A storm that rolled through the region Thursday evening did major damage across Medina County. The Indoe Farm in Harrisville Township that has been in the family for generations was heavily damaged when three of the major barns were destroyed.
Photographs by Shirley Ware and Andrew Dolph.

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It was incorrectly reported in the Local Corner section of Thursday’s Gazette that the Hoop & Que event at Mellert Park will be held Friday and Saturday. The event is going to held this Saturday and Sunday.

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LODI — A white male in his early 50s is suspected of robbing the FirstMerit Bank on Wooster Road using a sawed-off shotgun Wednesday morning.
Surveillance video showed the man, who was dressed all in black with a nylon mask on his face, entering the bank through the front door at approximately 10:15 a.m., said agent […]

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BEREA — Brady Quinn was quick to establish a theme at his first news conference as an official member of the Browns.
“The only thing I can control is what I do now,” he said Wednesday morning.
That means getting reacquainted with teammates, earning the respect of the coaching staff and winning the starting job. And putting […]

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Up to this point, nothing about Brady Quinn’s professional football career has gone the way he hoped it would.
He slid down to the 22nd pick in this year’s NFL Draft, struggled at rookie minicamp, and was a no-show for the Browns’ first 16 training camp practices.
That’s why it seemed oddly appropriate — yet undeniably bizarre […]

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LIVERPOOL TWP. — Valley City’s Millstream Park will be hopping on Sunday — literally.
 

That’s when the Frog Jump Festival will come to town, just in time for the “frog” days of summer.
 

This year, 600 to 700 frogs will participate in the 46th annual frog jump. Many of the amphibians also will be competing in the […]

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Ruth Anneliese (nee Gross) Berken, 76, longtime resident of Brunswick and formerly of Cleveland, passed away Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Nov. 26, 1930, in Koenigsberg, Germany. Mrs. Berken was a server for 20 years at D’Amico’s Restaurant and a salesperson at Kaufman’s for seven years. […]

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Bad news Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods is about to close the gap down to five.
Majors that it is.
The Nike icon is down 18-12 in all-time grand slams to Nicklaus, but that number is in jeopardy every time Woods is in the field.
There’s no calling of a shot here, just a hunch that the No. […]

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Ronald L. Dreibelbis, 70, of Weymouth in Medina Township, passed away Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, in Medina.
 He was born April 8, 1937, in Weymouth. Mr. Dreibelbis worked in maintenance for more than 20 years at Windfall Industries — the Achievement Center — for the Medina County Board of MRDD. He enjoyed fishing trips to Canada, […]

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To the Editor:
This is in response to the letter from Jan Leatherman in Monday’s edition of The Gazette, headlined: “More parking spaces favored.”
I think it is very commendable that a few citizens of Medina are willing to put their money on the line to save the three historic houses on East Washington Street. We advertise […]

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