Youngstown Vindicator 1.24.2001

Woods neighborhood on the South Side. Station No.9 at Midlothian Boulevard and Sheridan Road is 70 years old and needs $40,000 in repairs in each of the next four of five years, said Fire Chief John J. O'Neill Jr. There are asbestos, water leakage and roof problems, he said. Firefighters have a hard time pulling in and out since the station is on busy Midlothian near a traffic signal. A new station would cost about $350,000. A site near Shirley Road or Zedaker Street is preferable, he said. Committee members will send the mayor a letter supporting construction of a new station.