By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 4 Democrat Wilma Brown was the only candidate to beat an incumbent member of city council last night – but it came at the expense of fellow Democrat. Ms. Brown, a 12-year veteran of the Toledo board of education, blasted past June Boyd, winning by a final, but […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 4 The mayor’s race might have been a cliffhanger, but there was no drama in the race for the District 2 council seat. Incumbent Republican Rob Ludeman easily swept to victory over his little-known opponent, Libertarian Don Jaynes. Mr. Ludeman carried 87.8 per cent of the mostly Republican […]
By Betsy Hiel, Joshua Benton, and George J. Tanber Blade Staff Writers Page 4 Yesterday’s voter turnout may have been tepid, but there was nothing lukewarm about how people felt about the winning candidate of Toledo’s race for mayor. Either you were for Carty Finkbeinber or you were against him. Not much else mattered. Staunch […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 18 PELEE ISLAND, Ont. – When a few hundred Americans with rifles invaded Pelee Island in 1838, they weren’t welcome. An American mob, 300 strong, wanted Ontario to declare its independence from British rule. To support the cause, they gathered up some guns and walked across frozen Lake […]
By Joshua Benton and Mark Zaborney Blade Staff Writers Page 1 Five people were killed and three were injured last night in two accidents within three hours and about seven miles of one another on Airport Highway, authorities said. Four of the dead and the three injured were involved in a two-car accident about 5:50 […]
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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