CHEERS: to Charlie Hyatt of Columbia Station, a regular at the Jump’n Frog Pub & Eatery in Liverpool Township, for throwing a benefit bash at the bar to support local soldiers — like the children of township resident Dee McCurry, another regular of the pub. Cheers also to the Jump’n Frog for hosting the event.

CHIDINGS: […]

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No on library levy
To the Editor:
I see the public library system is now threatening to cut services and lay off people unless we give them more money. Why doesn’t the director lay off himself and the next top five positions. How much money will that save? This money could be used for payment of the […]

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By BRAD DICKEN
Staff Writer
ELYRIA — After last week’s vote approving a controversial new Interstate 90 interchange in Avon, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones predicted threats of leaving the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency would disappear.
They haven’t.
On Thursday, Medina County Commissioner Stephen D. Hambley met with the Lorain County commissioners and they appeared to come […]

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Calvin C. Bates, 83, of Westfield Township, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at his home following a lengthy illness.
He was born in Cumberland, Ohio, to Isaac Blaine and Rosa White Bates. He graduated from Hopewell High School in Licking County and resided in the Westfield area with his wife for the past 60 years. […]

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Harry R. Goltz, 77, of Sarasota, Fla., passed away Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, in Sarasota.
He was born July 6, 1930, in Cleveland. Mr. Goltz was an electrical engineer in the aeronautics field. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War.
He is survived by his nieces, Gayle Jonath (Italo) Persic and Beverly Jonath (William) […]

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CLEVELAND — The champagne is still on ice, the title T-shirts remain boxed up and the Indians are headed back to Boston.
The ultimate buzzkill for the Tribe played out Thursday night at Jacobs Field, where Boston fought off elimination in the American League Championship Series with a resounding 7-1 win in Game 5.

The Red Sox’s […]

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Virginia Mobley, 77, of Elon, N.C., formerly of Brunswick, passed away Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, in Mt. Dora, Fla.
She was born April 13, 1930, in Big Creek, W.Va. Mrs. Mobley retired from office work as a secretary/clerk. She was a member of First Christian Church of the Nazarene in Brunswick, Florida and North Carolina. She […]

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Christopher Ruiz gives his 11-month-old son, Aedyn, a push on a swing at Ray Mellert Park in Medina on Thursday afternoon.

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Margaret Frances Winterstein, 92, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at Shepherd of the Valley Retirement Home in Howland, Ohio.
She was born Jan. 5, 1915, in Columbus. She was a member of the United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Winterstein is survived by her son, Crist; daughters, Jeanette (Ted) Poole, Mary Jane Orr and Betty Colwell; sister-in-law, Gertrude […]

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Medina
- A black Acura with tinted windows drove off without paying for gas at 3:57 p.m. Sunday at Shue’s Citgo, 2855 Medina Road.

- A vehicle going 83 miles per hour northbound on Interstate 71 was signaled to stop at 8:33 p.m. Saturday. As the car pulled over, the driver allegedly threw paraphernalia out the […]

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