Briefs: Portion of Mark Street closed
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Portion of Mark Street closed
MARION - Mark Street, between Ivanhoe Street and Hamilton Street, closed Tuesday for sewer repairs. It s expected to remain closed until 5 p.m. Friday.
HEAP deadline is Monday
ONTARIO - The District 5 Area Agency on Aging is reminding residents that May 31 is the deadline to apply for help paying winter heating bills through Ohio s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP).
You can fill out the application by calling the Area Agency at 419-524-4144 or 800-860-5799 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Anyone age 18 and older may apply for this assistance. Those 60 & over can get assistance with filling out the application. All heating types are eligible for energy assistance programs.
Harrison is seeking bids from contractors interested in milling and resurfacing 15 roads in the township.
The township estimates that its 2021 road program will cost about $430,000. Sealed bids are due by 4 p.m. April 22.
The most expensive work is expected to be on Federal Street, at about $72,000. The township is requiring that milling and paving on Federal Street must be done on a Saturday.
Milling and resurfacing all of Pennsylvania Avenue is expected to cost almost $60,000.
Other roads included in the program, with the estimated cost of the improvements, are:
• High Street from Painter Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, about $15,000.
• Two portions of Altermoor Drive, totaling about $55,600.
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A banned drink-driver has been jailed for 18 weeks because of his history of offending. Neil Aston Beckford, aged 50, of Brandhall Court, Oldbury, admitted driving a silver Audi in Pound Road while over the limit. He also admitted driving whole disqualified and without insurance. He was ordered to pay £257 in costs. Other recent cases at the local magistrates courts include: An
Oldbury teenager who breached a probation order by texting an abusive message has been fined £80 and ordered to pay £60 costs. Cain Joseph Keith-Alan Lees, aged 19, of Brennand Road, Brandhall, admitted the breach. A
Stourbridge woman who discarded a cigarette in High Street must pay £482 in fines and costs for littering. Kim Wright, aged 23, of Spiral Court, Worcester Street, pleaded not guilty but was convicted in her absence.