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My first job out of college. I was the city hall reporter from The Morning Journal in Lorain, OH. The award-winning daily has about a 20,000 circulation.
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• ENTERPRISE
Dust rises to complaints: EPA issues wanring to Lorain High contractors
Silecky missed more meetings than any other Council member
Recipe for successful downtown
The City of Lorain has spent more than $6,500 on unused cell phones since February
Lorain's sound ordinance enforcement in quesiton
Lorain, private citizen in bidding frenzy for home
Rowland may close; equipment up for sale
Museum plan may ship out
Everybody gets a raise: Lorain officials to get 3 percent pay increase from '07 ordinance
City Hall drones cash in: Urbanek strikes gold
Workers take pay cuts; boss accepts $1,700 wage increase
Elyria tax hike makes ballot: Lorain will lose $230,000 if voters pass measure in November
Elyria not cashing in with city's permit fees
A hole lot of trouble: Neighbors take action to fill pesky potholes
Solicitation permits double: Lorain sees increase in applications with city over past year
Lorain Council members meet together 59 percent of the time
• EMBATTLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SANDY PRUDOFF
Subpoena deadline extended: FBI grants two more weeks to gather Prudoff documents
Mayor considers reorganizing department
So long Lorain, Prudoff says
City council quiet about FBI's probe on Prudoff
City gets subpoena in probe of Prudoff
FBI targets Prudoff
Prudoff targe of FBI probe, put on leave
• COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT
Help sought on Lorain CRA legal bills
Mayor plans to reintroduce tax abatement agreement in January
CRA set tax savings for key figures
New CRA revelations: Lawyer calls Lorain legislation 'questionable'
CRA legal woes will continue to cost Lorain
CRA action called 'sneaky': Council claims administration tried to push legislation through
Lorain homeowners losing CRA tax abatement hire an attorney
Auditor slams doors on CRA
Residents in Amherst still angry about CRA deal
City Council kills CRA deal
CRA legal fees nearing $1 million
CRA discussion draws small crowd; 5 people voice opinions
Agreement not reached yet in CRA tax dispute
Deal set to end CRA tax abatement fight in Lorain
Legal wrangling continues in CRA abatement dispute
No solution to CRA fight
• ST. JOE'S COMMUNITY CENTER
Forging ahead: Officials key to saving St. Joe's
Clinic, College staying put at St. Joe center
Lorain will manage St. Joe's: VA Clinic, LCCC more likely to make long-term lease agreements
LCCC commits to stay at St. Joe's through June
St. Joe's timeline established
City close to keeping St. Joe's open past year's end
Neighborhood House finds new home, not at St. Joe's
New deal to save St. Joe's: City might buy downtown buildling for $1 in latest plan
VA needs guarantee in writing to stay in St. Joe's
VA clinic may move: Officials looking at former Kmart building in Sheffield Village
Area veterans hope rally will save St. Joe's
Officials still hoping to save St. Joe's
Future of veterans' clinic unsure after St. Joe's closes its doors
Agency rejects St. Joseph: Lorain County Health & Dentistry will not move into center
• CITY BUDGET
30 more city jobs on the line: Mayor hopes for tax reduction credit
City to ax at least 23 employees this week, officials say
39 more jobs in jeopardy: City asks unions to take paycut in order to avoid layoffs
Tomaszewski gets full pay: other health department supervisiors paid for only 4 days a week
City faces $690,000 shortfall
Lorain about $1.5M in debt: Deficit an increase from previous year by almost $200,000
• MISC READS:
Attempt to double dip fails: Tomaszewski's retirement pushes health department's debt to $180,000
Double-dippers lining up
FBI targeting businessman: Agents subpoena Lorain for several documents related to Buchs