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Ashtabula BOE resolves to support renewable energy
ASHTABULA — Within months, wind turbines could be spinning lower-cost electricity for city schools.
Ashtabula Area City School Board of Education members, at Wednesday’s regular meeting, voted to support the use of wind turbines as a source of renewable energy for its new schools.
A letter in support of a wind turbine renewable-energy project will accompany an application for a $750,000 grant, Superintendent Joseph Donatone said.
“There are federal funds that flow through the state government,” he said. “We are applying for a grant to get those funds.”
The district would like to erect a 750-kilowatt wind turbine on Wade Avenue, where the district is preparing to build five campus-style elementary schools.
School officials are committed to reducing operating costs of all new buildings by installing the most-efficient equipment and operating systems available, according to the resolution adopted Wednesday. They are looking for ways to defray soaring utility bills and agreed wind turbines may be the way to go, Donatone said.
The new high school and junior high schools unveiled during the past three years are powered by natural gas and electricity. Members of the board of education agreed a wind turbine would pay for itself through energy generation.
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'Bula teen drowns after leap from lighthouse
A trip to Lake Erie with friends turned tragic Tuesday night for a 19-year-old Ashtabula man.
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Body found in Lampson Reservoir
The body of an adult male was found in the Lampson Reservoir on Wednesday evening, the Jefferson Emergency Rescue District reports.
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Trash bin arsonists may have started house fire
Arsonists who have set nearly two dozen fires inside trash containers in the city of Ashtabula this month may be seeking bigger — and potentially more dangerous — prey, fire officials said.
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Local charities, auxiliaries, unions on IRS warning list
From the Ashtabula Community Players to the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, scores of Ashtabula County nonprofit organizations are in danger of losing their favored status with the Internal Revenue Service.
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Entrance to I-90 reopened
The west-bound entrance to Interstate 90 from Route 193 was re-opened Wednesday, but another closing is in the works for next week.
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Proposed Geneva tax credit to create jobs
Geneva City Council will hold a special public meeting Friday to discuss the Ohio Job Creation Tax Credit Program for the joint economic development district with Harpersfield Township, a program introduced in April by former Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County executive director Joseph Mayernick.
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PV board to place levy on November ballot
The Pymatuning Valley Local Board of Education recently passed a resolution to place an “emergency renewal levy” before voters in November.
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Sheriff action against county set for November
Sheriff William Johnson will have his day in court, but he’ll have to wait another 3 1/2 months to get it.
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Formal charges filed against men in domestic dispute
The father who allegedly took a shot at his daughter’s ex-boyfriend Saturday night after a domestic altercation was released from jail Tuesday, Municipal Court officials said.
Harvey Jones, 49, of Ashtabula, was charged with felonious assault and discharging a firearm within the city limits, court officials said. -
Man charged in Geauga crash
The Chagrin Falls man who slammed his truck into a car at a traffic light has been charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence and aggravated vehicular assault, Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. Chad Bass said.
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