Plant: Cranberry
Common names: American cranberry, bog cranberry
Latin name: Vaccinium macrocarpon
Description: Red. Round. Tart. Around the holiday season, a little berry pops up to greet the season. The cranberry is a cheerful looking fruit that bounces when dropped and floats in water. But the mouth-puckering raw fruit mellows when cooked up into a sugary sweet […]

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Ohio’s hunters are encouraged to harvest any feral swine they encounter in the wild in order to limit the spread of this destructive species in the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
Known in Ohio as wild boars, they also are called free-ranging European wild boar, Russian wild boar, […]

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Mel McGrath of Paramount Dog Behavior and Chuck Stella of Elite K-911 share a passion for rehabilitating aggressive dogs. Working from McGrath’s training and rehabilitation facility in Liverpool Township, they’ve rescued about 30 dogs from death row at shelters and turned them into well-adjusted, adoptable pets. Using positive methods of training, they work with owners […]

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BATH TOWNSHIP — King James is building a new castle and a Medina interior design firm will have the honor to decorate it so it’s worthy of Cleveland basketball royalty.
Interior Design Studio, LLC, of Medina has faced the task of decorating the 38,000-square-foot, five bedroom LeBron James home in Bath Township, which currently is under […]

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Clad in an athletic sports jersey and workout pants Fred Suing provided for her at the last minute, Channel 8 television celebrity Robin Swoboda enthusiastically emceed the annual Battered Women’s Shelter fundraiser “Peace Begins With Me” at Williams on the Lake Nov. 2.
Swoboda’s non-stop rapid-fire humor, combined with her unrelenting jabs at the […]

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The Salvation Army Medina Corps is hosting its annual Kettle Kick Off Breakfast Nov. 16.
The annual Red Kettle Campaign is the Salvation Army’s largest fundraiser of the year, bringing in about $65,000 annually.
From Nov. 16 through Christmas, Medina County residents will see and hear volunteers ringing the bells at various stores in the area […]

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Conversations with friends inevitably used to be about our kids, their schools, sports and dating experiences.
Years later, talk still centers on our kids. Only now they are adult children. We discuss where they’re living, their relationships and money issues. Parenting truly is a lifetime role.
But it’s also a changing role, with many parents complaining […]

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Individual school winners in the countywide Student of the Month competition for October are: Stephanie Neumann and Akshar Patel, Brunswick High School; Brittany Lutz and Bradley Bergman, Medina County Career Center; Heidi Santelmann and Leah Geissman, Cloverleaf High School; Brenna Roy and Rachel Sniff, Highland High School; Elsa Sheerer and Mike DeFelice, Medina High School; […]

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COLUMBUS — When undefeated squads roll the way Brunswick’s football team did this year, it hardly goes unnoticed when postseason accolades come out.
The Associated Press released its All-Northeast Inland District team Monday and four of Medina County’s 15 first-teamers are Blue Devils.
Included is quarterback Sean Bedevelsky, a repeat choice who shared offensive player of the […]

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BEREA — A Monday off for the players is usually reserved as a reward for a win, but coach Romeo Crennel varied from the game plan.
“I wanted to rest them both physically and mentally,” he said.
While Browns Town was still reeling a day after the Browns’ 31-28 loss to the Steelers, Crennel was looking at […]

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