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by James McCarty, The Plain Dealer
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today approved a $4.3 million low-interest loan to a Lorain County housing subdivision to help pay for improvements to a wastewater treatment plant that has been dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of raw sewage into a nearby creek for years.
New Wastewater Collection and Treatment System to Improve Health of Residents of 533 Homes,
End the Practice of Subdivision’s Dumping Raw Sewage Destined for Lake Erie.
Toledo, Ohio — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) announced today that the University of Toledo (UT) has secured a total of $375,000 in federal research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support five research projects, namely in the fields of cybersecurity, advanced materials manufacturing, smart grid technology and three-dimensional cell culture.
by Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
MARBLEHEAD — The iconic lighthouse in Marblehead has been photographed many times and been depicted in countless artworks.
So it's not a surprise to see it on a color postcard that U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, has been passing out to promote the importance of the Great Lakes and Lake Erie.
by Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
SANDUSKY — The U.S. EPA awarded nearly $500,000 of grants Wednesday to Sandusky, Huron and Vermilion to improve parks and beaches along the Lake Erie shore.