Look for the City of Sandusky's Marina District project to be back in the news again in less than two weeks.

Firelands Symphony Orchestra officials have made a mortifying discovery.

The symphony's new glossy color brochure promoting the 2008-09 season has the wrong dates for two of the symphony's four planned concerts.

Gov. Ted Strickland remains popular in Ohio and the state seems to be trending Democratic, so Barack Obama is leading Ohio. Right?

Wrong.

The selection of available cats is still good at the Erie County Humane Society shelter, which is continuing its special pricing for cat adoptions through the rest of July.

Mathew Old, the chairman of the Erie County Republican Party, is a young person, and young folks like to hang out at social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.

Ohio's unemployment rate is the highest it's been since October 1993, nearly 15 years ago.

Erie County Economic Development Corp. has posted the new Strategic Action Plan to its Web site. You should read the whole thing, but you can get a quick version by looking at the report's list of strategies.

STRATEGIC STRATEGIES

My colleague Cory Frolik has been all over the Norwalk Furniture saga (latest story here).

Last week, I posted about an apparent front-runner as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama looks for a vice president nominee to run with: Virginia's governor, Timothy M. Kaine.

If the Strickland administration wants an Ohio economic indicator that's actually positive, here's something it can brag about: Oil production in Ohio is rising.