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Barberton mayor recalls how city sought to block Babcock & Wilcox exit

Barberton Mayor William Judge on Wednesday revealed new details about the city’s futile attempt five years ago to dissuade Babcock & Wilcox from leaving the place it had called home since 1906. In his State of the City speech, Judge largely stuck to a nuts-and-bolts presentation of the current state of the Magic City, touching […]

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Eastpointe City Council to vote on road diet plan, what it could mean | #citycouncil

Eastpointe City Hall flooded with residents eager to get their voices heard on the city’s proposed road diet for East 9 Mile. The room filled to capacity, 72 persons, within minutes of starting, and more residents filled the hallways to watch from television sets with broken speakers. The council is hosting a presentation and public […]

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Concerts, parks, eclipse on new Green mayor’s agenda for 2024

For new Green Mayor Rocco Yeargin, the job is all about connections. Yeargin, a lawyer and former councilman, peppers his conversation and official duties with talk of the importance of connecting. Between people, between places. Not yet a month into his new office, Yeargin is earnest about creating relationships as mayor. Making that connection, you […]

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Marlborough Mayor Vigeant vetos City Council acceptance of Gikas Lane | #citycouncil

MARLBOROUGH — Mayor Arthur Vigeant’s final veto in response to a City Council vote concerns the absorption of a private way into the city’s system of roads. Vigeant on Dec. 8 vetoed the council’s decision to accept Gikas Lane as a public way. Built to access several new single-family homes that were constructed on what […]

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Marlborough Mayor Vigeant vetos City Council acceptance of Gikas Lane | #citycouncil

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Ocala City Council approve apartment complex in southeast Ocala | #citycouncil

A 4-1 vote by city of Ocala officials on Tuesday paves the way for the construction of an apartment complex in southeast Ocala. Local lawyer Fred Roberts, who spoke on behalf of the applicant, told a Star-Banner reporter at the conclusion of the discussion that engineers will begin working on a design and site plan. […]

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Jackson Mayor won’t ‘endorse nor condemn’ proposed new water rates

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said is not “endorsing nor condemning” the new water billing rates that were presented by federally appointed third-party water administrator Ted Henifin in recent weeks. “I think it should be something that our residents, (and) the city council should be very in-tuned with and understand before making any decisions,” Lumumba […]