By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
What inspired you to write this book?
Like most women, I use many personal care products every day. I think it’s an important thing for all of us to know about and think about. Not just women — but men who use a lot of products. It’s a huge amount of products […]

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By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk to Stacy Malkan, author of “Not Just a Pretty Face.” Malkan’s book targets the ugly side of the beauty industry and exposes many of the toxic chemicals used in our everyday shampoos, makeup, soaps and fragrances.
She’s also the communications director […]

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By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension Medina County
Planting mismanagement can put a ceiling on yield potential, even before the plant emerges from the soil. Farmers should keep this in mind as they prepare for this year’s corn production.
Spring started off much like last year: cool and wet. Meteorologists are forecasting warmer, drier weather for the remainder […]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Hey Cavaliers fan, Johnny Raincloud here to sprinkle some manure on those Eastern Conference finals plans this year.
Unless you’re wearing the white shamrock, there’s no way anyone rooting here has a prayer of seeing his or her team make it to the semifinals for the second year in a row and it has […]

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By BRIAN DULIK

Staff Writer

INDEPENDENCE — If the Cavaliers are going to get by the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals, they must win at least one game at the TD Banknorth Garden.

With the best-of-seven series starting tonight in Boston, there is no time like the present, according to Cleveland center Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

“We’re a good road […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — In Beantown, they like to call Celtics stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen “The Boston Three Party.”
The Cavaliers, who have the next scheduled “tea” time — Game 1 of the best-of-seven, second-round series is tonight at 8 at TD Banknorth Garden — know it’s going to be tough […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER

Staff Writer

CLEVELAND — Hits aren’t falling, so heads were rolling for the Indians on Monday.

Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro announced that Jason Michaels — a six-year veteran outfielder who had been platooning in left with David Dellucci, and was part of a slump that has engulfed Cleveland’s hitters for much of the year […]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette

A record crowd filled Blue Heron Banquet and Conference Center April 18 for Life Fest, the 21st Annual Hospice of Medina County Dinner and Auction. Guests could buy chances for a necklace valued at almost $2,400 donated by Dave and Diane Wiant and a collection of fine wines as well […]

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By Sandra Fahning
Special to The Gazette

La dee da … dee da … “Spiders and beetles and sharp piney needles — noises that scare me and things I can’t see — these aren’t a few of my favorite things.”

I was just having the best time improvising new words to an old favorite and wondering if […]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor

On a sunny mid-April weekend, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park blossomed with signs of spring. However, they weren’t your typical indications of a change in season. The trees were still bare from months of harsh winds, and flowers hadn’t yet poked through the soil. But if you looked around, plenty of […]

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