City Resists State’s Income-Tax Collection
April 7, 2017
Filed under Community News, NEWS
City officials are staunchly resisting a recent proposal by Ohio Governor John Kasich that would give the state centralized control of each city’s business income tax. Local officials fear the program is a stepping-stone to state regulation of local matters, leading Oberlin City Council to pass a res...
News Brief: Hotel Lawsuit Settled
Sydney Allen, Production editor
April 22, 2016
Filed under Campus News, Community News, Features, NEWS, Uncategorized
After last week’s lawsuit between the city of Oberlin and the College involving the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center, the drama has finally come to an end. A settlement agreement was reached Wednesday between both parties. The Oberlin City Council unanimously approved the settlement, which resolves...
News Brief: Gateway Center Opening Postponed
Kerensa Loadholt, News Editor
April 8, 2016
Filed under Campus News, NEWS, Uncategorized
The $35 million Peter B. Louis Gateway Convention Center opening date has been postponed yet again as it continues to undergo construction. The Hotel at Oberlin, as it will be known, has been the topic of much debate between the city and the College due to several permit issues that have twice pushed...
Feature Photo: City, Library, Renewal Levies on March 15 Ballot
Adam Gittin, News Editor
March 4, 2016
Filed under Community News, Features, NEWS
With Super Tuesday come and gone, it’s time for Ohioans to turn toward their own state’s primary on March 15. In addition to the presidential candidates, several levies will be on the ballot for renewal. The League of Women Voters of the Oberlin Area, a non-partisan voter mobilization organization,...
