Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for February 20th, 2008
Growing unique flowers
Education takes an offbeat path every January at Oberlin College. That’s when one of the college’s hallmarks, winter term projects, takes place. To graduate, each student must complete three projects, which basically are mini-internships.
This year, a number of students traveled abroad to do social service work, while others volunteered [...]
North Ridgeville is site of chain`s third café
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — There’s nothing much like settling in with a hot cup of joe on a cold winter day. And, as of last Wednesday, North Ridgeville has added a new player to the coffee mix.
Café Ah-Roma — [...]
MAN shoots ex, kills self; police were called to home 6 times since November
ELYRIA — Lynn Nolan was afraid, convinced that her ex-husband would harm her.
On Tuesday, he did.
Police say that her ex, James H. Nolan, 48, went to the home the couple used to share at 616 Cambridge Ave. on Tuesday afternoon, shot Lynn several times and then turned the gun on [...]
Restraining orders don`t really restrain anyone
Battered women who seek protection from the courts via restraining or protection orders are essentially depending on their abusers to honor those legal documents.
Too often, however, cases of domestic violence that result are dismissed by judges because women are afraid to pursue the case, a move that empowers the offender even more.
“Really, no [...]
Man dies in Elyria fire
ELYRIA — A bedridden man could not escape the flames and smoke that filled his 17th Street home Tuesday night, dying before firefighters could force their way past the flames into the home to rescue him.
The body of 69-year-old Carlton L. Glass was found inside the burning building, where he likely died of smoke [...]
Tokar faces downtown Elyria foreclosures
Lisa Roberson
The Chronicle-Telegram
ELYRIA — A man once referred to as “the king of downtown” is at the center of several foreclosure lawsuits filed months after he declared bankruptcy, according to county and federal court records.
Jay G. Tokar, of Avon, probably is best known as being the man behind several real estate [...]
Mall owners juggle cash issues
ELYRIA — If Centro Properties Group, the owner of Midway Mall, succeeds in righting its finances, it won’t be just the mall that will be affected.
The Australian-based conglomerate of subsidiaries and managed funds took over ownership of Midway Mall in May 2006 when the Westfield Group sold the majority of [...]
Castro exits on own terms
“I believe that one has to be consistent right up to the end,” Fidel Castro wrote in his resignation letter Tuesday, and he was. The world may long argue whether he was a communist or a social reformer, a mad tyrant or a visionary savior, but no one will ever doubt that he was a [...]
Police briefs: Feb. 20, 2008
LCT driver seeks damages for 2006 crash
ELYRIA — A North Ridgeville man injured in a February 2006 crash between a truck driver and the Lorain County Transit Authority bus he was driving is suing the transit company, the trucker, and the transportation company he works for suffering what he says are [...]
Police blotter: Feb. 20, 2008
Lorain police
Monday, Feb. 18
10:45 p.m. – 2200 Stone Path St., a temporary tag was stolen from a vehicle.
10:45 p.m. – 3000 block Marie Ave., apartment burglarized.
4:05 p.m. – 2400 block W. 21st St., counterfeit $100 bill used during purchase.
Tuesday, Feb. 19
12:09 a.m. [...]