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Free community Thanksgiving meals

Published on Nov. 21, 2018 | Updated 11:31 a. m.

Lorain County Community College will host its annual free Thanksgiving dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the LCCC Spitzer Conference Center Reaser Grand Room, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria. The dinner is sponsored by the Office of Student and Dining →

Elections

Wellington passes income tax increase to fund new police station

Published on Nov. 7, 2018 | Updated 3:02 a. m.

WELLINGTON — Wellington Village Mayor Hans Schneider said it was a team effort of the village and residents to get the tax income increase approved on the Tuesday ballot. The three-quarters of a percent income tax increase will generate $750, →

Elections

ENDORSEMENT: Yes on Wellington Issue 34

Published on Nov. 2, 2018

Wellington officials have come up with a responsible solution to deal with two pressing issues facing the village: budget woes and an outdated and tiny police station. At first blush, residents might get sticker shock from the 0.75 percent →

Elections

Issue 34: Wellington income tax increase

Published on Oct. 26, 2018

WELLINGTON - Wellington Village Mayor Hans Schneider has had many meetings with residents to get them behind the income tax increase on the Nov. 6 ballot as Issue 34. Schneider said the increase is vital to fixing the village's financial deficit →

Local News

Wellington student receives prestigious scholar award

Published on Oct. 17, 2018 | Updated 7:14 a. m.

WELLINGTON — When state Sen. Gayle Manning, R-North Ridgeville, found out that an Ohio student recognized as a Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholar lived in the district she represented, she was astonished. Manning presented a proclamation to →

Cops and Courts

Woman asks police to help find man shot in Wellington

Published on Aug. 28, 2018

LORAIN — A Lorain woman asked police Saturday to check on a man who Wellington police said was shot in their town Aug. 18. The victim, an NN Corp. employee, was shot about 3 a.m. in the company’s parking lot at 125 Bennet St. by an →

Local News

Wellington Lip Sync Challange: 'My Town' (UPDATED, VIDEO)

Published on Aug. 27, 2018 | Updated 6:17 a. m.

WELLINGTON — The Wellington Police Department debuted its new lip-sync challenge video Monday morning for all the community to see. Wellington police, fire and EMS officials as well as residents sang and danced along to “My Town” →

Cops and Courts

Man shot in parking lot at work

Published on Aug. 18, 2018

WELLINGTON — An NN Corp. employee was shot early Saturday morning in the company’s parking lot, according to Wellington police. Police received the call at 3:51 a.m. that the man, who had just arrived for work at the manufacturing plant →

Local News

Former Wellington Police Chief Morris Furcron dies at 90 (VIDEO)

Published on Aug. 14, 2018 | Updated 6:28 a. m.

WELLINGTON — The village lost more than a community member with the recent death of Morris Furcron Jr., it also lost a community servant and a friend. Furcron died Monday at age 90. His death leaves a hole in the community that may never be →