To the Editor:
My response to reading The Gazette’s editorial comments and guest writer Janessa Gans’ column regarding the actions and character of Blackwater USA, is for all who ask someone else to do the tough jobs, to take a look at reality.
I am a former Navy diver with three tours in Vietnam, a former Secret [...]

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BRUNSWICK — City council could have a shake-up this year with four ward seats up for grabs.
Three incumbent councilmen are running for re-election. Ward 1 councilman Gary Werner has decided not to run, guaranteeing his seat will go to a newcomer.

Ward 1
Jack Mortelette and Chuck Ricco are running to fill the council seat Werner [...]

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The “Safe Halloween Trick or Treat and Haunted Forest” will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Life Care Center of Medina, 2400 Columbia Road, Liverpool Township. The date was incorrectly stated as Oct. 20 in Accent’s Community Datebook event section on Tuesday.

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To the Editor:
After reading the article in Tuesday’s Gazette (“County weighs NOACA pullout”), you have to wonder, what were you thinking? Avon Lake being held hostage by Cuyahoga County? What did you expect? A team player?
What would happen to Cleveland’s sports teams if people from outside “Cuya-HOG-a” County didn’t attend their teams’ sporting events? They [...]

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BRUNSWICK HILLS TWP. — When you meet Albert Boone, he’s likely to tell you he’s “strong as an ox” and pull up his shirtsleeve, bicep flexed, to prove it.
The 93-year-old proprietor of Boone’s Corner Family Restaurant and Lounge, at the corner of Sleepy Hollow Road and U.S. Route 42, must be strong. He’s been [...]

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Sean Brunger faces Indians fever no matter where he goes. This week, the Medina resident has watched his cousin Jensen Lewis, right-handed relief pitcher for the Indians, play a pivotal role for the Tribe in their games against the Boston Red Sox.
At work, though, the excitement doesn’t end — he’s a manager for MC Sports [...]

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MEDINA — An area man reportedly took a turn too fast and wide, running his green Ford Ranger pickup into the northeast corner of Marshall’s, 1195 N. Court St., Tuesday night.
The driver, Randy Baisden, 22, of 705 Wadsworth Road, was taken to Medina General Hospital by a friend after allegedly complaining his leg was numb [...]

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To the Editor:
Regarding The Gazette article on Tuesday headlined, “County weighs NOACA pullout,” I would like to add my two cents.
As a former Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency member, treasurer and secretary, I must agree with the Medina County Commissioners. Medina County went through an ordeal with NOACA on adding a third lane to Interstate [...]

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To the Editor:
Another special person has left this worldly existence for a more lasting eternal life. Willette “Willy” Chandler recently passed away after a long and courageous battle.
Willy taught mostly first-graders in the Medina City Schools system for many years. She had the uncanny ability to nurture those who found school difficult while at the [...]

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- An employee of Crestmont Ford, 3101 Center Road, reported a Willard man threatened him while discussing a vehicle down payment around 10 a.m. Friday. The employee said that when he told the man a vehicle down payment would cost around $2,500, the man responded by saying, “This is why people shoot people like you [...]

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