Archive for November 2nd, 2007
County to NOACA: Fix vote or we quit
ELYRIA — The county commissioners aren’t backing down from their efforts to have a system of voting that strongly favors Cuyahoga County eliminated from the bylaws of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency.
On Thursday, the commissioners sent a letter to NOACA Executive Director Howard Maier in which they asked him to start the process of […]
State submits plan to Ford
AVON LAKE — The Ohio Department of Development is putting together a package of incentives that will be presented to Ford Motor Co. in hopes of staving off the possible closure of the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake.Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee
Fisher, who doubles as director of the Department of Development, […]
Dump truck kills 6-year-old getting mail
HUNTINGTON TWP. — A 6-year-old Amish boy crossed state Route 162 to check the family’s mailbox Thursday afternoon and didn’t make it back.
Ohio Highway Patrol troopers said as Levi Shetler stepped from the gravel berm onto the pavement of state Route 162 with envelopes clutched in his hands, he was struck and killed by a […]
Amherst Steele staph infection is ’super bug’
AMHERST — A student at Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst has been diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to Amherst Superintendent Robert Boynton.
MRSA — an antibiotic-resistant form of staph infection — has been garnering nationwide attention after causing the death of a 17-year-old high school football player in Virginia and a 12-year-old […]
Fire station sale may be in Elyria’s future
ELYRIA — Elyria fire officials say they’re bracing for what they suspect will be a permanent move by Mayor Bill Grace to make massive changes in the fire department, including the sale of one fire station and permanently lowering manpower levels.
Grace already has said it’s “very likely” that the current staffing levels — 14 men […]
Avon company bought for $55M
AVON — Avon Bearings Corp. recently was acquired by an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company in a transaction worth $55 million that could thrust the local company into the forefront of the growing wind energy market.
Kaydon Corp. announced the deal Monday, saying it plans to continue to operate Avon Bearings as a part of […]