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Amherst native one of two final bachelors on show
The man DeAnna Pappas said she could never picture herself with is one of the two finalists on ABC's hit romantic reality series "The Bachelorette," which airs on Monday nights.. The 26-year-old Jesse Csincsak, a native of Amherst, joins Jason, 31, an account executive from Kirkland, Wash., in th ...
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Storms send trees toppling over on to Amherst homes
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter As fast as the severe thunderstorms rolled in to the county Thursday night, so did the damage reports, and Amherst was no exception. The thunderstorms which struck the area around 6 p.m. produced a mixed bag of precipitation, vivid lightning and strong gus ...
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Vandals hit cars, school and a building with spray paint
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter The Amherst Police Department is on the lookout for the vandals who spray painted all sorts of gang graffiti at several places throughout the city, including a swastika a resident found painted on his truck. It started when officers received a report there ...
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Dispatchers settle on three-year deal, raises
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter After working without a contact since Dec. 31, 2006, Amherst's five full-time police dispatchers have finally settled on a new three-year contract with the city. By a 6-1 vote, council members approved the new contract at the Monday, June 2, finance commit ...
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New website is all about events
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter A new website in the works promises to give Amherst residents an advantage when it comes to events happening around town. Twenty-six-year-old Ron Clinton, whose stage name is Sean Gabriel, is the technical brains behind MyTownAmherst.com. He has lived i ...
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Amherst woman charged with vehicular assault in Oberlin
An Amherst woman awaits indictment by the Lorain County grand jury on charges of aggravated vehicular assault following an accident that sent four people to the hospital. Sharon Bashak of Amherst was arrested Tuesday, June 13, after fleeing the scene of the accident on North Park Street in Oberli ...
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Practice makes perfect in the firefighting world
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter For two hours on the second, third and fourth Tuesdays of each month, nearly 20 firefighters from the Amherst Fire Department spend the evening in the field honing their skills so they are ready to battle the real thing when they are called. The owner of t ...
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LorMet Opens headquarters in Amherst
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter In May, the city of Amherst became home to LorMet Community Federal Credit Union's new 29,000 square foot corporate headquarters at 2051 Cooper Foster Park Road. Construction crews put the finishing touches on the $4.3 million, two-story building, which wa ...
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Missing gate turns up in muddy retention pond
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter The case of the missing steel gate which was used to block traffic from going in or out of Northpointe Estates via Dodge Drive has been found. It was originally thought a thief may have stolen the gate and turned it into cash by recycling it. On Tuesday ...
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Operators ham it up this weekend
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter "Ham radio works when other systems don't." This is the motto local ham radio operator Norm Miller -- or KD8GXK as he is known on the air waves -- lives by, especially when telephones, cell phones or even the Internet can be compromised in the event of an ...
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Archaeology center moving to Sandstone Village
by JOHN LASKO News-Times reporter Come August, the Firelands Archaeological Research Center (FARC) will have a new home at the Amherst Sandstone Village. A 28X28 foot building will house the group's research center; it will be located between the old car garage and the art gallery. The bui ...
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Philanthropist left his mark on county, Amherst business world
Imagine life in Oberlin without the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, without the Oberlin Heritage Center or the Oberlin Early Childhood Center, and without the Oberlin Community Services center. These and many other arts, education, and social institutions are the legacy of Eric T. Nord ...
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