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Updated: November/21/2009
Skeldon could get buyout
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After leading the chase to get Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon out of office, county Commissioner Ben Konop is in the improbable position of suiting up his golden parachute. Mr. Skeldon, who tendered his resignation Thursday with a Jan. 31, 2010, retirement announcement, would be eligible for a lump-sum payment of nearly $13,500 under a buyout program Mr.
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Updated: November/21/2009
Ex-pastor injured in Oct. crash dies
A former Lutheran pastor died Tuesday in Toledo Hospital, more than a month after he was hurt in a two-car crash in Monroe County that killed his wife.
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Updated: November/21/2009
Rep. Latta plans forum in Upper Sandusky
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — U.S. Rep. Robert Latta (R., Bowling Green) will host a citizens’ forum from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday in the Upper Sandusky High School Auditorium, 800 North Sandusky St.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Skeldon resigns; Lucas County dog warden's last work day is Dec. 31
After weeks of criticism for killing hundreds of adoptable dogs this year, and repeated calls for his firing, Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon succumbed and submitted his resignation Thursday, effective Jan. 31, after more than 22 years on the job. As recently as two weeks ago, he said he didn't expect to retire until “sometime in 2011.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Toledo leaf pickup may be 1 pass only this year
The city of Toledo this year has committed only to collect leaves one time in all neighborhoods, officials said Thursday. The forces of nature, not budget woes, are to blame. Leaves didn't drop from trees until later than usual, causing the city to delay its leaf collection program by a week.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Wood County reports first H1N1 death
BOWLING GREEN — Wood County health officials confirmed Friday that a local resident became the first in the county to die from H1N1 complications.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Two people killed in Toledo during separate shootings
Two people have been shot and killed in Toledo during separate incidents that occurred 13 hours apart. Their deaths mark the 23rd and 24th murders in Toledo this year. No one has been arrested in either case. Flowers were left at the front of the building in which the the earlier shooting took place.
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Updated: November/20/2009
New citizens get OSU-UM rivalry tips
Voting and jury duty are one thing. Watching the Ohio State-Michigan game Saturday just may be a more immediate responsibility for Toledo's newest U.S. citizens.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Settlement likely over Hartung’s firing suit
Former Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority President James Hartung could receive about $41,000 in unused vacation and sick pay under an out-of-court settlement the port authority is negotiating with him.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Racial makeup of Port Authority staff questioned
Still smarting over the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors' decision last month to replace its president without advertising the job, Bernard “Pete” Culp Thursday questioned the racial makeup of the agency's staff.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Northwood cuts spending
Northwood City Council on Thursday night unanimously approved a 2010 budget of $4.5 million, which is about 13 percent less than the 2009 budget.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Heart condition killed park rider
The 38-year-old Toledo man who died after riding a roller coaster at Kings Island in August was suffering chest pain before he got on the coaster, according to investigators' interviews in their completed report.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Last stretch of Madison Avenue becomes 2-way
The traffic pattern for a two block stretch on Madison Avenue was converted Thursday from one-way to two-way traffic, the last stretch of the downtown street to be switched.
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Updated: November/20/2009
DiSalle Bridge work to resume next spring
This year’s construction on the DiSalle Bridge and two nearby bridges is complete, with work scheduled to resume in the spring, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
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Updated: November/19/2009
Finkbeiner staffers get swine flu vaccination
While most Lucas County residents had to stand in long lines for hours to get their swine flu shots — if they could get one — members of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's staff just needed to come to work. The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department sent a nurse to the 22nd Floor of Government Center Nov.
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Updated: November/19/2009
Toledo residents take trash course
City officials tried to answer all the questions residents had as the city converts to automated trash collection, during a forum Wednesday in South Toledo. About 180 people attended a meeting in the Margaret L. Hunt Senior Center in South Toledo, one of a series to be held in all six council districts.
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Updated: November/19/2009
5 injured in Fulton County crash
FAYETTE, Ohio — At least five people were taken away by at least two medical helicopters from the scene Thursday night of a single-vehicle crash at Fulton County roads 22 and L in Franklin Township, authorities said.
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Updated: November/19/2009
Skeldon says he will step down Dec. 31, but Konop wants him dismissed immediately
"I am not comfortable with him as our dog warden for even another day," Lucas County Commisioner Konop announced at a Thursday afternoon news conference. The commissioner, a vocal critic of the warden, commended Mr. Skeldon for "having the courage" to step aside but said he plans to introduce a motion at Tuesday's commissioners' meeting for his immediate dismissal.
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Updated: November/18/2009
10 healthy puppies all put down 1 day after surrender to warden
Early this year, Lester Cunningham took in three stray dogs that he found wandering around his neighborhood in the cold. And when one of them gave birth a week later, the 49-year-old South Toledoan found himself the unexpected caregiver to 12 more mixed chow-and-shepherd puppies.
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Updated: November/18/2009
Lucas County OKs pact to discount electric bill
Lucas County commissioners Tuesday approved a six-year contract that assures area residents of a 5 percent discount on electric rates and provides the county with a check for just over $1 million.
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Updated: November/18/2009
South Bass Island sewer rules aim to stop repeat of '04 ailments
By tightening the rules on private septic systems, state health and environmental officials hope to prevent a repeat of a bacterial outbreak here that caused 1,400 people to have stomach cramps and diarrhea in the summer of 2004.
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Updated: November/18/2009
Driver, 82, killed in cemetery crash
An 82-year-old Leipsic woman died after the car she was driving went off the road and struck headstones in a cemetery near this Putnam County community, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Finkbeiner's 2010 budget predicts $30.2M deficit for Toledo
Mayor Carty Finkbeiner turned in his last proposed budget Monday with a $30.2 million deficit that likely will be left to incoming Mayor Mike Bell and the new City Council to erase — through tax increases, if Mr. Finkbeiner gets his way. Mr. Finkbeiner said his administration has cut services to the bone and must raise taxes to continue to keep the city clean and safe.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Surrendered Labrador meets fate at pound
After much thought and greater reluctance, Thomas Good this month dropped off his relatively healthy 4-year-old black-and-white Labrador mix - Annie - at the Lucas County pound. "They just said that they'd try to find her a home," Mr. Good, 25, recalled of his Nov. 5 visit to the county dog warden. "That's how they put it."
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Updated: November/17/2009
Band to get bite of Big Apple
Clay High School's marching band is heading to New York City to honor veterans and military personnel - including former bandmates in active service - by performing on the USS Intrepid's flight deck.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Driver, 82, killed in accident in Putnam County
An 82-year-old Leipsic woman died at a hospital after the car she was driving went off the road and struck headstones in the Sugar Ridge Cemetery south of this Putnam County community, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Radio's Levin to talk at Hillsdale dinner
Conservative radio host Mark Levin follows the footsteps of Rush Limbaugh and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as keynote speaker for Hillsdale College's annual Churchill Dinner.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Wood County agency workers leave union
Employees at the Wood County Child Support Enforcement Agency no longer will be represented by the Service Employees International Union.
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Updated: November/16/2009
Two new residence halls planned for BGSU
BOWLING GREEN -- A residence hall and two fraternity houses will be razed to make way for two new dorms at Bowling Green State University, officials announced Monday.
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Updated: November/16/2009
Owens failed to address shortcomings in nursing
The report Owens Community College filed eight months ago to maintain national accreditation for its nursing program failed to show what, if anything, the college did to bring the program up to standards in two deficient areas. The Owens administration apologized for losing accreditation from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and promised to get it back.
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Updated: November/16/2009
Summit to tackle high school dropout rate
Educators, parents, and area youngsters are to join leaders from government, business, and foundations this week to try to improve graduation rates.
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Updated: November/16/2009
Holiday wishes at Springfield High School
Tammy Gresko, above, helps her daughter, Anastassia Gresko, right, a Make-A-Wish child, and son Anthony Gresko, center, make sparkling stars during he foundation's annual holiday party. More than 100 Wish children and their families from throughout the 21-county area of northwest Ohio gathered Sunday at Springfield High School in Holland for crafts, games, food, and gifts.
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Updated: November/16/2009
Company outlines $37.5M port plan
Except for earth-movers and trucks working on a far corner of the property, there was little evidence recently that the former Gulf Oil refinery site on Front Street soon might become a busy part of the Port of Toledo complex.
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Updated: November/16/2009
A collective effort at recycling
Kelsey Welling, left, Haleigh Lindner, center, and Kristi Skinkiss sift through cans during America Recycles Day at the Toledo Zoo, where athletic shoes, cell phones, ink cartridges, computers and accessories, and aluminum cans were collected for reuse Sunday . The observance aims to promote social, environmental, and economic benefi ts of recycling and urge the creation of a better environment.
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Updated: November/16/2009
Suspicious fire damages home in South Toledo
A suspicious fire heavily damaged a South Toledo home early Sunday morning. The blaze at 549 Jervis St. was reported about 1:50 a.m., authorities said.
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