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Clearview levy passes, deficit still looms

A 10-year renewal levy worth more than $350,000 that will fund the Clearview Local School District passed Tuesday night, according to complete but unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections.

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Portion of East Erie Avenue in Lorain to close today for sanitary sewer repairs

East Erie Avenue in Lorain, from Missouri Avenue to Montana Avenue, will be closed today (Wednesday) until sanitary sewer repair work is completed, the city Engineer's Office said in a news release.

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Two incumbents, two new candidates win Elyria council Democratic primary

Incumbent Democratic Councilmen Chad Schneider and Phillip Tollett will seek reelection in November and they will be joined on the ballot by Gina Rothgery and Matthew Van Wormer.

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Lorain sees some incumbents overturned in ward, at-large races

Election night saw three incumbent candidates upset, Sylvia DuVall, D-at Large, JoAnne Moon, D-5th Ward, and Mary Spellacy, D-7th Ward, according to unofficial election results Tuesday evening.

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Elyria school levy fails, district will seek new money again in November

Voters on Tuesday rejected Issue 19, an emergency tax levy to fund daily operation in Elyria Schools, but school officials said they will try for new money again in the fall.

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Vermilion school district's 30-year, $47 million bond issue defeated at the polls

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Issue 20 as it was known in Lorain County and Issue 4, as it was known in neighboring Erie County, had been defeated by a final tally of 1,361 votes against the bond issue to 910 votes for the issue, according to complete but unofficial results from the Lorain County and Erie County boards of election.

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Elyria voters renew half percent income tax

Elyria citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of Issue 5, which renews the one half percent income tax first passed in 2016.

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Linda Webber to be next Lorain Municipal judge after Democratic primary win

A longtime magistrate on the court, Linda Webber has no Republican opponent in the November general election. She will replace retiring Judge Mark Mihok.

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Republicans Awig, Jacobs, Swenk; Democrats Olsen, Wolanski, Zingale advance from North Ridgeville at-large Council primaries

The six candidates who moved on from the primary will face off for the three available at-large seats in November.

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Emeka takes Oberlin Municipal Court primary election in landslide

Farah Emeka defeated Zack Simonoff in Tuesday's Democratic primary election for Oberlin Municipal Court judge, according to complete but unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections.

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