By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Aly Sullivan of Medina perused her cell phone address book Wednesday, calling friends, family and co-workers to raise money.
“I’m in jail. Do you want to bail me out?” she asked them.
After a momentary pause to give them a slight scare, she explained she was participating in the Northeast Ohio chapter [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
AKRON — For the second year in a row, the Akron City Series champion made sure Wadsworth’s girls basketball team had its regional dreams dashed in the Akron Ellet Division I District semifinals.
Three-hundred and fifty-seven days after the Grizzlies were upset by Akron Firestone, third-seeded Akron Kenmore dominated second-seeded Wadsworth on Wednesday, [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — It is now just a matter of time before three dilapidated Victorian houses near Public Square are demolished to help alleviate parking demands for the recently expanded Medina Library.
The Medina County District Library Board of Trustees resubmitted their original request to purchase all three Victorian houses last week to owners [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
WESTFIELD TWP. — The Cloverleaf Local School District is trying for a second time to renew an emergency levy that expires in December.
The 5.7-mill levy on the March 4 ballot would generate $2.85 million annually, a spokeswoman for the Medina County Auditor’s Office said. It would cost property owners $179.50 per $100,000 [...]

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WESTFIELD TWP. — Citing health reasons, Bruce Hulme announced he is resigning as superintendent of Cloverleaf Local Schools effective July 31.
He made the announcement during Tuesday’s school board meeting, board President Michael Schmidt said.
“We had no notice at all,” he said Wednesday.
Hulme, 52, told the board his doctor advised him last week to reduce his [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — More county voters than usual are requesting absentee ballots and voting early, a sign voter turnout likely will be high for the March 4 primary.
With less than two weeks before the election, more than 3,700 people have voted early or requested absentee ballots, Medina County Board of Elections Director [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
PAINESVILLE — Sean Bedevelsky could have played at Division I-AA Dayton in the fall on a team that went 11-1 and won the Pioneer Football League last season. But when it was time to make a decision, Lake Erie College just made more “cents.”
So, the 2007 Gazette MVP  will lace it up [...]

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Robert G. Christofferson, 84, of Brunswick, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, in Medina.
He was born April 24, 1923, in Cleveland. Mr. Christofferson was an offset printer for the Navy Publications and Printing Department. He served in the Army Air Corps.
He is survived by his wife, Agnes (nee Reinhardt) Christofferson of Brunswick, and niece, Charla [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to the Gazette
The mother figure, the hard worker, the upbeat comedian, and the focused freshman are going to the state swim meet.
The foursome accomplished something unprecedented for Wadsworth’s swim program by qualifying for the meet in the 200 freestyle relay
And, they did so in style by breaking the school record with [...]

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Thomas E. Cumberledge Sr., 59, of Medina, passed away Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, in Medina.
He was born Jan. 28, 1949, in Gassaway, W.Va. He was a truck driver for S.B. Morabito Trucking. Mr. Cumberledge was a member of Freedom Baptist Church and Teamsters Local 436.
He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Faith (nee [...]

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