MEDINA — When high school vocal director Frank Bianchi told his former student he’d probably take his place one day, Tyler Skidmore didn’t take him seriously.
He said he couldn’t imagine following in the footsteps of the man responsible for his passion for music education.
However, Bianchi’s prediction came true, and Skidmore couldn’t feel more privileged [...]

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Gazette Staff Artist Chad Kimes has been honored by the Press Club of Cleveland in the organization’s 29th annual Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Kimes received a second-place award in the category of illustrations covering all publications.
The awards were presented Friday at a ceremony at LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake.
Entries were submitted by a [...]

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Coletta M. (nee Faux) Huffman passed away Thursday, June 21, 2007.
She was the loving mother of Barbara (Daniel) Kilpatrick and Kathleen (Norman) Westphal. She also is survived by five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and brother, Walter.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Marcus; daughter, Bernice Huffman; and sister, Eileen Enfield.
Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday [...]

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Jason Lewis Piatt, 28, of Medina, passed away Friday, June 22, 2007, in West Virginia.
He was born July 27, 1978, in Cleveland.
He is survived by his sons, Trevor Jason Piatt and Anthony Lewis Piatt; mother, Kathy (Walter) Sviderski; brother, Jeffrey Michael Piatt; sisters, Crystal and Terri Ann Piatt; maternal grandparents, James and Mary Hardesty; girlfriend, [...]

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Michael F. Wayne, 54, of Medina, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2007, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina following a brief illness.
Mike was born June 26, 1952, in Parkersburg, W.Va., to Wilbert Wayne and Bonnie (Lafferre) Caveney. He owned and operated Midwest Motors in Medina. He made his home in Medina for the past [...]

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Ryan Road, between Buffham Road in Westfield Township and Greenwich Road in Guilford Township, will be closed today and Tuesday, June 26, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. due to Interstate 71 bridge work.  

Mattingly Road, between Crystal Brook Drive and Ridge Road in Hinckley Township, is closed through Tuesday, June 26, due to culvert [...]

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To the Editor:
This letter is in response to the many people who have had letters printed in regards to the Lafayette Township police levy.
The levy on the May ballot was no different than the one in November, with the exception of the millage. If these people didn’t understand the language in November, why didn’t [...]

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To the Editor:
I’m confused. The Buckeye school board has unanimously voted to put on the ballot an emergency 7.3-mill, five-year levy at a special election to be held Aug. 7. This is supposed to be for the purpose of providing for the emergency requirements of the district and avoid an operating deficit.
Yet at the [...]

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