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From the 11/20/06 Middletown Journal: AK union voting on new contract 'New era labor contract' to be decided today at steel company's Mansfield Works plant. By Dave Greber Staff Writer Monday, November 20, 2006 MIDDLETOWN — Today, AK Steel Corp.'s most embattled union — United Steelworkers of American Local 169, representing about 300 hourly workers at the company's Mansfield Works plant — will vote on a new four-year deal almost three months before the current contract is set to expire. It's a historic vote, considering the last contract in Mansfield came following a 39-month lockout. To be decided during balloting today in north central Ohio is what the company refers to as a "new era labor contract" — reflecting steel industry pressures to create smaller, more flexible work forces — which took less than a month to negotiate. And Local 169 leaders are calling the tentative agreement "a blessing." "I think the mentality has changed," said Local 169 President Ron Davis. "I think our members are aware of what's going on globally instead of what's just happening here." Read more: http://www.journal-news.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/20/hjn112006contract.html

From the 11/18/06 Middletown Journal: AK, union dispute contract offers Union president says Ashland deal never was offered at any time during lockout; AK says Daley twice rejected offer. By Dave Greber Staff Writer Saturday, November 18, 2006 MIDDLETOWN — For months, members of AK Steel Corp.'s largest union have been clamoring for a labor contract that mirrors the "industry standard" deal that the Middletown-based steelmaker reached with its Ashland, Ky., plant. But according to AK Steel officials, that contract has been offered twice since the now nine-month-old lockout of more than 1,800 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1943 began March 1. Both times — including one offer that came directly from AK Steel President and CEO James Wainscott — the union's president, Brian Daley, rejected the overture. Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/18/mj111806ashland.html

From the 11/17/06 Middletown Journal: AK, union far apart on 'several key issues' Union brings only two people to the negotiating table in an effort it hopes will quickly bring lockout to a resolution. By Dave Greber Staff Writer Friday, November 17, 2006 MIDDLETOWN — Breaking a four-week bargaining hiatus between AK Steel Corp. and its hourly work force, a smaller union negotiating team Thursday presented its counterproposal. AK Steel negotiators were met at the table during the hourlong session by two Machinists representatives instead of nearly a dozen. "It was unusual and a surprise," Alan McCoy, AK Steel's vice president of government and public relations, said of the smaller bargaining team. Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/17/mj111706ak.html

From the 11/16/06 Middletown Journal: AK, union meeting for first time since October By Dave Greber Staff Writer Thursday, November 16, 2006 MIDDLETOWN — For the first time in nearly a month, negotiators for AK Steel Corp. and its hourly work force union will meet again today. What's new? Today's meeting is set for 2:30 p.m. Representatives of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 1943 have had weeks to finalize a counterproposal to AK Steel's Oct. 19 offer, which was resoundingly defeated by a nearly two-to-one margin the day before. Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/16/mj111606akprv.html

From the 11/13/06 Middletown Journal: Unions giddy after elections AFL-CIO says election of U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown is sign that his populist message is resonating among Ohio's voters. By Jessica Wehrman Staff Writer Monday, November 13, 2006 WASHINGTON — Organized labor is positively giddy about the results of Tuesday's elections, and points to efforts in Ohio as a prime example of how its get-out-the-vote effort and financial contributions helped elect Democratic U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown as the state's next U.S. senator. Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/13/mj111306labor.html

From the 11/7/06 Middletown Journal: Lockout hurting, AK Steel filing reveals Steelmaker acknowledges lockout negatively affecting company's coffers; Machinists, AK negotiators agree to return to bargaining table. By Dave Greber Staff Writer Tuesday, November 07, 2006 MIDDLETOWN — The nearly nine-month labor dispute between AK Steel Corp. and its hourly work force union — among other factors — is having a negative impact on the company's bottom line, according to its latest financial statement. AK Steel's 10-Q, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a week ago, is a document designed to disclose the company's strengths and weaknesses to potential investors. But it's not likely to have an impact on the continuing lockout of 1,857 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 1943 from Middletown Works. Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/07/mj110706ak.html

From the 11/6/06 Middletown Journal: AK and union return to bargaining table By Dave Greber Staff Writer Monday, November 06, 2006 AK Steel and the union representing its locked-out workforce will return to the bargaining table for the first time since members of the International Association of Machinists Local 1943 rejected the company's final contract proposal on Oct. 18. Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/06/mj110606AKweb.html

From the 11/22/06 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: Traffic study to determine need for new road Adam Wright The Chronicle-Telegram AMHERST TWP. Local officials are trying to plan for an expected explosion of retail growth by studying whether it makes sense for a road to link state Route 58 and Pyle-South Amherst Road. The proposed road even though its in the early stages of planning already has a nickname, the 58 corridor, Trustee Dennis Abraham said. http://www.chroniclet.com/Daily%20Pages/112206local2.html From the 11/9/06 Sun: New campus facility is still planned by CHP Thursday, November 09, 2006 By Kim Guffey The Sun NORTH RIDGEVILLE - Community Health Partners' plan for a multi-building facility on Chestnut Ridge Road is still in the works, despite sweeping layoffs throughout the company, a spokesperson said. The Amherst-based health organization bought about 25 acres of land at Chestnut Ridge Road and Route 10 two years ago with the intent to build a health campus within a year. Financial uncertainty delayed plans, but spokesperson Jennifer Kennedy said the company hopes to begin work on the complex by 2008. http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1163095108252630.xml&coll=3

HOCKING STATE FOREST Timber-sale opponents fail to stop state’s plans Monday, November 06, 2006 Mary Beth Lane The state forestry land manager and the local biologist walked the same woods and stared up at the same trees, but they remained divided over the timber’s fate. At issue is a proposed timber sale in the Hocking State Forest. About 1,500 trees standing on 133 acres are to be cut down after the end of the fall-color season. The high bidder, Glatfelter Inc. of York, Pa., a paper-making company that has operations in Chillicothe, has bought the logging rights from the state for $172,722. The trunks of the trees to be felled are marked with orange paint. Don’t do it, begged local biologist Gary Coovert. "Once it’s cut, it’s gone, and it’s not going to be the same. We think this is a particularly nice chunk of forest, and we would like to see this little bit preserved." Read full article here: http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/06/20061106-C1-03.html

At the November 22, 2006 meeting, City Council approved a zoning change for the former Queen City Barrel property within PD-15 from PD-15 (Planned Development District) to MG Manufacturing General. (PD-15 can be seen in the post near the top of this thread. It includes all of the area within the purple boundary, minus the highlighted area east of Evans St.) This was only a matter of law. Due to the lack of a formal, site-specific development plan for PD-15, zoning code would require the three-year-old zoning designation to expire on February 13, 2007. Since it is expected to take two to five years to continue cleaning up the site and to select a developer, having a site plan in place by February 2007 is impossible. Because of that, a new zoning designation would have to be assigned before that date. Elimination of the PD designation removes oversight from the City Planning Commission. However, the City will maintain control of the development through its contracts, and a PD could be set up in the future if the situation warrants it. The rezoning of the area, now considered part of the future 20-25 acre Metro West industrial park development, had been approved in Economic Development Committee the day before and by the City Planning Commission on September 1, 2006. A public hearing was held in July 2006. The city is still in the process of acquiring property and doing site reclamation.

From the 11/16/06 Dayton Business Journal: State gives $800K toward local housing Dayton Business Journal - November 16, 2006 Two local housing groups will receive $800,000 from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency to build homes. The funds are part of a statewide disbursement of $4.8 million that will help build more than 200 units throughout the state, that include single-family homes and apartments. The local projects are: * St. Mary Development Corp. will receive $250,000 from the Ohio Housing Trust Fund to construct Stoney Ridge Estates, a 31-home development at 2968 S. Gettysburg Ave. in Dayton. The $5.6 million project also will receive a $1 million Equity Bridge Loan. * Tri-County Community Action Agency will receive $550,000 from the Ohio Housing Trust Fund to build Countryside Commons, a 60-unit project at Countryside Street and Fourth Avenue in Sidney. Sidney Senior Partners Ltd. also will receive a $1 million Direct Loan to help fund the $6.7 million project. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2006/11/13/daily20.html?surround=lfn From the 11/16/06 Springfield News-Sun: New housing construction to start in city By Samantha Sommer Staff Writer Wednesday, November 15, 2006 The Neighborhood Housing Partnership and Building Industry Association plan to break ground before the end of the year on the first new subdivision in the inner city in five decades. Clifton Court will sit near South High School and will start with up to 18 houses, all different and constructed by local builders. The homes could be ready by March or April. Tina Koumoutsos, NHP executive director, reviewed plans for the homes at the agency's annual meeting Wednesday morning. She pointed to several other projects going on in the city core, such as a new hospital, new schools and historic renovations. Housing hasn't been a big part of that revitalization so far. But neighborhoods are essential for those other projects to succeed, Koumoutsos said. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/15/sns111606nhp.html

From the 11/20/06 Youngstown Vindicator: Centerpointe park plan stalls The county is trying to work out its concerns with the developer. By JEANNE STARMACK VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER AUSTINTOWN — It's in the middle of EVERYWHERE, its Web site boasts. But in the real world, it's getting nowhere. Check Centerpointe Business Park in Austintown on your Internet search engine, and you'll find a glowing description of high hopes for the 180-acre site north of Rutland Avenue between state routes 46 and 11... http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/302013697672478.php From the 11/16/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Plans for Liberty Wal-Mart stalled By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle LIBERTY — A Forum Health executive says the healthcare chain cannot afford to lose more than $650,000 in moving expenses in order to help a Pittsburgh-based developer land a Wal-Mart outlet for the Liberty Plaza... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=11280 Park-Porter building to get roof Youngstown Vindicator, 11/23/06 Trumbull County commissioners have approved hiring a Saginaw, Mich., company to put a new roof on the Park-Porter building at 280 Park Avenue downtown as the first step in a $2.5 million renovation... Mobile Meals dedicates new headquarters Youngstown Vindicator, 11/21/06 Trumbull County Mobile Meals had a dedication ceremony and ribbon-cutting at its new headquarters in downtown Warren on Monday... MetroParks OKs purchase of property Youngstown Vindicator, 11/21/06 Mill Creek MetroParks Board approved purchase of property at 12 McKinley Ave., at the entrance to Fellows Riverside Gardens off Mahoning Avenue... Officials cite safety issues in returning bond to ballot Youngstown Vindicator, 11/20/06 Pupil safety is one of the motivators in asking voters to approve a bond issue for building improvements... "Youngstown Vindicator: Voters will see bond issue a 2nd time (11/13/06) Youngstown Vindicator: After bond issue fails, board plans meeting (11/11/06) Port Authority buys Eljer building East Liverpool Review, 11/17/06 Purchase of the Eljer Plumbingware Inc. building in Salem for $250,000 was approved Thursday by the Columbiana County Port Authority...

Nice effort today. :drunk:

From ThisWeek Olentangy, 11/23/06: Condos are coming to Sawmill Road Thursday, November 23, 2006 By KELLEY YOUMAN TRUXALL ThisWeek Staff Writer The Liberty Township Zoning Commission on Nov. 15 unanimously approved a new condominium development on Sawmill Road, rezoning the property from farm residential to planned residential. Thirteen condos, built by Geld Properties, will sit on 2.74-acres at 9963 Sawmill Road. The developers have made a "beautiful statement of architecture" with the condos, commission member Terry Doodan said. Plans for the condos include stucco and stone materials, gas fireplaces with stone-faced chimneys and a minimum of 15 feet between buildings. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/index.php?sec=powell&story=sites/thisweeknews/112306/Powell/News/112306-News-265357.html

From the 11/22/06 Chillicothe Gazette: PRCTC to do $18M update Project aims to make 35-year-old building more energy efficient By JONA ISON Gazette Staff Writer The summer will start bringing a fresh look to the interior of the Pickaway Ross Career and Technology Center. The $18 million project will provide a complete overhaul by August 2008 with the majority of the cost, $13 million, coming from the state. No new structures or additions to the existing structure are part of the plan. State funding for the project comes after Superintendent Brett Smith and other career and technology centers lobbied the legislature for their schools to be eligible to receive funding for building projects. Pickaway-Ross came up third on the list to receive money - assessed by the volume of economically disadvantaged residents in the service area - after a bill was passed in 2004 including vocational centers in the Ohio School Facilities Commission program. Read more at http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061122/NEWS01/611220302/1002/rss01

Umm...so this SunnySusie hasn't been active since the morning of November 21, the day she registered. Did we scare her away already?

Someone is taking ColDayMan's comments way too seriously.

Those are great! Thanks for taking the time to be comprehensive! I saw the artist out there when I was in the area a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't get a chance to talk to him. I didn't want to bother him while he was working. The murals are first-class and it's definitely worth the time to go down there and check out all of the little details up close.

Great stuff! I definitely think the stuff in City West is a step in the right direction, quality-wise. Even comparing that with the newer St. Ann's Common and other Betts-Longworth stuff you can see that it's a little more focused and it appears to be better designed and built. Of course, none of them compare to the buildings you shot on Hopkins. Wow.

From the 11/2/06 Forest Hills Journal: Group nearly set to begin building movie theater BY LIZ CAREY | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER ANDERSON TWP. - Although efforts to bring a movie theater to Anderson Township are moving forward, they are not without change. According to Jeff Jacobs, senior vice president of business development with JFP Group, the group building the movie theater and condominium project Anderson Towne Place, an agreement with an organization to run the movie theater is nearly in place. [email protected] 248-7139 http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20061102/NEWS01/611020704/

Council members Berding, Bortz, Ghiz and Monzel issued a motion regarding Cincinnati's portion of the Ohio River Bike Trail on November 7. The gist of the motion is as follows: * That the City make acquiring/retaining the necessary property or easements for the trail a priority of any development agreement or property transfer in which the city is involved in cases where such land is in a location that may be used for the Bike Trail. * That the City agressively acquire and hold property needed for the Bike Trail. * That the City begin negotiations with SORTA and Rail America regarding the possible use of the Oasis Line right of way for the Bike Trail. * That the City develop preliminary cost estimates and a recommended alignment for the Bike Trail, for discussion in City Council in March 2007. * That the City develop solutions that preserve the rail corridor for rail purposes and that are consistent with the Eastern Corridor Study. * That the City do everything possible to secure state and federal funding. This motion was kicked to DOTE for input and is supposed to appear back before Council by December 11.

From the 11/24/06 Detroit Free Press: Time almost up on Ford's buyout offer Deadline midnight Monday; automaker aims to cut 30,000 hourly jobs By Katie Merx Detroit Free Press DETROIT - The clock is ticking for UAW workers at Ford Motor Co. to decide whether they will take one of the buyouts the company is offering as part of its plan to scale back and stop its losses. Workers who are eligible for a buyout but haven't yet made up their minds -- or turned in their paperwork -- have until midnight Monday to deliver papers to their plants' labor relations offices. After that, the window will close. Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford lost $7 billion in the three quarters of the year and plans to eliminate 30,000 hourly and 14,000 salaried jobs by 2008. The effort will reduce by one-third the company's North American workforce and is part of its plan to show a profit by 2009. The company hopes that enough workers will choose to leave so that it can avoid layoffs... http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/16087940.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_business

From Business First of Columbus, 11/6/06: Ford exec touts turnaround plan Business First of Columbus - November 6, 2006 by Saleha N. Ghani Business First A Ford Motor Co. official visiting Columbus Monday said the automaker is focusing on changing trends in vehicle design and cost-cutting measures to return to profitability. State officials were also expected to meet with the executive to discuss incentives to keep a Ford plant in the Toledo area. Joseph Hinrichs, vice president of North American manufacturing for Ford, said the company has to be prosperous before it can support its approximately 300,000 employees, including 11,200 at nine manufacturing facilities in Ohio... http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/11/06/daily6.html?from_rss=1

From the 11/10/06 Dayton Business Journal: St. Mary to build $5.6M West Dayton housing Dayton Business Journal - November 10, 2006 by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter St. Mary Development Corp. is moving forward on a $5.6 million affordable senior housing project in West Dayton. The nonprofit developer will build 40 apartments, four to a building, on property located just east of S.R. 49 in West Dayton, adjacent to St. Mary's existing Hoover Place. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2006/11/13/story7.html From the 11/9/06 Beavercreek News-Current: Ordinance given first reading By Doug Skinner Editor Beavercreek City Council recently gave the first reading to an ordinance for a planned unit development (PUD) for Willow Creek Villas. The ordinance would rezone approximately 27.471 acres of land from A-1 agricultural and R-1A one-family residential district to R-PUD residential planned unit development. The land is located on the east side of Grange Hall Road, approximately 400 feet south of Lujon Drive. "Staff has provided revised information regarding the applicant's most recent proposal for 68 rather than 74 units as previously submitted for consideration," the staff report stated. "The overall acreage for the proposal consists of 27.471 acres of land that currently includes the anticipated right of way for Park Overlook and anticipated additional right of way for Grange Hall Road," according to information provided by city planner Jeffrey McGrath. "A rough estimate of right of way needed on Grange Hall Road would be 20 additional feet along the frontage of Grange Hall Road and 60 feet ... where the applicant is proposing Park Overlook Drive to be located. Park Overlook Drive is approximately 1,410 linear feet from Grange Hall to the eastern boundary of the proposed PUD." MORE: http://tcnewsnet.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=263&ArticleID=142250&TM=46413.11 From the 11/8/06 DDN: Troy voters pass income tax levy, block residential development Bradford school levy fails; Concord Twp. rezoning overturned. By Doug Page Staff Writer Wednesday, November 08, 2006 TROY — School district voters Tuesday night approved an income tax that school officials touted as tax reform. At the same time, city voters overturned the rezoning for Troy's largest residential development, 4,880 to 2,481 votes, blocking the Honey Creek plan. ... The Honey Creek development would have built 298 single-family homes, ranging in price from $200,000 to $450,000, and 98 condominiums, from $180,000 to $250,000, over the next 10 to 15 years. Opponents complained the development, planned on 201 acres on the city's northeast edge, would add to traffic and stormwater problems. "I am happy for the citizens," said Lou Hart, who led the referendum campaign. "Until municipal governments go about a proper way of expanding, people will always have a referendum." ... And for the ninth time since 1995, voters in the unincorporated area of Concord Twp. have overturned the Trafalgar rezoning of 50 acres for housing — this time 1,724 to 737 votes — blocking the development. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/11/08/ddn110806miaissues.html Officials: Streetscape goes far beyond pretty Dayton Daily News, 11/23/06 City officials want residents to know that the years-long streetscape project is more than just putting a pretty face on Main Street. Streetscape is the phased project reconstructing the Main Street (Ohio 571) corridor from Interstate 75 to the Miami-Erie Canal Lock 15 Park, to make it safer for pedestrians and a more appealing place to live and do business. Decorative street lights with a historical look will be installed, and sidewalks will be separated form the street by a curb lawn with trees and shrubs. In the first phase, paver bricks in concrete were used in driveways/entrances. The project will also replace water and sewer lines — some in the older part of town are almost 100 years old — as well as the street. Mechanicsburg School Board: Tour shows new school now boasts stairs, walls Urbana Daily Citizen, 11/21/06 The Mechanicsburg Board of Education took a tour of the new consolidated school building Monday night prior to its regular meeting. The board was introduced to what looks more like a completed building with more internal walls rather than a skeletal structure. Also, stairs have been completed, replacing the temporary scaffolding ladder that work crews had used to travel between floors. While some windows are in place, the majority of the building is still without them. The board members were led through the construction zone by Bob Hurley, project manager of SFA Construction, as he showed them the highlights of the build and answered their questions. Board members got an idea of how the building will be colored as a few of the walls already have base coats of yellow, purple and white. Also, colored drywall is set up in some of the classrooms to show where the school colors will eventually be painted. Home improvement chain Menards looking at Tipp City Dayton Daily News, 11/18/06 A home improvement retailer is looking at a site west of Interstate 75 for what would be the city's first "big box" store. Menards, a privately owned chain of home improvement stores in the Midwest with headquarters in Eau Claire, Wis., has four stores in Ohio, the closest in the Lima area. It is the third largest home improvement chain in the country behind Home Depot and Lowe's. Menards spokesman Jeff Abbott said the company is expanding in Ohio, including new stores that will open in 2007 in Sidney and Marion. Construction is nearing completion on the Menards off Ohio 47, west of Interstate 75 in Sidney, said Lew Blackford, executive director of the West Ohio Development Council. That store is going up in a neighborhood that already includes a Super Wal-Mart, Lowes and Staples, he said. Tipp City officials told City Council in recent memos that Menards filed for rezoning of two properties north of Ohio 571 in the area of Weller Drive, just west of I-75. The city planning board last week set a Dec 12 public hearing on the rezonings. If the project moves forward, Kinna and Weller drives would be extended north and Harmony Drive to the east, and a traffic study would be required.

From the 11/11/06 Youngstown Vindicator: Board to seek bids for work on Choffin The building will remain open while the renovation is being done. By HAROLD GWIN VINDICATOR EDUCATION WRITER YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education is ready to spend about $13 million on renovations of the Choffin Career & Technical Center... [email protected] http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/297822548347478.php From the 11/12/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Eastwood Mall to kick off season with new look By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle NILES — With 90 percent of the work completed on Eastwood Mall’s largest renovation, General Manager Ken Kollar expects a brisk holiday shopping season.‘‘The Christmas holiday season represents about 40 percent of retail sales for most retailers,’’ Kollar said. “So, this is an important time of year for our stores.’’.. [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=11091 From the 11/11/06 East Liverpool Review: Officials concerned about Ohio 170 widening project BY LEIGH ANN KAISER, [email protected] EAST LIVERPOOL — Plans for widening state Route 170 through Calcutta were discussed this week during the East Liverpool Chamber of Commerce meeting... http://reviewonline.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=4582 Bond issues will return to ballot, board states Youngstown Vindicator, 11/17/06 The board of education will place bond issues before voters as many times as it is allowed in order to generate money to construct three new school buildings... Youngstown Vindicator: Board votes to try levy in February (11/10/06) Panel to transfer 4.9 acres to park system Youngstown Vindicator, 11/15/06 Trumbull County commissioners are expected to transfer 4.9 acres between the Woodview Circle subdivision in Leavittsburg to the county MetroParks District for a canoe launch today. The land is part of a larger site that also contains a package plant for sewage treatment, said Allan Knapp, county planning commission director... After three months, new bridge opens Youngstown Vindicator, 11/15/06 A Newton Township bridge is now open for traffic after three months of construction... Residents' input on new park sought Youngstown Vindicator, 11/14/06 Township residents are getting a say in the development of the new park on Herbert Road... Project prompts mixed reaction Youngstown Vindicator, 11/13/06 People living along North Road and its side streets have mixed emotions about its becoming a one-way highway for the next two years...