By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 Right now, they couldn’t seem more different. Maumee-Western Road is a two-lane rural road flanked by trees and farmland with a few curves and hills to slow traffic. Airport Highway, just three miles to the north, is a stop-and-go, traffic-packed mess. Its five lanes clog like a […]
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Michigan firm buys third Toledo building; Health club may be added to Lake Erie Center
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 A Michigan company has bought its third downtown Toledo building and is considering putting a health club in it. Lansing-based Eyde Co. bought One Lake Erie Center last week for $1.25 million, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said. The five-story, white stone structure joins the Fiberglas Tower and […]
Monclova Twp. residents rally against development
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 With signs reading “Honk for safe streets,” about two dozen Monclova Township residents held a roadside rally yesterday to protest what they consider unsafe development in the area. “We’ve got to keep this under control, or our roads will be unsafe really quickly,” said Joni Shugarman, who […]
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Hot dog stands on council agenda; Law panel to digest bid to allow pushcart vendors downtown
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 9 The Coney Island hot dog shop and other downtown eateries may have some mobile competition if an ordinance gets the council’s approval tomorrow. At a 4 p.m. meeting today, council’s law and criminal justice committee will consider changing the Toledo Municipal Code to allow people to vend […]
Fresh ideas put to work in Indianapolis
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A9 When Stephen Goldsmith took office as mayor of Indianapolis in 1992, he faced a problem familiar to plenty of big-city mayors: the flow of people and money to the suburbs. “On a clear day, from my office, I can actually see the dollar bills crossing the city […]
Panel OK’s revision in gun law
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 A Toledo council committee has approved a change in the city’s gun-control laws that could help stop anyone with a domestic-violence conviction from getting handguns. The council’s public safety committee unanimously approved an ordinance that would allow city officials to refuse to issue a handgun identification card […]
New development director assumes duties on Friday
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 16 The city of Toledo will have a new downtown development manager Friday, when Tara Barney resigns her post. She will be replaced by Margy Poorman, who will be in charge of bringing businesses and people to Toledo’s downtown. “The city has made some excellent inroads downtown, and […]
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Threat suspect in Sylvania is ‘a good kid’
By Joshua Benton and Mark Reiter Blade Staff Writers Page 1 An honor student with no previous disciplinary record is facing charges of inducing a panic after he allegedly threatened to blow up Sylvania’s Northview and Southview high schools. “He’s a good kid who made a bad choice,” said Kevin Gorman, principal of Northview, where […]
Arrest made in Sylvania threat; Northview senior held in web warning; Schools shut
By Mike Bartell and Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writers Page 1 An 18-year-old student at Sylvania Northview High School was arrested last night and charged with inducing panic after an Internet threat stating Sylvania would suffer the same bloody fate as Littleton, Colo., caused the district’s two high schools to be closed today. Sylvania Superintendent […]
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3 governments strike deals to help pay for Rossford arena
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 14 The Rossford Arena Amphitheater Authority agreed to three key deals yesterday that could provide more than $2.3 million a year to pay for the complex near the I-75 and Ohio Turnpike interchange. By a 4-0 vote, the authority approved deals with Rossford, Perrysburg Township, and Wood County […]
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