNannay notes population slight decline from 54,050 in 2009 to 53,117 in 2023, while households rise due to smaller family sizes. About 2,708 rental units are one bed or studio, with over 70 percent of households comprising one or two people. There are roughly 8,500 single households and more than 5,000 are single women.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Cardinal Brew opens at Brookside High for hands on lessons
Brookside High School launches Cardinal Brew a student run coffee shop in the cafeteria for hands on work experience. Eleven students in the program led by Allison Macke will test the shop in December using real world customer service and retail skills.
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Cardinal Brew
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Macke
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Chronicle
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Thomas Hutchinson
Alison Macke
Belcher
Hutchinson
Lorain County Trick or Treat Schedule
Amherst and surrounding communities set Halloween hours with trick or treat from 6 to 7 30 p m on Thursday Avon Eaton Township Elyria Lorain North Ridgeville Sheffield Sheffield Lake Vermilion Wellington list of participating areas and times for residents to plan routes.
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Eaton Township
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Lorain
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Wellington
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Oberlin
Columbia Station
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Oberlin gains new stop on Underground Railroad Trail
Ohio announces expansion of the Underground Railroad Trail nearly doubling sites to 40 with a new stop in Oberlin. Alyssa Atkins of Ohio Department of Development and Tourism notes collaboration with county bureaus to map monuments tours and museums, boosting state tourism and Lorain County inquiries. Garry Gibbs cites five routes through Oberlin and clarifies visitors often misinterpret the term railroad for a hidden escape path.
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Ohio Department of Development and Tourism
Ohio
Alyssa Atkins
Ohio Department of Development and Tourism and Tourism
Garry Gibbs
Lorain County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kaptur Accepts Local Ideas for Rail Improvements
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, in Defiance at a Saturday Election 2024 event, urged about 25 attendees to draft potential rail improvement routes. She said shifting district boundaries hinder her local expertise and asked residents to help shape the plan before the election.
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Marcy Kaptur
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Lorain man jailed 23 months for two county car chase
Darius Blakely, 26, of Euclid Avenue, was sentenced to 23 months in Lorain County prison after pleading guilty to failure to comply with police signals and receiving stolen property, with driving under suspension added as a misdemeanor. The chase began in Cleveland and ended near Valley City after Blakely and a female passenger fled the car.
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Erin Downs
Cleveland
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West River Road
Medina County
Valley City
Guilford Road Harassment and Weekend Traffic Charges
Police blotter from Oct 21 to Oct 27 lists incidents including a telecom harassment report on Guilford Road, a Douglas Street vehicle collision, a fentanyl possession and driving violation arrest on Overlook Road, trespassing on Washington Street, junk vehicle citation on Nautical Drive, and a Liberty Avenue transport to hospital for evaluation. A man with an active Lorain County child support warrant was arrested after being seen near Niagara Road.
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Nautical Drive
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Aurora Drive
Niagara Road
Lorain County
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