Catch up on the news this week in Brecksville.
If you missed a story or two this week, don’t worry—you can catch up in no time by checking out the summaries below:
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The statue replaces one that was vandalized and removed about two years ago.
Milano Monuments placed a new eagle statue on top of the veterans’ memorial in Public Square Thursday morning. City Council approved the replacement during Tuesday’s meeting. The original statue was vandalized in 2010, shortly after it was installed. The new statue cost $6,000, which was paid for using money collected from the families of the young adults who had vandalized the original. That incident happened before Brecksville Patch got started, but the Sun Star-Courier has a story on the incident and the apology after.
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There is a lot on the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council and council committee meetings. The full agendas are included as PDFs to the right, but here’s a quick look at some things to note:
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Obama says same sex couples should be allowed to get married.
President Barack Obama is a supporter of gay marriage. The Huffington Post reports that Obama is the first sitting president to support the issue. "I've always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly," Obama told ABC News' Robin Roberts. "... at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married." How does Obama's stance make you feel? How do you feel about same-sex marriages? Tell us in the comments. Click to see what other news outlets are reporting: Washington Post MSNBC.com ABC News Politico
The road had been closed for a storm sewer project for months.
After nearly nine months, Riverview Road has been reopened. The road was closed to non-local traffic from Preston Village Drive to Chippewa Road this summer while a sanitary sewer was installed. It’s been patched up now, and the barricades were taken down on Monday, said Director of Public Services Ron Weidig. More detours will be popping up around Brecksville soon. Check out this list to see what projects the city is tackling this summer.
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The men each face three counts stemming from a what federal officials say was a plan to blow up a Brecksville bridge.
The five men arrested in the plot to blow up a bridge in Brecksville have now been indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday. The self-proclaimed anarchists will each face three counts stemming from a plan hatched over several months to blow up the State Route 82 bridge over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Brandon Baxter, 20, of Lakewood, Douglas L. Wright, 26, Anthony Hayne, 35, Connor C. Stevens, 20, and Joshua S. Stafford, 23, face charges including one count of attempted use of an explosive. The men had hoped to use C-4 explosives to blow up the bridge, after deciding against other targets such as the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland and the Detroit-Superior Bridge, according to an affidavit…
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2:20 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
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Steps taken to issue bonds for access road, sewage construction as part of upcoming improvements
The city of Brecksville approved the rolling over of short-term notes on Tuesday in preparation for issuing bonds for improvements on Katherine Blvd. and for the Riverview Road Sanitary Sewer. The Katherine Blvd. project is slated for $1.2 million for an access road and various sewage and electrical projects, while Riverview Rd. is listed at $900,000. The bonds will be issued in September and assessments will be collected in 2013, Council President Greg Skaljac said in an e-mail. The Katherine Blvd. project began five years ago with the Cleveland Clinic data center, Applied Medical Technologies and Stautzenberger College residing in the corridor. Both projects are in the early stages of the assessment process, Skaljac said. Skaljac stated …
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The bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places
On Monday, five men were arrested in connection with a suspected plot to blow up the state Route 82 bridge in Brecksville. Here's a link to patch.com's extensive coverage. Here are five things you might not have known about the bridge from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Bonus: The Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Ohio Department of Transportation owns and inspects the bridge.
Lakewood native Brandon Baxter expected to plead not guilty next week.
The lawyer for Brandon Baxter, a Lakewood man who is charged with four others of plotting to blow up a Brecksville bridge, said Wednesday his client was coached into participating in the scheme by an FBI informant working the case. Cleveland attorney John Pyle, who took on Baxter’s case this week, said his client would not have — and could not have — gone through with the plot if not for the FBI's involvement. Pyle said his client will plead not guilty next week. Baxter, 20, Douglas L. Wright, 26, Anthony Hayne, 35, Connor C. Stevens, 20, and Joshua S. Stafford, 23, are each charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of attempted use of an explosive. They were arrested Monday night. According to the FBI affidavit, the agency used a…
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2:27 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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3:01 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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