By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 37 It comes about 68 seconds into the song, a new single from Toronto-based Sloan, and it’s a moment that let’s you understand this most remarkable of bands. The song, “Money City Maniacs,” starts off with sirens and crunchy guitar riffs, then propels into a killer rock backbeat. […]
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By Joshua Benton and Michael D. Sallah Blade Staff Writers Page 1 Toledo’s population finally may be back on the rise, but it may be decades before the area can recover from the damage done during the last 30 years. “Toledo has sustained significant losses,” said Glenn King, a senior analyst with the Census Bureau. […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 If North Toledo residents want to stop the spread of adult entertainment in their neighborhoods, they’ll have to take the initiative themselves, a group of concerned citizens concluded last night. “There aren’t any Pied Pipers anymore to take the rats out of your city,” said Lora White, […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 4 FORT WAYNE, IND. — The Senate may have let President Clinton off the hook yesterday, but the children at The Lincoln Museum weren’t so kind. “President Clinton, he just lies to our country,” said Kevin Hay, 10, a fifth grader at Brentwood Elementary School here. “President Lincoln, […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 One of the city of Toledo’s newest employees is Mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s brother-in-law, but the mayor and members of his administration contend the hiring received no special attention. Lee Youster, 41, brother of Amy Finkbeiner, the mayor’s wife, began work Feb. 5 as a supervisor in the […]
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By Joshua Benton and Homer Brickey Blade Staff Writers Page 11 J. Patrick Nicholson, the new vice chairman of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors, relies on the city of Toledo for a quarter of his business. But he and Mayor Carty Finkbeiner say that the multi-million-dollar business deal will not give the […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 City officials are using a new weapon to tear down a blighted building: seizing the pension fund of its former owner. “This should show how much we are willing to do to abate nuisances in this city,” Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said. “Slum landlords should recognize we will […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 9 University of Toledo police could have extra powers to enforce Toledo laws, if the city council approves a new mutual-aid agreement during its meeting tomorrow. UT police now have the ability to enforce state laws, including many traffic restrictions, throughout Lucas County, because of agreements between the […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A13 It’s a dream that has spanned decades, and Councilwoman Tina Skeldon Wozniak thought it was close to being reached. West Toledo’s Bowman Park, full of weeds and garbage, the source of dozens of complaints to her council office, was finally going to get fixed up. More than […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 9 The owners of the Toledo Trust building, the city’s oldest skyscraper and vacant since 1991, want to turn it into another downtown apartment complex, they said yesterday. “We want to see a residential use for the building,” said Sam Eyde, chief executive officer of The Eyde Co., […]