Home repair | Auto Repair

TITUSVILLE — There’s a waiting list three days long at A-1 Stop Auto Shop in Titusville. Owner Jerry Ulmer fields about two to three calls a day that “we just cannot physically do.”

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An auto repair business that operated in Red Deer for 35 years has left the city — although not by much.

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The Detroit auto show hosted a field trip and educational outing for thousands of high school students Wednesday. More than 4,000 students from 70 schools in Michigan and the Midwest descended on Cobo Center for Automotive Education Day, sponsored by State Farm Insurance.

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It’s an old story with a couple of twists. When we age, strength and memory decline and we depend more on others, who don’t always do right by us. What’s new is that reports of abuse of senior citizens are increasing, and “abuse” has come to include theft.

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COLUMBUS — Is this town big enough for two Grendells to serve in the state legislature? Tim Grendell is willing to give up his prized seat in the Ohio Senate in 2011 to replace State Rep. Matt Dolan, who resigned Jan. 13 to pursue the newly created position of Cuyahoga County’s chief executive.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Keith Rogers has his tools. He doesn’t have the truck that carries them. “I’m losing jobs because of it,” Rogers said. He took it to Southern Automotive in Pineville. “I had problems with my transmission,” he said. Southern Automotive had repaired the truck before. Rogers thought it was still under warranty, but it wasn’t. Rogers says he consented to a $100 solenoid repair …

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A 24-year-old Chicago man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering the owner of a Bloomingdale truck repair business last March. Timothy Bailey-Woodson admitted taking a metal machine part and beating David Coungeris, 53, on the head as many as 25 times on March 5 at the High Tech Auto & Repair, 250 S. Gary Avenue, following a “physical altercation” between …

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WAVERLY — The Village of Waverly has been offering a low-interest loan to low-to-moderate-income property owners needing to make necessary home repairs for the later half of this decade. However, few homeowners have yet to take advantage of this Community Development Block Grant program.

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Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. Friday is the deadline to apply for home repairs through Christmas in Action-Spartanburg.

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Seven residential homes along Hufsmith Kohrville Road and Kingbird Drive were provided with necessary improvements as part of a humanitarian outreach Jan. 16.

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