NORTH RIDGEVILLE — By an overwhelming 4-to-1 margin, people responding to an unscientific Chronicle-Telegram poll asking whether North Ridgeville Humane Officer Barry Accorti should be disciplined for shooting five feral kittens to death said he should face disciplinary measures or be fired. Of the approximately 577 readers who answered the Chronicle poll in print or [...]
Amherst inclusive playground on target for July opening
AMHERST — The biggest achievement of the nearly completed $400,000 inclusive outdoor playground at the Mercy Health and Recreation Center isn’t just the splash pad, treehouse or fishing dock. It’s the way in which the area will allow families of youngsters of varying physical and emotional abilities and limitations to play side by side. “They [...]
Landfill seeks height increase
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — A proposed expansion of the Lorain County Landfill doesn’t pass the smell test with its neighbors. “We’re going to get the noise. We’re going to get the dust. We’re going to get the odors,” Butternut Ridge resident Pat Justin said at a Tuesday public hearing on the expansion at the Carlisle [...]
71-year-old grandma graduates with GED after she left high school in 1959
PITTSFIELD TWP. — Phyrn Coleman was tempted to seek her GED when she stopped by a booth at the Lorain County Fair. She read about free classes for GED preparation at the Lorain County Joint Vocational School. “I thought, ‘Why not do it?’ ” she said. Coleman, who dropped out of Cleveland’s John Marshall High [...]
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