By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 6 PELEE ISLAND, ONT. — Across Ontario, 126,000 striking teachers are picketing in public squares and chanting slogans about government unfairness. But here on Pelee Island – the tiny Lake Erie isle that houses 250 people, a few thousand pheasants, and one lonely school – silence is golden. […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 Jim Hartung says he wants to hear citizens’ complaints about excessive noise at Toledo Express Airport. He promises a “receptive ear” to the concerns of the airport’s neighbors, and asks them to “call us anytime.” All you have to do, says the president of the Toledo-Lucas County […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 COLUMBUS — With a statewide referendum on workers’ compensation law going before the voters in only 11 days, supporters of Issue 2 have far outraised and outspent their opponents. Through Oct. 15, Keep Ohio Working – a business-backed committee that supports the issue’s passage – had raised […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 18 COLUMBUS — Governor Voinovich will be in Toledo tomorrow to talk about economic development, but not about the unexpectedly tight race for mayor. Only 11 days before the election, the governor will address a meeting of area development officials at SeaGate Convention Centre. But even with little-known […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 1 COLUMBUS — For now, it’s still “I do.” But lovestruck Ohioans soon may have the option of saying, “I really, really do.” That’s the hope of state Rep. Ron Young (R., Painesville), co-sponsor of a bill to create a more binding kind of marriage – a “covenant […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 1 COLUMBUS — Ohio is one step closer to keeping inexperienced teen drivers off the road. A conference committee yesterday reached a compromise on Senate Bill 35, which would make teenagers wait until age 18 to get a full-fledged driver’s license, while allowing them limited access to wheels […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 1 Some say it would protect Ohio’s citizens from the state’s worst criminals. Others say it would take away their most basic rights. On Nov. 4, voters will pass judgment on Issue 1, which would amend the state Constitution and give judges the power to hold accused felons […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 24 WASHINGTON — Kathleen Ashley, the wife of former Congressman Thomas Ludlow Ashley, died yesterday of heart failure in George Washington University Hospital here. She was 65. She was born in Birmingham, Ala., where her father, Charles Lucey, was a reporter. Mr. Lucey spent his life working as […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 11 A 13-year-old South Toledo boy was shot dead by his stepfather yesterday afternoon, after a loaded gun they were playing with went off in the youth’s face, police said. Gregory McNally was pronounced dead at Medical College Hospital at 4:07 p.m., a half-hour after the shooting at […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 22 COLUMBUS –The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a Toledo case that could expand a prosecutor’s power to shut down crack houses. But attorneys for the buildings’ owners said the state is trying to violate their clients’ property rights. The case involves three Toledo buildings – […]
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