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NavarreWheeling gets upgrade By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com
At the fair Competitions of every kind were at the Ottawa County Fair. Top photo, the Dibling Polars team of Wayne, Ohio compete in the tug-of-war contest. Bottom left, McKenzie Pluto, Oak Harbor, and her tri-color mini rex rabbit won a ribbon for showmanship. Bottom right, Ashley Tabbert, Oak Harbor, with her chicken Liberty. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)
Troopers seize 907 lbs. of marijuana By Press Staff Writer Marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $4.1 million and $13,908 in cash were seized after two related traffic stops Thursday morning by the Ohio State Highway Patrol on the Ohio Turnpike. According to the highway patrol, 907 pounds of marijuana were seized and six men face felony charges after the stop in Lake Township. A trooper observed a rented 2104 Subaru Outback, with Massachusetts registration, following too closely to a motor home that was also following a vehicle too closely. The trooper attempted to stop both vehicles at 9:04 a.m. but was only able to stop the Subaru at milepost 71 and detected an odor of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle and observed marijuana on the driver’s pants. A search of the vehicle revealed $9,720 in bundled cash. Troopers were able to determine the occupants of the Subaru and motor home were traveling together and located the mo-
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Oregon city officials used a meeting Wednesday with local businesses to update them on a major planned upgrade of Navarre Avenue, including right-of-way acquisition off Wheeling Street for an access road designed to relieve traffic congestion along the Wheeling/Navarre intersection. Paul Roman, the city’s service director, told those attending the informal meeting the city is being awarded a grant through the Ohio Department of Transportation of up to $2.4 million for the project, which has an estimated cost of $2.7 million. City officials plan to meet with businesses located at the northeast corner of the intersection to discuss the proposed access road, which would be located north of the intersection and proceed east from Wheeling to the Freeway Plaza. Roman said motorists trying to get to an apartment complex, two fast-food restaurants, and businesses at the plaza from Wheeling or from Navarre west of the intersection would have better access by using the proposed road. A left-hand turn from a congested Navarre – the daily average traffic count is 30,000 vehicles - to the businesses is a rare feat, he said. What’s more there were 369 accidents, including 131 serious enough to cause injuries, during a recent three-year stretch on Navarre. “I think a service road is warranted now,” Roman said, adding ODOT planners agreed when the city made its application for the grant. “I think it is needed and is justified.” One option would be for the city to acquire an existing private drive off Wheeling and extend it to the plaza parking lot, he said. Mayor Mike Seferian said the access road is a “top priority” of the upgrade, which would also include installing more marked U-turn areas on Navarre and other improvements. The city administration is encouraging businesses along Navarre to offer input on the project, the mayor said. Mike Beazley, city administrator, said
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