Toledo news

• 2 alerted to fire by Blade deliveryman

  09-12-2015 20:40
  
  A blaze struck a house in the 300 block of Lemert Street in East Toledo early today. THE BLADE/MIKE SIGOV A woman and her child escaped unhurt from their residence next door to a duplex fire in East Toledo early today after an independent contractor with The Blade alerted them to possible danger.
  
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• Income Tax Hike Would Pay For Roads

  09-12-2015 19:40
  
  Toledo voters may be asked to pay higher taxes in exchange for better roads. Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson says a temporary, quarter-percent income tax increase would help pay for repairs to residential streets.
  
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• Construction Starts For Toledo's Middlegrounds Metropark, Designed By SmithGroupJJR

  09-12-2015 15:24
  
  Construction is underway on the first downtown metropark in Toledo, Ohio. The $3.7 million, 28-acre park on the Maumee River was master planned and designed by SmithGroupJJR, a recognized leader in architecture, engineering and planning.
  
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• 20-year extension gives Davis-Besse OK through 2037

  09-12-2015 11:15
  
  The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a 20-year extension to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse nuclear plant on Tuesday, ending more than five years of review for what the agency itself has described numerous times as a plant with a unique and troubled history. The extension allows Davis-Besse to continue operating through April 22, 2037.
  
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• 3rd man gets prison time in robbery at Toledo home

  09-12-2015 07:06
  
  A Custar, Ohio man was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to his role in a violent home invasion last year in which three victims were stripped, ordered into dog cages, and threatened with a gun. "You took something worse than just people's money," Judge Ian English told defendant Eric Wilhelm, 36. "You took their dignity.
  
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• Toledo Council Approves First Outdoor Refreshment Area

  09-12-2015 03:06
  
  Toledo City Council has approved, by a vote of 9 to 1, the establishment of an Outdoor Refreshment Area along Adams Street in the UpTown area of Downtown Toledo. The district will run between 11 According to the plan, presented by The Village on Adams organization, the ORA will operate Monday through Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 1:00 a.m. On holidays and special events the hours will be noon to 1:00 a.m. An "official cup" will be available for purchase
  
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