By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
Jim Johnson, Jerry Jameyson, Ralph Waite, Howard Hunter, Don Gerspacher, Dick Alspach, Norris Welton and the boys still get together for breakfast every other month at The Diner on Medina Public Square.
They sip some coffee, drink some orange juice and have a few eggs, but mostly they talk.
After the 80-plus-year-olds have […]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR

Staff Writer
MEDINA — After owning it for 94 years, the Pythian Sisters’ property on North Huntington Street is being auctioned off Friday afternoon.
“It’s an absolute auction. It sells to the highest bidder,” auctioneer Peter Kiko said, adding there already has been quite a bit of interest from local developers and people inquiring about […]

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By ALLISON WOOD

Staff Writer
AKRON — Medina Mitsubishi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after sheriff’s deputies were stationed at the Medina Township dealership last week.
Federal court documents filed Friday show the Medina Road dealership owed more than $10 million, including $6 million for about 250 vehicles from Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America.
This action, filed by Mitsubishi […]

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After the rain subsided Wednesday morning, Reilly Gold of Chippewa Lake spends the last few minutes of Sue Comunale’s kindergarten class outside Lodi Primary Elementary School blowing bubbles. The area has received more than an inch of rain since noon Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Skies are predicted to clear and warm temperatures […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
MEDINA — For the first time in school history, the A.I. Root Middle School girls track teams both had undefeated seasons and won conference championships.
Under first-year coach Rocco Russo and assistants Kelly Kriner, Emily Semenik, Wade Chapman and Tim Sutherland, Root’s teams each went 12-0 and won league titles.
Fifteen school records […]

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- A Brunswick High School student reported someone took his book bag from his locker between 7:35 and 9:18 a.m. May 21 and stole an iPod worth about $200. The student later found the book bag minus the iPod in the school building.
- A single-axle flatbed trailer worth $700 was stolen from the parking lot […]

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- Roger J. Kus, 37, of 76 High St., Seville, was indicted by a Medina County grand jury May 28 on a count of rape, a first-degree felony. He previously was indicted on a count of sexual battery, a third-degree felony. The charges, which stem from a May 28, 2007, incident, could draw up to […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
BRUNSWICK — Memorial Day weekend proved to be extremely memorable for three Brunswick Arsenal girls soccer teams.
The under-14 team and U-11 “B” squad won championships at the Junior Irish Invitational at Notre Dame University, while the U-11 “A” team finished second.
The U-14 girls won the Premier Division by defeating Orland Park, […]

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