Haiti needs our help
The pictures flashed on the television screen are troubling. They haunt us in our sleep.
The devastation of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti rivals almost anything we can imagine. According to latest estimates, 80,000 people have died as a result of the quake and the difficult living conditi ...
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Stop fighting, celebrate
With the East College Street Project well under construction, detractors have apparently begun to fight those associated with it. After city council withdrew its request for a hearing on the application for a liquor license based on questions of whether the precinct is wet or dry, the Division of L ...
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Celebrate responsibly
Friday we begin a new year, holding the promise of new beginnings. Unfortunately, for some of us those new beginnings will end when they are only hours old.
The New Years holiday weekend is traditionally one of the most dangerous times to be on the roadways. According to the Ohio Department of Pu ...
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We must save transit
The elimination of Lorain County Transit's fixed routes at the end of this year would be devastating for many in Lorain County, who depend on the buses for transportation.
Of the 300 jobs the county estimates will be lost as a result of the move, some belong to developmentally-delayed workers at ...
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BOE choice applauded
We commend the board of education on their selection of Barry Richard to finish the unexpired term of Paula Jones. And we commend them on the process by which the appointment was made.
The board would have had a hard time picking a bad candidate from the nine people who had submitted application ...
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Open meeting cheered
We commend school board president Beth Weiss on her decision to hold open interviews of candidates to fill a vacancy and to allow the public to question the candidates.
While the Ohio Open Meeting Law does allow executive session to "consider the appointment...of a public employee or official," w ...
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