American Legion Post 202 is holding a free paper shredding day today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at American Legion Hall, 620 N. Broadway, Medina. Up to three full boxes will be accepted per visit. Papers will be shredded while you watch. No plastic or ring binders are allowed.

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“Did you hear that I’m supposed to make him level-headed?” Don Hershey asked, comb and clippers hovering over his customer, Trent Ard of Montville Township, who grins. And then the quips fly as fast as the hair hits the floor in the West Washington Street barbershop where Hershey has cut hair since 1956.
“My dad said, [...]

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MEDINA — “This year’s Fall Foliage Tour offers a short distance to drive — just 30 miles,” said Beth Schnabel, educational specialist with the Medina County Soil and Water Conservation District and a chairperson on the planning committee for the annual two-day event. “But people will find that there’s a lot to do at each [...]

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Community Design Committee
Each year the Community Design Committee presents awards to persons or groups that have contributed to historic preservation in Medina, either through restoration work or through on-going promotion of Medina’s architecture.
This year, two people will receive the Award of Merit for advancing the appreciation of local history and the built environment. Five properties [...]

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By SUSAN McKIERNAN
Medina Community Design Committee
In 1946, nearly 13 million people returned from active service, anxious to start a new life in their own little house. The booming post-war economy and a generous program for vets — the Servicemen’s Readjustment Art (G. I. Bill) provided federally insured 30-year mortgages with no down payment and low [...]

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Silent auction
The Citizens for the Library will host an Art and Literature Silent Auction Oct. 4, 5 and 6 in the Brunswick Library Sycamore Room, 3649 Center Road, Brunswick. Auction hours are 4:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
For sale will be original [...]

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The 2007 annual meeting of the Medina County Community Fund, a permanent endowment providing grants to local organizations, and the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund, which provides grant funding to organizations and programs in the Medina County area that support women and children, and assists women in their growth as philanthropists, was held Sept. 20 [...]

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Birth, engagement, wedding and anniversary announcements are published in The Gazette each Tuesday. To request an announcement form, e-mail accent@ohio.net.

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Donald M. Bates Sr., 75, of Litchfield Township, passed away Friday, Sept. 28, 2007, in Berea.
He was born Dec. 5, 1931, in Morgantown, W.Va. Mr. Bates retired from GM in Parma in 1987 after 30 years working in transmission assembly. He served as a staff sergeant during the Korean War. He enjoyed going to Lorain [...]

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Mary Clare Bohan, 60, of Medina, passed away Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at The Inn at Medina.
She was born Feb. 5, 1947, in Scranton, Pa. She was a housewife. Mrs. Bohan was a teacher’s aide for Medina City Schools for many years and was a devoted wife and mother.
She is survived by her loving husband [...]

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