The arrival of the holiday shopping season means another year of figuring out what to buy that person who either has everything or ends up hating everything they receive. That’s why music is the perfect gift. Not only can you appeal directly to the person’s tastes, but you can actually buy them something that you’ve [...]

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In case you haven’t noticed or have been in severe denial, it’s time to give Daryl Hall and John Oates their proper due.
Not only is there a Hall & Oates love fest going on among established artists and rising rock acts, but this ’70s and ’80s Philly soul pop outfit — known for such hits [...]

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MEDINA — A teenage boy asked some of the others around him which pink sunglasses he should put on the teddy bear he was decorating for a young girl.
The bear already wore a plaid pink tennis outfit with tennis shoes.
“Go with the white plastic ones,” said Chris, who was sitting at the same table and [...]

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Phillip J. “P.J.” Arnold, 13, of Rittman, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in Rittman.
He was born June 9, 1994, in Medina. P.J. was a student. He enjoyed music and video games.
P.J. is survived by his parents, Dennis and Susan (nee Bunyak) Arnold of Rittman; brothers, Anthony Cantley and Doug Bunyak; grandparents, Dorothy and Leonard [...]

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Kathy Zweifel of Seville, diagnosed in 2003 with Young-Onset Parkinson’s Disease, will hold a silent auction fundraiser and raffle 3:30 to 7 p.m. Dec. 2, to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
This event, held at the Westfield Township Municipal Building, 6699 Buffham Road, Westfield Township, will host more than [...]

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Esther V. Balthaser Fricke, 92, of North Olmsted, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, at Wellington Place, North Olmsted, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
She was born Nov. 15, 1915, in Cleveland and was a former resident of Medina. She was a retired LPN, formerly working in Connecticut. [...]

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Boston Road is a study in congestion, bumps and dicey driving, which is why local officials in Medina and Cuyahoga counties decided something needed to be done — more than 10 years ago.
Since the 1990s, about $800,000 has been spent on engineering studies, surveying and plan preparation by various government entities on a project that [...]

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The Salvation Army of Medina needs your help this Christmas season — desperately.
So far, they’re about $1,000 behind in their red kettle effort from this time last year, Salvation Army Captain Sienna Jackson said.
“This is from a lack of volunteers because we haven’t been able to put all of our kettles out,” Jackson said. [...]

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Ida Mae (nee McCreary) Byrd, 67, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007.
She was the devoted daughter of William O. and Edith (nee Archibald) McCreary.
Mrs. Byrd was the loving mother of Frank A. Jr. and David; dearest grandmother of David, Dominic, Daniel and Kyla; and dear sister of Thomas (Gail) McCreary, Wilma (David) Haumesser and Clarissa [...]

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SHARON TWP. — In the series of “Back to the Future” movies, actor Michael J. Fox took a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 to 88 mph to break the “space-time continuum” and travel through time.
Township resident Gary Kufchak’s newly acquired DeLorean came from 1981, but not by breaking the space-time continuum.
Kufchak won the car by participating [...]

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