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'His life was a demonstration of courage and love' By BECKY BROOKS Enterprise Editor clydenews@bizwoh.rr.com CLYDE -- "We feel today as if there's a giant tree that has fallen in the forest," Father Dennis Schroeder told a sanctuary packed with mourners Thursday morning as the casket of Clyde Fire Chief James Michael "Mike" Andrews sa ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Auto aid effort collapses By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) -- Show us the plan and we'll show you the money. That's the message the Democratic-led Congress gave Detroit's Big Three automakers Thursday. With that, bailout-fatigued lawmakers closed up shop for Thanksgiving, ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Leaf pick-up schedule changes Bellevue Street Department Superintendent Mark Dietzel said due to the weather, the leaf pick-up schedule has been changed. Street Department personnel will be in section three (northeast) of the city today, Monday, Nov. 24, Tuesday, Nov. 25 and Wednesday, Nov. ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Auto bailout stalls in Senate By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president. Caught in the middle of a who-blink ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Huron County agrees to pay for court costs BY DANIELLE ORR Gazette Staff Writer reporter@gazettepublishingco.com One down, one to go. The dispute over past due court costs between the City of Bellevue and Huron and Sandusky counties has one less participant. The Huron County Commissioners unanimously approved an agreement this week ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Progress Plastics to cease operations 26 to lose jobs here By DANIELLE ORR Gazette Staff Writer reporter@gazettepublishingco.com What Claude Young and Richard Krauss started in a garage in Green Springs almost 50 years ago, will soon come to an end in Bellevue. Progress Plastics, 420 Monroe St., confirmed Wednes ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Parks get $10,000 grant The Bellevue Recreation Department will get a $10,555 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Nature Works Grant for improvements to Robert Peters Park, Greenwood Heights. According to Bellevue Parks and Recreation Director Marc Weisenberger, the work will include fixing ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Ohio executes man for killing store owner in 1992 By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press Writer LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- While Ohio has no upcoming executions scheduled, the state is far from a slowdown in the final step of death penalty cases. Nearly 180 inmates remain on death row, and 41 of them have been there at least two decades. Ohi ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Chamber needs new director The Bellevue Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking a new executive director. The primary function of the position is to promote the Bellevue Area Chamber of Commerce within the local and area community; with the goal to have every industry, business, merchant and non-pr ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Pavilion to honor Joyce Hayward at York School By SALLY BOYD Neighbors Editor life@gazettepublishingco.com Plans for a new York Elementary pavilion project, to be named in honor of former York teacher Joyce Hayward, who was instrumental in fostering student interest in the earth, the sea and space, were unveiled Monday night during the Be ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Clyde Council gets cancer probe promises By BECKY BROOKS Gazette Correspondent clydenews@bizwoh.rr.com CLYDE -- Sandusky County Health Commissioner David Pollick outlined the history of the pediatric cancer cluster in Clyde and Green Creek Township for Clyde City Council Tuesday night as 25 people and a TV crew listened in. Since ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Basketball game benefits families Bellevue Senior High School and Clyde High School will be participating in the Ohio High School Athletic Association new community service initiative, "OHSAA Foundation Service Week." The Redmen and Lady Red will be hosting Clyde in two Foundation Exhib ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY