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Property owners provide no pushback against Business Improvement District funding 2shares The Reno City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve nearly $3 million in property tax assessments to fund the Downtown Reno Business Improvement District’s (BID) operations for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. According to Jeff Limpert, management analyst with the city manager’s office, it was the first time in the four years since the BID was formed that no written protests or objections to the assessments were submitted by the property owners—which include commercial, governmental, nonprofit a...

PHOTOS: New mural completed at Midtown pizza parlor May 6, 2021 Artist Anthony Ortega paints a mural on the exterior wall of Noble Pie Parlor and Piñon Bottle Co. in Midtown Reno May 3-5, 2021. Image: Eric Marks / This Is Reno 1share One Midtown building received a facelift this week with local artist Anthony Ortega creating a mural on a local pizzeria and bar. The mural embraces the shared wall space of Noble Pie Parlor and Piñon Bottle Co. Ortega describes the project as “a beautiful and symbiotic relationship” between local business and artists. Ortega’s use of color and contrast h...

Gov. DeWine appoints Toledo defense attorney to Lucas Co. Court of Common Pleas Toledo native Eric Marks became interested in the law profession, and the plight of the disenfranchised, on a mission trip after high school. Author: WTOL Newsroom, Silas Tsang Published: 10:40 PM EST February 20, 2021 Updated: 11:00 PM EST February 20, 2021 TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed defense attorney Eric Marks, a native of Toledo, to a vacant seat on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court this week. The seat was vacated by outgoing judge Myro...

>> what i see is the kids, you know, with the car burning. i was panicking. i was shaking for the whole commotion that was happening, but just to think that i'm going to lose them i was feeling numb, but i got out and ran to them. >> eric and his extended family make it out, but his grandmother's house is totally destroyed along with 60% of middletown's other homes. in the end, several firefighters suffered severe burns and four civilians lost their lives. >> i do think it's a miracle that we survived. it was the scariest thing of my life, and it always will be. nothing can top that. >> to avo...

>> get in the car! >> 16-year-old eric marks is watching the inferno from his grandmother's house in middletown -- >> go! >> when suddenly the massive inferno is blocking all exits. >> oh, god. >> so what would you do? you're fleeing a burning town when you suddenly find your exit blocked by flames. should you, a, ditch the car and flee on foot, b, drive around and find a structure to hide inside or c, step on the gas and power through? with the flames rising, you may be tempted to step on it. >> a running vehicle itself when it becomes overcome by a large amount of smoke will eventually shut ...