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Year In Review: September Star Beacon- SEPT. 16 - - An E. coli outbreak traced to California prompted local grocers to clear their shelves of spinach. The outbreak that killed one and made 90 others sick was traced to Natural Selection Foods, based in San Juan Bautista, Calif.
- SEPT. 17 - - Conneaut was the scene of a D-Day re-enactment that played out the events of June 6, 1944. One of history's most epic battles was revisited at Conneaut Township Park, with more than 300 re-enactors staged the invasion before an estimated 2,000 spectators. - SEPT. 18 - - Andover honors hero, U.S. Army Sgt. David Gordon. Gordon, 23, of Williamsfield. Gordon was killed Sept. 7 when the Humvee he was driving rolled over a landmine outside of Baghdad, Iraq. - SEPT. 19 - - A .45-caliber pistol and stacks of cash were among items seized by local law enforcement in a drug bust Friday night. Six people face a litany of felony drug charges after the bust, which began when the Ashtabula Police Department's Special Operations Group, along with the county SWAT Team and member of TAG raided a home on Strong Avenue. - SEPT. 20 - - Someone's sick idea of fun is putting motorists on Route 307 in real jeopardy, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. During the past several weeks, vandals have been spreading dangerous debris on a stretch of the state highway in the Dorset Township area. - SEPT. 21 - - Ohio has recorded more than a dozen cases of E. coli-related illness in recent days, but none originated from Ashtabula County, according to local health officials. Sept. 16, a number of cases involving illness and even a death were linked to bad spinach from Natural Selection Foods, based in San Juan Bautista, Calif. - SEPT. 22 - - Conneaut school administration building will become an accounting office. The board of education had put the building up for auction, but had no bidders. It then listed the one-story building with a private real estate firm, finally selling it to Raymond and Jennifer Palagyi for $147,500. - SEPT. 23 - - A watershed plan for the Ashtabula River is in the works, thanks to a $55,600 grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The study of the river will be done over the next three years. - SEPT. 24 - - When the Giant Eagle closed it's doors one year ago, Conneaut lost it's largest supermarket and an anchor in the Gateway Plaza shopping center. Local leaders are still optimistic the big building and the void in the city's retail sector will be filled sooner than later. - SEPT. 25 - - A coal train loaded with coal bound for the Ashtabula docks never made it as a derailment sent cars flying off the tracks in Wayne Township. The train, which had 105 cars, was on the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks when the derailment took place. - SEPT. 26 - - Unlike recent years, flu vaccine will be in good supply for the upcoming sneezing season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported earlier this month that vaccine manufacturers expect to produce and provide more than 100 million does of vaccine within the United States by early January. - SEPT. 27 - - After putting in seven years as Ashtabula County administrator, Joe Pedro, is calling it quits. At the commissioner's meeting, they publicly thanked Pedro for his dedication and service to the county. - SEPT. 28 - - Portions of an ancient glacial lake, known as Morgan Swamp in Morgan Township, will be open to the public soon, for bird-watching, photography and hiking, by the Nature Conservancy, according to it's Ohio director, Richard Shank. - SEPT. 29 - - Lots of cockroaches are turning a quiet Conneaut neighborhood upside down. Residents claim their homes are being infested by bugs living in a vacant Marshall Street house. - SEPT. 30 - - Two weeks after vigorously defending his court against criticism, Municipal Court Judge Albert Camplese now proposes a new, formal policy for filing traffic tickets. The proposal comes after discussion of dismissing traffic tickets was discussed at a Ashtabula City safety forces committee meeting. 
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