Berea Secures Browns HQ in City Deal with NFL
Berea council seals a deal with the NFL giving the city a $500k plus arrangement and guarantees the next Browns team will be headquartered there through 1999 with a clause extending use to 2020. The NFL will cover mortgage costs 350k annually to 2002 plus 250k for loss of the team and assume 250k annual maintenance. The pact stabilizes Berea after Art Modell moved the Browns to Baltimore.
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Sidewalk Plan Loses Support In Oberlin Council
Oberlin council members expressed growing frustration with a proposed two million dollar sidewalk project. Funding options presented by City Auditor Kelly Clark drew opposition from Richard Lothrop Herb Willis and Brent Smith who favored higher priority needs such as a city garage streets and a recreation center.
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Wilkes Villa tenant faces eviction threatens community center
Vanessa Ballentine, director of The Beginning and the End center in Wilkes Villa Lorain, has eviction papers amid arrests of her two adult sons. LMHA cites lease violations from drug activity. Ballentine contests timing and legality while seeking legal appeal and temporary stay.
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Man who asked for prison time gets sentence
Elyria Ohio Namon Oliver 20 Middle Avenue told police he deserved prison. Judge Robert J Corts imposed a sentence of three to 15 years for aggravated drug trafficking after Oliver described himself as needing institutionalization and threatened harm if not imprisoned. He had been arrested on a first degree rape charge and failed to appear for sentencing.
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Lokai seeks sponsors for Elyria debate with Vasi
Elyria Republican Larry Lokai says he wants a debate with incumbent Democrat Mary Jo Vasi and has approached the Lorain County Clerks and Trustees Association and the county Farm Bureau to host it. LCCTA will not mediate, citing nonpartisanship. Vasi tentatively supports the idea, noting she knows county government well. No debate date has been set.
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