SULLIVAN TWP. — The new school year that began Tuesday is a lot quieter than fourth grade for Black River’s fifth-graders.
While construction will soon begin on the Black River Education Center’s damaged gym roof, the fifth-grade class and preschool students have been moved down the street to the Homerville Community Center.
Black River officials decided […]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MONTVILLE TWP. — A Montville Township police officer was commended Tuesday night for saving a 21-year-old man by distributing a lifesaving electric shock to his chest.
Patrol officer Daniel Hazek was on his normal rounds on Saturday, Feb. 17, and not far from him, everyone at the Bavaro residence in Montville Township was […]

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Andrew “Andy” Robert Crosier, 25, passed away Monday, Aug. 27, 2007, at Akron General Medical Center following a motorcycle accident.
He was born March 6, 1982, in Akron and was a truck driver for Andrews Moving & Storage. Andy was a volunteer firefighter and attended college. He was an organ donor, giving life to five others […]

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Albert Guggenbiller, 89, of Medina, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, in Medina.
 

He was born Dec. 6, 1917, in St. Wendelin, Ohio, and was a shipping clerk for Tru-Fit Screw, retiring after 43 years of service. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Medina Senior Citizens and AARP 2095 of Medina. Mr. […]

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Anna Okey, 69, of Litchfield Township, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 27, 2007.
 

She was born in West Virginia in 1938 and was a lifelong resident of Medina County. She was a homemaker who loved painting, knitting and animals.
 

She is survived by her children, Becky Harding (Denny VanDevier), Jeff (Marie) Nixon, Debra […]

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- A 21-year-old Brunswick woman allegedly attempted to steal several items from Kmart, 3301 Center Road, around 5 p.m. Saturday. Jessica Markunes, 21, of 2200 Hemlock Court, reportedly put several items — including shampoo, hairspray, candy bars and earrings — into her purse and walked out of the store. Markunes was confronted by a store manager, […]

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BRUNSWICK — The state highway patrol’s Medina post is updating its listing of residents willing to pick up deer killed on roads in Medina County.
 

The patrol contacts people on the list at all hours to pick up fresh, usable deer carcasses left on the road after accidents.
 

If you have signed up in past years, you […]

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MEDINA — Putting the wrong election date on her petition may disqualify Medina Township trustee candidate Dinah Lambert from appearing on the Nov. 6 ballot.
 

Lambert, who is one of four candidates running for one open trustee seat, was disqualified after she filed her petition, but a memo from the Ohio Secretary of State’s office said […]

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MEDINA — On just their fourth day of the school year, Medina High School students got an unscheduled break from classes when a bomb threat Tuesday morning led to evacuation of the school and the Medina Community Recreation Center.
Students and staff members wait outside Medina High School and the Medina Community Recreation Center after […]

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To the Editor:
We finally get the Homestead Act, since I turned 65 and my husband is 71. So look at the present we get: a new outrageous tax appraisal.
First, I pay to have new windows put in. I am made to pay a permit charge. Then I have a new furnace put in. Another permit […]

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