When I went here, it was new. Now, not so much.
Category: Suburbs
Crime
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The Shotgun Lady
The lost story of how a Middleton Township woman lost her life in 1972 after endless nights of harassment.
Historical
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Washington Twp. tries to incorporate
Washington Twp. is an afterthought now, but at one time it made up most of West and North Toledo.
Disasters
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Toledo’s lesser known tornadoes
The king of tornadoes in the Toledo area will likely always be Palm Sunday, 1965, but it wasn’t the first destructive tornado in the area.
Civic Pride
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High (school) drama in Sylvania
Tough to imagine now, but for a brief time in the mid-1950s, Sylvania’s school district found themselves strapped for operating expenses.
Crime
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Who’s up for a Harbor View Orgy?
Hey, who wouldn’t be? But when police did nothing, residents turned to a Lucas County Probate Court judge to help break up the orgies – or more accurately, drinking parties – in Harbor View.
Law and Order
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How bootleggers helped build Sylvania
In the 1920s, the Sylvania village mayor’s court became a hub of enforcement of the Volstead Act.