olive on February 29th, 2008

The IB program had become controversial in the Aurora schools due to recent financial pressures. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has written a story about IB in Northern Ohio. It seems that Aurora is ahead of the trend. Other schools are looking at the IB progams as part of their cirriculum.  Read about it here

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olive on February 28th, 2008

Here’s a better look at the plans that were approved by Landmark Commission. click for larger image THE GARDENS AT TOWN CENTER POINT General Layout: Landscape bed is higher in middle and gently slopes at edges. Annual flowers dominate the edges for big color impact. Edge plantings are small and plant material gets gradually taller […]

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olive on February 28th, 2008

olive: this was sent to me last week, sorry for the delay, from uffadave. For the past few months the webmaster of OliveAurora, and I have been trading emails concerning the use of anonymous postings on the blog and forum. My thesis for my second master’s in journalism is on ethics. I have tried to […]

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olive on February 27th, 2008

You might not know his name but, Dan Melcher had an enormous effect on the City of Aurora.  He was a long-time member and past president of Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland and a member and Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission. He was an environmental advocate. A great deal of the present Aurora zoning […]

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olive on February 23rd, 2008

The levy committee has set up one more open public meeting for questions and answers about the levy. 7:00, Wednesday night, February 27th in the High School gym. Russ Bennett and Bill Volosin will be available to respond to any questions the public might have and clarification of any issues pertaining to the levy.

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olive on February 21st, 2008

A volunteer has created this video which illustrates the school situation.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szVa32dOxWo&eurl=http://auroracitizens.com/[/youtube]

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olive on February 15th, 2008

So is Olive a lapdog? A hand puppet? Do you think this site was created just to support the school levy? (it was online way over a year before the levy failed the first time, and nobody cared) There are opinions of this site at another forum I’d like to know what you think. And […]

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olive on February 14th, 2008

Look for water rates to be going up, 35% over the next 5 years. Connection fees charged to new construction is down, that the real need for this increase. Finance Director Bob Paul says, sewer connection fees from developers have kept the sewer fund solvent. “We charge a significant amount for sewer connections, but when […]

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olive on February 6th, 2008

Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama both want the democratic votes in Aurora Ohio. Got a preference? Is Barak spelled right?

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olive on February 2nd, 2008

If you know of a great sale somewhere in or near Aurora post it for your neighbors here. Maybe Marcs has a super price on something or a pizza place has a give away.  Help out by posting here.

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olive on February 1st, 2008

If you support the levy, tie on a green ribbon to your mailbox, or tree, or minivan or dog. Then sweetly ask your neighbor “where’s yours?” don’t you support the levy… Show your support.

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