SPENCER TWP. — You won’t see Dan Saunders drinking Diet Coke from a can or talking on his cell phone during his camping trip this week.
As one of the participants in the Old Northwest Territory Primitive Rendezvous, he must wear pioneer period clothing (pre-1840) and have no visible traces of modern life like coolers or […]

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MEDINA — The city has received three federal grants to pay the bulk of the cost to reconstruct three main streets next year, City Engineer Patrick Patton said Friday.
The streets, which will be rebuilt during the 2008 construction season, are Guilford Boulevard from East Smith Road to East Washington Street, West Smith Road from State […]

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YORK TWP. — Rumors about money have been floating around Buckeye Local Schools lately, especially concerning staff raises.
Some of the rumors were brought to the school board’s attention at its special meeting June 6 by member Kenneth Barco.
Barco said they need to be squashed, especially in light of the district’s upcoming five-year, 7.3-mill emergency levy […]

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o A Rockglen Drive resident found raw eggs splattered on her Honda Civic’s trunk June 16. Egg splatter also reached the driveway and the front section of her house.
Police surmised the eggs were thrown from the sidewalk or the road. The resident said it had to have happened between 1 a.m., when her son returned […]

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MEDINA — Stephen Cullen and Chelsea Oswald were the overall winners at the 2007 St. Francis Xavier Bob Bridges Memorial Race with Soul, which had a record 238 participants.
Cullen won the men’s division in 16:26, edging Brendan McKee (16:47) and Daniel Lombardo (17:04). Oswald took the women’s competition in 18:24, ahead of Lauren Snell (20:31) […]

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When Al Leiby’s ancestors moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in the late 1830s to Homer Township, they set about growing a new life there. Although the family eventually migrated to Spencer, and Leiby now lives in Wellington, Leiby’s great-great-grandfather, Gideon Leiby, bought into a partnership at a mercantile on the southwest corner of the square […]

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