By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 About a dozen 911 operators being laid off say the decentralization of their system could ring in the new year with chaos, danger, and disaster. But Toledo police say the switch should go off without a hitch. The war of words, of which the latest round took […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 21 PASADENA, CALIF. — Seven years after he left Ohio, a former Toledo city manager is facing unemployment. Pasadena City Manager Phil Hawkey, whose four years in Toledo were marked by controversy, will not be allowed to serve out the remainder of his contract, the city’s council decided […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 15 Toledo is one of 40 finalists for a federal program that could make it easier for the city to reclaim polluted industrial land, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner plans to announce today. Early next year, 10 of those cities will be named Brownfields Showcase Communities, making them eligible for […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 After months of squabbling, the debate over funding for Toledo school nurses could come to an end tomorrow. On the agenda for tomorrow’s city council meeting is an ordinance that, if passed, would allocate $50,000 from city coffers to help pay for seven nurses in Toledo elementary […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 22 Toledo will have to wait at least one more year for citywide drop-off recycling, officials said yesterday. But some Lucas County municipalities are saying they don’t want to have to pay for recycling to make up for Toledo’s lack of action. The debate surrounds the way the […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 18 Despite protests from neighbors, a fence at the Toledo Zoo and a Home Depot on Secor Road moved one step closer to going up as planned. Toledo’s plan commission approved the two projects yesterday. But city council must make the final approval. In the zoo project, an […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 19 Toledo’s plan commission will consider two of the city’s contentious construction debates today: a proposed Home Depot on Secor Road and an eight-foot-high fence the Toledo Zoo wants to build near Amherst Drive. Developers submitted preliminary site drawings for the Home Depot store for commissioners to consider. […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 A Louisville-based consulting firm will head the project that will define where and how Toledo grows in the next two decades. Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said yesterday the Corradino Group will be lead consultant on the Toledo 20/20 Comprehensive Plan, the first major revision of the city’s master […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 16 James Falzone, a visually impaired man who designed checks to help blind people use banks, died in his sleep Friday at his South Reynolds Road home. He was 66. The cause of death is still under investigation. Mr. Falzone was born without sight and initially struggled through […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 After a tense, aggressive debate with administration officials, city council’s finance committee approved a bill yesterday that could free up $50,000 to fund seven elementary school nurses. But the council has put the matter on hold until Dec. 9 in hopes of a compromise with Mayor Carty […]
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