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Reaser family honored for large donation to LCCC’s Church Institute
ELYRIA — A local family was honored Monday for donating a large amount of money to the Lorain County Community College Foundation’s Roy and Bobbi Church Visionary Leadership Institute. Dan and Mila Reaser, and their children Danny and Shannon, were present at a ceremony where the grand room of the John A. Spitzer Conference Center was dedicated as the Reaser Grand Room. Marcia Ballinger, left,… → Read More
Man dies in apartment fire
SHEFFIELD LAKE — A man died in a fire Tuesday at an apartment complex. Richard Dull, 69, died in the fire that started about 3 p.m. in his first-floor apartment at The Perch on the Lake Apartments, 5115 Lake Road, formerly Erie Shore Landings. The Sheffield Lake Fire Department got called at 3:23 p.m. after an employee at the complex pulled a fire alarm. Crews extinguished the fire, which was… → Read More
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake Superintendent promises further diligence after levy passage
SHEFFIELD — After weathering tough financial circumstances, the Sheffield-Sheffield Lake school district is looking for more ways to improve educationally and financially. Sheffield-Sheffield Lake schools superintendent Mike Cook speaks at the State of the Schools forum at Brookside on Tuesday, April 19. STEVE MANHEIM/CHRONICLE It’s been nearly a year since voters approved a 6.53-mill levy,… → Read More
Rocker Lita Ford to play Avon Duck Tape Festival
AVON — Rocker Lita Ford will headline the entertainment during the opening night of this year’s Avon Heritage Duck Tape Festival. Ford played lead guitar between 1975 and 1980 with The Runaways, and her career spans several decades and includes collaborations with Joan Jett and Ozzy Osbourne. She took a hiatus from show business in the mid-1990s to focus on raising her two sons before returning… → Read More
Driver sought in Vermilion hit-skip
VERMILION — An Elyria man was struck by a vehicle along state Route 2 Wednesday morning while checking his car’s tire, and the unknown driver left him on the side of the road injured and unable to call for help. According to a police report, Nicholas Naro, 32, was on his way to work when Read More... → Read More
Church plans go to city next week
LORAIN — First Evangelical Lutheran Church will submit plans to the city next week for its new building, which is being designed with the past and future in mind. The congregation’s historic 90-year-old church was destroyed by an arsonist in August 2014, and since that time its 130 congregants have gathered elsewhere, mostly at General Read More... → Read More
Police: Drunken driver destroys Northwood sign
ELYRIA – An alleged drunken driver plowed through the Northwood Middle School sign Wednesday evening after police say he rear-ended a motorist at West River Road and took off toward Gulf Road. Darryl Howard, 43, of North Ridgeville, was arrested for operating a vehicle impaired, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless operation and two Read More... → Read More
Committee OKs Avon Lake's 10-year deer plan
AVON LAKE — The city’s 10-year deer management plan through the Ohio Division of Wildlife was approved Wednesday by the Environmental Committee. Deer overpopulation plagues Avon Lake, and over the past year sharpshooters hired through the U.S. Department of Agriculture have had success in culling operations. Residents who have taken steps to obtained deer damage Read More... → Read More
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake district auctions buildings
Two former elementary school buildings were auctioned Tuesday with high bids on each property coming in from Sheffield Township and North Ridgeville residents. Therese Silac, 55, of Sheffield Township, was highest bidder for William Barr Elementary School, 2180 Lake Breeze Road, Sheffield, at $90,000. Eric Glynn, 34, of North Ridgeville, was highest bidder for Tennyson Read More... → Read More
Citing family issues, Sheffield councilman Watkinson drops out of state house race
Sheffield Councilman Kevin Watkinson won’t run against state Rep. Nathan Manning, R-North Ridgeville, for the 55th House District seat in November. Watkinson, who had filed with the Lorain County Board of Elections in December as a Democratic candidate and was unopposed in the March primary, withdrew late last week. Watkinson said during a phone interview Read More... → Read More
Lorain police investigating West 10th Street shooting
LORAIN — A Wednesday evening shooting sent one man to the hospital and left rounds lodged into a home on West 10th Street and spent casings littered on the street and sidewalk. According to a police report, Michael Irizarry, 44, of Lorain, was shot twice “through and through,” once in the buttocks and once in Read More... → Read More
Oberlin College sues city over requirements added 'illegally'
ELYRIA — Oberlin College is suing the city over a failure to draft a development agreement for the Gateway Hotel project and other burdens placed on project developers. The 105,000-square-foot Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center that is being constructed will include a solar-powered hotel, a convention center accommodating up to 300 people and Oberlin Read More... → Read More
Bald eagles in Avon Lake hatch first of three eggs
AVON LAKE — A pair of eagles welcomed a new addition Tuesday morning. One of three eggs hatched in a nest at Redwood Elementary School at 8:56 a.m. It is the first eaglet born this year of parents affectionately named Stars and Stripes by the student body following a naming contest after the nest was Read More... → Read More
Oberlin High School student named finalist for essay on racism
OBERLIN — Elijah Bugg didn’t let other people’s fears or prejudices deter him from remaining positive and striving to set a good example. Bugg, 18, is a senior at Oberlin High School, captain of the football team and a mentor to younger students seeking guidance through a community service group he founded. He’s also Read More... → Read More
Group requests proof of NEXUS' Ohio gas customers
Those seeking a reroute of the NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline project continue to question whether the Texas-based company will actually supply natural gas to Ohio customers. NEXUS, a project of Spectra Energy, filed in November with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a 255-mile pipeline Read More... → Read More
Wetlands mitigation likely to delay Bendix HQ project in Avon
AVON — The Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems project has experienced slight delays since a portion of the area the company intends to build upon are wetlands. Bendix announced in July its intent to leave Elyria for Avon after signing a purchase agreement for more than 60 acres of land along Chester Road to construct a Read More... → Read More
Avon Lake holding off on health department decision
AVON LAKE — City Council intends to wait a little longer before deciding whether to join the Lorain County General Health District. The Lorain City Health Department has provided services to Avon Lake since 1974, and Avon Lake paid Lorain anywhere from $85,000 to more than $100,000 for those services. But Lorain’s large budget deficit Read More... → Read More
Avon Lake seeking communications upgrade from 'baling wire and bubble gum'
AVON LAKE — The city is seeking a total overhaul of its aging Internet and communications network, which has been described as a total mess being held together by baling wire and bubble gum. More bluntly, the communications and operational backbone of the entire city has fallen apart. The city has been working with Cleveland-based Read More... → Read More
Avon city council creates stormwater utility fund
AVON — The city budget now has a line item denoted as a stormwater utility fund, although details of the utility itself have not yet been finalized. City Council unanimously approved Monday the creation of the fund, which will eventually see money funneled into it from as-of-yet created stormwater utility fees that will be collected Read More... → Read More
Departing Avon councilman given send-off
AVON — Councilman Dan Urban, 4th Ward, said his goodbyes Monday during his last night as a city councilman. Urban announced his resignation last month, citing a lack of time to devote to city business and his desire to live up to the mantra that family comes first. Urban, who is the chief operating officer Read More... → Read More