Stanley Cline Blankenship, 60, of Haverhill, Mass., passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Sept. 10, 2007, at his home.
He was born in Richwood, W.Va., on March 29, 1947, to Nadine (Blake) and James Blankenship. He was educated in Medina public schools and attended college in Cambridge, Mass., and Los Angeles. Stanley was always looking for [...]

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The Lord called on Ruth Marie DeAlexandro to join her husband to be joined together again in heaven.
She passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at Altercare of Wadsworth at the age of 77. Mrs. DeAlexandro was born Sept. 24, 1930, in Vanderbilt, Pa. She previously lived in Brunswick. She was a clerk for Dairy [...]

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HINCKLEY TWP. — A 26-year-old Brunswick resident is being held on a charge of aggravated murder after he reportedly stabbed his 62-year-old mother early Wednesday morning at 162 Salem Court.
Patrick Ravas, of 3861 Hadcock Road, Brunswick, reportedly stabbed his mother, Noella Ravas, with a household knife during an altercation at Noella Ravas’ Salem Court home, [...]

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MEDINA — Leslie Miller should have picked tails.
Miller got to call the coin toss Wednesday afternoon because her opponent, James Lovejoy, was in Colorado.
“I pick George Washington, the father of our country,” she said before Board of Elections Chairman Tom Wolfe threw the $1 coin into the air.
But when he took his hand away after [...]

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- Someone reportedly drove through the ballfield at Hickory Ridge Elementary School, 4628 Hickory Ridge Ave., leaving several ruts, between 3 p.m. Friday and 7:15 a.m. Monday.
- A waitress at Tony Roma’s, 3250 Center Road, alleged a 17-year-old busboy stole around $100 in tips from her tables between 4 and 11:15 p.m. Nov. 16. The [...]

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MEDINA — One of two women charged with taking more than $50,000 from a 100-year-old man the pair cared for pleaded guilty to theft and forgery charges Wednesday.
Lorelai Bowman, 25, of Wooster, pleaded to a third-degree felony charge of theft and a fourth-degree charge of forgery against the elderly as part of a plea agreement [...]

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GRANGER TWP. — The staff of the Medina County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities gave Superintendent Greg LaForme “the boot” Wednesday.
A boot right out into the Achievement Center’s courtyard.
As part of a fundraiser, which collected money to donate to United Way of Medina County, each department in the agency had to collect a [...]

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Sarah Ruth Price, 95, of Medina, passed away Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, in Medina.
She was born Dec. 31, 1911, in Logan, Ohio. Mrs. Price was a member of Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting and square dancing.
She is survived by her daughter, Shirley (Jack) Robinette of Medina; sons, [...]

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BATH TWP. — After Wednesday night, Revere girls basketball coach Kory Malkus will probably want to check the birth certificate of Wadsworth point guard Chrissy Pavlik.
Not because the senior is overage, but because there is a chance she is from another planet.
Over the final three minutes of the Grizzlies’ 56-47 victory, Pavlik scored 11 points, [...]

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Guilford Township annexation to Rittman fails. Saves farmland, thank God.
Foreign countries are taking Americans’ jobs. This hurts every Ohio worker.
Oil prices are high, jobs and pay down. Why?

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