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The Gilmore restaurant recently opened inside the Ariel Broadway Hotel, 301 Broadway in downtown Lorain, in the space formerly occupied by Dodie’s Dockside, which closed in late October.

Dodie’s owners announced they had sold the property and The Gilmore would immediately open.

“Fortunately, we’re not simply closing,” Dodie’s said on social media Oct. 26. “We have sold, and the next group will take over immediately.

“The city will still have a fine-dining restaurant that will go above and beyond anything we ever did.”

The Gilmore will focus on fine dining and cocktails, promising Ohio-based food with international flair, according to co-owner Roosevelt Samuel.

Samuel, along with his cousin Royce Lasion, and Dave Gilmore, who married into the family, held a soft opening for the new restaurant Nov. 1.

Each owner has strong familial ties to Lorain, Samuel said.

The three co-owners have worked on the concept of The Gilmore for the past three years, according to Lasion.

To see it all come to fruition was extremely exciting, he said.

“Last night, I couldn’t sleep,” Lasion said. “I laid down about midnight and woke up at 4:30 in the morning.

“I couldn’t sleep because I was so excited about today … just anticipation, and you know, it’s going to be a wild and crazy day.”

Samuel, a longtime engineer, said he and his partners have been specific about what they want from the new restaurant.

They strive for perfection in all three key areas that they believe a restaurant needs to succeed, he said.

“The driver for our precision and timing was absolutely (that) we wanted to get it right,” Samuel said. “You have to have three things done well in order to get a restaurant right: customer service; quality food and beverages and cocktails; and the ambiance of the restaurant.”

Dodie’s Dockside aced the ambiance test, he said.

From there, the three co-owners set out on finding a culinary team they felt was up to the standards of a fine dining restaurant.

“(We needed) a world-class team, front of the house and back of the house,” Samuel said. “We spent about seven months sharing our vision and talking through our nuances.”

Finally, the three decided on Akron native Ashten Garrett as the restaurant’s culinary director, Gilmore said.

He added that Garrett, 26, blew the staff away during his interview, making the choice to hire him an easy one.

“It really just all tied together,” Gilmore said. “For us, relationships are huge.

“Just having the conversations, getting to know him, his passion. What he has accomplished spoke for itself.”

Garrett’s culinary resume stretches far beyond his years, Gilmore said.

He started cooking at three years old, has trained in Italy, Spain and France, and has competed on Team USA for the International Culinary Competition in 2023.

Garrett said he constructed the menu with an Ohioan focus.

However, the food at The Gilmore will have international spins from all over the world, he said.

“Working at the hotel, we opened it up for international cuisine as well,” Garrett said. “When conceptualizing the menu, that’s just something that we believed that we could really offer Ohio.

“The idea to bring international cuisine, different flavors, and aesthetic appeal to the menu.”

Garrett said The Gilmore’s environment of upscale fine dining does not start and end with food.

Rather, the restaurant’s mission carries over into service and a full customer experience, he said.

All of the food, Garrett said, comes back to what northern Ohio has to offer.

“The entire flow bases the seasonality from Ohio, but it includes international ingredients,” he said. “Keep it very simple, looking at what Ohio has to offer.

“You have beautiful farms, you have the lake. You take the epitome of what the food is, and you let it speak for itself.”

The Gilmore will hold grand opening hours from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Nov. 3 and 4.

The co-owners officially will cut the ribbon at 6 p.m., Nov. 4, according to Samuel.

This report was updated at 11:56 a.m. on Nov. 2 to correct the date of the ribbon cutting ceremony.

The Gilmore restaurant recently opened inside the Ariel Broadway Hotel, 301 Broadway in downtown Lorain, in the space formerly occupied by Dodie’s Dockside, which closed in late October.

Dodie’s owners announced they had sold the property and The Gilmore would immediately open.

“Fortunately, we’re not simply closing,” Dodie’s said on social media Oct. 26. “We have sold, and the next group will take over immediately.

“The city will still have a fine-dining restaurant that will go above and beyond anything we ever did.”

The Gilmore will focus on fine dining and cocktails, promising Ohio-based food with international flair, according to co-owner Roosevelt Samuel.

Samuel, along with his cousin Royce Lasion, and Dave Gilmore, who married into the family, held a soft opening for the new restaurant Nov. 1.

Each owner has strong familial ties to Lorain, Samuel said.

The three co-owners have worked on the concept of The Gilmore for the past three years, according to Lasion.

To see it all come to fruition was extremely exciting, he said.

“Last night, I couldn’t sleep,” Lasion said. “I laid down about midnight and woke up at 4:30 in the morning.

“I couldn’t sleep because I was so excited about today … just anticipation, and you know, it’s going to be a wild and crazy day.”

Samuel, a longtime engineer, said he and his partners have been specific about what they want from the new restaurant.

They strive for perfection in all three key areas that they believe a restaurant needs to succeed, he said.

“The driver for our precision and timing was absolutely (that) we wanted to get it right,” Samuel said. “You have to have three things done well in order to get a restaurant right: customer service; quality food and beverages and cocktails; and the ambiance of the restaurant.”

Dodie’s Dockside aced the ambiance test, he said.

From there, the three co-owners set out on finding a culinary team they felt was up to the standards of a fine dining restaurant.

“(We needed) a world-class team, front of the house and back of the house,” Samuel said. “We spent about seven months sharing our vision and talking through our nuances.”

Finally, the three decided on Akron native Ashten Garrett as the restaurant’s culinary director, Gilmore said.

He added that Garrett, 26, blew the staff away during his interview, making the choice to hire him an easy one.

“It really just all tied together,” Gilmore said. “For us, relationships are huge.

“Just having the conversations, getting to know him, his passion. What he has accomplished spoke for itself.”

Garrett’s culinary resume stretches far beyond his years, Gilmore said.

He started cooking at three years old, has trained in Italy, Spain and France, and has competed on Team USA for the International Culinary Competition in 2023.

Garrett said he constructed the menu with an Ohioan focus.

However, the food at The Gilmore will have international spins from all over the world, he said.

“Working at the hotel, we opened it up for international cuisine as well,” Garrett said. “When conceptualizing the menu, that’s just something that we believed that we could really offer Ohio.

“The idea to bring international cuisine, different flavors, and aesthetic appeal to the menu.”

Garrett said The Gilmore’s environment of upscale fine dining does not start and end with food.

Rather, the restaurant’s mission carries over into service and a full customer experience, he said.

All of the food, Garrett said, comes back to what northern Ohio has to offer.

“The entire flow bases the seasonality from Ohio, but it includes international ingredients,” he said. “Keep it very simple, looking at what Ohio has to offer.

“You have beautiful farms, you have the lake. You take the epitome of what the food is, and you let it speak for itself.”

The Gilmore will hold grand opening hours from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Nov. 3 and 4.

The co-owners officially will cut the ribbon at 6 p.m., Nov. 4, according to Samuel.

This report was updated at 11:56 a.m. on Nov. 2 to correct the date of the ribbon cutting ceremony.

ELYRIA, Ohio — Issue 20, also known as the "7 district plan" in Lorain County, will be voted on in less than a week. The issue would break the county into seven districts, expanding the county's current commissioners from three to seven. The seven-member board would appoint a county executive and take four votes versus the current two to get county issues passed.

Cuyahoga and Summit counties are the only ones in Ohio with charter forms of government with an elected council and an elected county executive. In Ohio currently, 86 out of 88 counties have three commissioners on a county board. If issue 20 passes, seven districts would vote for one representative of their choice who would serve on the board of county commissioners.

Board President of the Lorain County Commissioners, David Moore, who put Issue 20 on the ballot, said it's not about gerrymandering or party grabs.

"We have a very diverse group of people that live in Lorain County," said Moore. "So, dividing the county by seven equal districts it brings more of a different perspective into county government. So, that people in the rural areas would have a voice just as the cities would have the same voice."

Moore said Issue 20 would cut salaries by 40% for each commissioner, equaling around $56,000 in pay per commissioner. This would total $392,000 a year for all seven commissioners.

"What elected official will run for office and say cut my pay, cut my power, so we can equal representation," Moore added. "That's why it hasn't been done yet."

If passed, based on current commissioner salaries, which are over $90,000, that would mean over $100,000 more a year will be spent on commissioner salaries.

"I work in county government, there's not be offsets in the costs," said Michelle Hung, Lorain County Commissioner. "It will cost you more."

Hung and current Lorain County Auditor Craig Snodgrass are firmly against Issue 20 because they feel Lorain County residents' votes will be diluted and the finances aren't adding up for them.

"I think you're diminishing voters, choices, votes," said Snodgrass. "Right now, we get to vote on all three representatives for all three county commissioners, and with this proposal, we get to vote on one of the seven, or 14%."

If Issue 20 passes, it would also give newly elected officials the option to create new departments in the county, like the Department of Corrections, Law, Finance, and Personnel, which would dictate county-wide hires, fires, and money.

"If they want to take on and run a jail, go for it," Moore said. "I would recommend not to, and if they were to take it over, they would probably hire the people that are running it right now."

Snodgrass believes Issue 20 creates a loss of checks and balances.

"No one person, no one party, should have all power, and I am afraid this ballot will do that," said Snodgrass.

Amherst City Councilman Martin Heberling also fears Issue 20 will jeopardize local jurisdictions.

"It's just the fact that historically speaking, when it comes to your vote, your vote again affects the entire county itself rather than a small portion, and I think that having that voice matters," said Heberling.

The private group Citizens for Equal Representation in Lorain County helped propose Issue 20. Member of the group, Brian Hoagland, believes issue 20 is the change the county and residents deserve.

"There's just been a lot of decisions like that over the years where two people from the same party, oftentimes from the same area, are making decisions for everybody in the county, and just a lot of people felt like it just wasn't right," said Hoagland. "Their voice wasn't getting heard and wanted to make a change and wanted more, more representation."

Each current elected commissioner will have to run for reelection if Issue 20 passes.

LORAIN, Ohio (WOIO) - A Lorain family is frustrated after they say a local contractor took their money, but has not finished their driveway.

Myra Kovacs says her father made a deposit of $3,900 to A-1 Concrete and Waterproofing LLC in July.

The agreement states the remaining balance is due when the job is complete.

“With this being a mess right now, it’s really putting stress on him,” said Kovacs.

Kovacs said owner Cory Hall and his crew started the project on July 17, and it took two days to rip out the driveway.

The family says he did not come back to fix the driveway.

“We tried contacting him trying to figure out what’s going on, why isn’t it being done?” said Kovacs

Kovacs claims Hall asked for the remaining balance of $3,900 to finish the job.

“My dad said absolutely not, in the contract it states that you will finish the job, and then I’ll give you the money,” said Kovacs.

Hall told the family he would come back on Aug. 4.

“Nothing happened. We didn’t hear from him,” said Kovacs.

Kovacs made a post on social media. It went viral and Hall responded.

“He said it won’t do the job. Not that we want him to do it anymore. We just want to know an explanation why,” said Kovacs.

The family also accuses Hall of causing damage to their fence and the electrical pole attached to the house.

“They hit this with the excavator they had, my dad kind of hammered it back in, and this electrical pole was ripped off from the brick,” said Kovacs.

19 News called Hall and didn’t get an answer. We left a message.

We also stopped by his home and no one came to the door.

According to the Better Business Bureau, they don’t have much information listed about the company.

Hall’s LLC filing date for A-1 Concrete and Waterproofing is March 25, 2023.

During our investigation, 19 News learned Hall changed the name of the business.

It was originally called Hall Away Concrete.

The BBB confirmed there was one complaint, made in July 2022, under that previous name.

The consumer wrote: “I had to hire another person to fix my floor. He left the job under contract unfinished.”

Kovacs says they are hiring someone to repair the driveway, and they’re now heading to small claims court.

19 News tried messaging the company’s Facebook page and found it’s been deleted.

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BROWNHELM TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) – A Lorain County resident shared a video of what appears to be a black bear hanging around in her backyard Monday evening.

The video was captured around 5 p.m. in the creek behind Ilene Delgado’s Brownhelm Township home.

FOX 8 shared the video with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, who concluded that they don’t think the animal in the photo is a bear.

“The main factor leading to this conclusion is the size and shape of the animal’s ears, which are larger (in proportion to the head) and more pointed than a bear’s would be,” ODNR said in a statement. “With nothing visible in the photo to confirm size, our best guess is that this animal is a domestic cat or dog. We have not received any other reports of a black bear in this area recently.”

However, Delgado said the animal was much larger than a domestic cat and didn’t have the tail of one.

“It was bigger than my mastiff. They couldn’t tell by the size because I zoomed in,” she said.

According to ODNR’s latest black bear monitoring report, the department received seven reported bear sightings in Lorain County between 1993 and 2022.

ODNR could not confirm those past sightings, the report states. The ODNR website says sightings are confirmed through evidence like photos or bear tracks.

Black bears are considered endangered in the state. They’re most common in wooded areas of Northeast Ohio (Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and Mahoning counties) and Southeast Ohio (Washington, Athens, Hocking and Vinton counties), ODNR says.

Wildlife experts say sightings are more common between late May and September, but can still happen anytime throughout the year.

So, what do you do if a black bear keeps coming back to your property?

According to ODNR, make sure to remove food or other attractants like bird feeders and grease traps from your grill. Also, make sure to bring in pet food at night and keep trash in the garage or in a secured container.

If you see a bear, be sure to remain calm. Learn what to do during a bear encounter here.

You can report black bear sightings online or by reaching out to your county wildlife officer.

(NEXSTAR) – Adding to the growing excitement surrounding the 2024 total solar eclipse is the return of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the “Devil Comet.”

The comet’s name derives from its hornlike appearance, which some “Star Wars” fans have also likened to the Millennium Falcon, according to NASA.

The comet, known both for its distorted shape and recent explosive outbursts, orbits the Sun once every 71.2 years, according to Astronomy Magazine, comparable to Halley’s Comet.

The return of the “Devil Comet” is especially thrilling for many skywatchers, as experts project that it will be visible during the Great American Eclipse, thanks to the darkness of totality.

“The comet would be located about 25 degrees away from the eclipsed sun,” Dr. Paul Chodas, manager of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, and Davide Farnocchia, navigation engineer, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, told CNN in an email. “The comet should be fairly easy to find during the total solar eclipse, as well as a number of planets, but the main focus during those 4 minutes should be on the eclipse itself!”

If you want to see the comet at night before it moves to the daytime sky April 2, the last 10 days of March are the best viewing window, said Chodas and Fanocchia, who also recommended traveling away from bright city lights and using binoculars to get the best view. To see the “Devil Comet,” make sure you have a good view of the western horizon.

Despite the comet’s recent volatility and grim nickname, there’s no need to worry about a collision with Earth, according to EarthSky. At its closest, the “Devil Comet” will pass harmlessly by our planet in June, 2024 at about 1.5 times the distance between the Earth and the sun.

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(AP) — Actress Cameron Diaz and her musician husband, Benji Madden, say they are “blessed and grateful” to have welcomed a baby boy — Cardinal Madden — to their family.

The couple announced the arrival of their son in an Instagram post they each shared Friday.

“He is awesome and We are all so happy he is here! For the kids safety and privacy we won’t be posting any pictures,” said a caption on the post, adding that Cardinal is “really cute.”

“We are feeling so blessed and grateful,” said the post, which included an illustration with the words, “A little bird whispered to me.”

Diaz and Madden also used Instagram to announce the birth of a daughter, Raddix, in 2020. They said at that time they didn’t plan to share more photos or details, in order to protect their family’s privacy.

Diaz, whose films include “There’s Something About Mary” and “Charlie’s Angels,” married Madden, a member of the band Good Charlotte, in early 2015.

Representatives for Diaz and Madden did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.