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Downtown Lorain businessman Aaron Jevon Simmons, who goes by the name Jevon Terance, is the right choice to replace longtime jeweler Carl Nielsen as a member of the Lorain Port and Finance Authority Board of Directors.Terance owns Jevon Terance Fashion Designer Boutique, 625 Broadway, and travels throughout the country as part of his business operations, […]

The Lorain Port and Finance Authority likely will see a new face on its Board of Directors as Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley has decided not to reappoint longtime member Carl Nielsen.Bradley approached downtown Lorain businessman Aaron Jevon Simmons, who also goes by the name Jevon Terance, to fill the position.On May 2, Simmons accepted the […]

A familiar face is returning to Lorain City Council.The Democratic City Central Committee voted for Mary Springowski to fill the vacant at-large council seat on April 30.Springowski announced in April that she was interested in filling the vacancy that became available when former Councilman-at-Large Joe Kozuira resigned to become city auditor last month.“I am absolutely […]

Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley has requested three members of the Lorain Democratic Central Committee be banned from choosing a new city auditor due to their involvement in the creation of a fictitious election ballot last year. In a letter dated April 2 to Paul Adams, chairman of Lorain City Democrat Party, Bradley expressed his concern […]

Lorain City Council approved the proposed Broadway Commons permanent housing complex at its meeting Jan. 16. Broadway Commons is planned to house 62 homeless residents, regardless of gender, while 12 of the apartments will strictly be for homeless military veterans. CHN Housing Partners and Emerald Development and Economic Network are the developers of the planned […]

At the first Lorain City Council meeting of the year, new members took their oath of office and they determined their meeting schedule for 2024. City officials met early to allow Lorain Municipal Court Judge Mark Mihok to administer the oaths to Council for the 2024-25 term prior to the Jan. 2 Council meeting. Newly […]

Lorain City Council honored a Lorain police officer at its Dec. 18 meeting for chasing a gunman near Washington Elementary School last month.

The Lorain City Council Buildings and Lands Committee has proposed legislation which if passed by the full Council, would add restrictions to owners of short term rentals due to a number of residential complaints about disruptive tenants as well as the increase in the number of rentals opening in the city.

Members of Lorain City Council’s Building, Housing and Lands Committee revisited Nov. 27 the proposed permanent housing solution facility, Broadway Commons, exclusively to house the homeless living in the city.

Lorain City Council moved legislation on to its second reading at a meeting Nov. 20 which, if passed, will allow city officials to ask voters whether to increase Council terms to four years from two years.