Following is a compilation of candidates and issues Medina County voters will decide today. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Candidates
Brunswick City Council
- Ward 1: Jack Mortelette and Chuck Ricco
- Ward 2: Vincent Carl and Eric Flanigan
- Ward 3: Joe Delsanter
- Ward 4: Anthony P. Capretta and Ron Falconi
Wadsworth mayor
- Joseph J. Arpad [...]

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Elinor Abingdon, up to her 15-year-old elbows in flour, listened as her mother read the latest society news on the front page of The Gazette. Mrs. Abingdon rambled through a list of names, the shakers and movers of the county, Elinor’s father called them. Every year the paper’s township correspondents — her father called them [...]

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Two of Medina County’s current festivals will be happening this month.
Medina’s 23rd Annual Candlelight Walk is planned for Nov. 16-18 at Medina’s Public Square. The Holiday Parade of Lights will start at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 17.
The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund Festival of Trees is planned to take place in conjunction with the [...]

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About 100 members from all over Ohio gathered at Western Reserve Masonic Community Oct. 19 for the first day of the two-day Ohio Branch 114th annual convention of the International Order of The King’s Daughters and Sons, hosted by the Medina County Union.

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Hooah Trees
This fall, 2,000 Christmas trees — also known as Hooah Trees — for U.S. troops were collected in Medina County. The cost for shipping those trees to Iraq and other countries is $9,000. To make a donation toward the shipping costs, contact Hooah Tree coordinator Lynn Miller at 330-723-5566.

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National Adoption Day
Medina County Job and Family Services is joining the nationwide celebration of November as Adoption Month. The agency will recognize Medina County residents who have added to their families through adoption at a kid-friendly dinner in early November.

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BEREA — Size, strength, quickness and sure hands have always been Kellen Winslow Jr.’s best attributes.
Maturity just made the list.
Winslow entered the league as a brash 20-year-old with a Hall of Fame father, rare athleticism and a mouth that roared. A broken leg as a rookie, a mangled leg from a motorcycle accident and all [...]

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During her freshman year at the University of Dayton, Wadsworth resident Melissa Rittenhouse was the slowest woman on the cross country team.
Things have changed a bit since then, as Rittenhouse has qualified twice for the women’s Olympic marathon trials — the first time in 2004 and now again for 2008.
In February 2006, Rittenhouse competed in [...]

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Larry Hughes still can’t shoot, Donyell Marshall can’t play, period, and the bench is as bad as advertised.
Simply put, the Cavaliers are not a very good basketball team right now.
The good news, if it can be called that, is that none of this is surprising. The Cavaliers were expected to lose their home opener to [...]

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BEREA — As offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski walked out of the locker room Sunday night, he had already turned the page from the overtime win over the Seahawks.
“It’s Steeler Week,” he said.
That hasn’t been good news for the Browns.
They are 0-5 vs. the Steelers under coach Romeo Crennel. They haven’t beaten Pittsburgh since October 2003. [...]

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