President Barack Obama has just given a speech in Arizona announcing his program for helping homeowners who are struggling to make their mortgage payments.
President Barack Obama has just given a speech in Arizona announcing his program for helping homeowners who are struggling to make their mortgage payments.
Last year, when I wrote articles about the large number of home foreclosures in Erie County, every judge and lawyer I talked to said they have the same advice for homeowners in trouble: Get a lawyer and find out what your rights are before you let the bank take your home.
Last Friday, Congress passed the final version of the economic stimulus bill, and as often happens, north central Ohio’s House members split their votes, with U.S. Rep. Marcy Katpur, D-Toledo, voting for the bill and U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, voting against it.
Bruce Salisbury, an electrician who lives in Margaretta Township, dropped by the paper Monday to show me the bill he got in the mail a couple of days ago from the juvenile division of Erie County Common Pleas Court.
Last week, I wrote a story about a water pollution conference at BGSU Firelands, and I quoted a health department official who said sewage treatment in Berlin Heights is in bad shape.
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