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Officials say Berry Bascule Bridge slated to be reopened by Friday

LORAIN — After more than five months of waiting, Lorain’s Charles Berry Bascule Bridge will finally be open by this Friday, according to Ohio Department of Transportation officials. The bridge has pointed skyward over the Black River since June 9, and ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  19 Nov 2008

Child with lighter eyed as blaze’s cause

LORAIN — Deborah Brewer rushed feverishly with a pot full of water to put out the blaze in her apartment Monday, but she was too late. By the time the 26-year-old made her third trip back to the sink, the fire on her 4-year-old son’s mattress had ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  18 Nov 2008

City and nonprofits get their liens crossed

LORAIN — A paperwork error has led to nearly $100,000 in unpaid property taxes for the buildings housing the Black River Historical Society and the Lorain City Health Department. Together, the Moore House Museum, on West Fifth Street, and the Health ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  15 Nov 2008

Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: November 15, 2008

Fundraiser for multiple sclerosis The Southview High School JROTC program will host a bowl-a-thon called “Strike for MS” to help spread awareness and raise funds to fight multiple sclerosis. The event will take place at 1 p.m. on Jan. 31 at the ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  15 Nov 2008

Call describes ‘mercy killing’

AVON — Between deep sighs, 85-year-old Robert Shaw spoke wearily into the phone from his Avon home Wednesday morning. He needed police assistance, he told the dispatcher, but he hesitated when asked why. “I just killed my wife,” Shaw said on a 911 ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  14 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Robert Shaw

Lorain to spend funds on blighted buildings

LORAIN — The city wants to focus  more than $3 million in federal funding on rehabilitating or demolishing blighted structures throughout the older areas of Lorain. Ohio cities hard-hit by foreclosures learned in September that the U.S. Department of ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  14 Nov 2008

Men who stormed Elyria home still at large

ELYRIA — Elyria police were continuing their search for the two men who attacked a 67-year-old woman Tuesday and invaded her home. Pung Y Lam Ko was treated and released Tuesday from EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria after complaining of chest and ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  13 Nov 2008

Robbers invade restaurant owner’s home

ELYRIA — From across the street, the encounter looked like nothing more than a couple of salesmen on a door-to-door call. But police say the two men who knocked on the door of a Hawthorne Street home had something more sinister in mind: They forced ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  12 Nov 2008
Related Topics: John Hayes

Sheffield Council split on unions

SHEFFIELD — A resolution authorizing the village’s police, fire and service employees to have full union status began making its way through council Monday night, slipping by with a 3-to-3 vote. Council members Ron Forster, Edward Dugan and Kevin ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: John Hunter

Lorain/Sheffield/Sheffield Lake notebook: Nov. 8, 2008

The Mexican Mutual Society will celebrate its 80th anniversary today in Lorain. The society formed in 1928 after an influx of Mexicans arrived to work in the steel mills and shipyards of Lorain, said society vice president David Flores. Today’s event ...

From STEPHEN SZUCS, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,  8 Nov 2008

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