By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The final spot in the Indians’ bullpen is up for grabs and probably will be for a while.
“It’s still wide open,” said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge of the relief race between Tom Mastny, Jorge Julio, Scott Elarton and Rick Bauer. “I think it will probably go to [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
Area gymnastics teams are going to need to build new trophy cases at the rate they’re going.
Medina Gymnastics Academy’s Level 6 team placed third at the Luau in Leos, held at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky.
Samantha Borrelli was third all-around and first on the uneven parallel bars, while Erin Chips was [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
WESTFIELD TWP. — Tuesday’s workshop between the zoning commission and township trustees was scheduled to discuss the potential rezoning and development of Trustee Tim Kratzer’s land off Greenwich Road; but as the meeting progressed, the discussion turned to the entire township and how development would play a role in its future.
“If Westfield [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
LAFAYETTE TWP. — A land developer hopes to breathe life and put a little magic back into the overgrown, tangled vegetation, rusted-out machinery and rundown area that used to be Chippewa Lake Amusement Park.
Chippewa Lake Partners LLC officially purchased the 95 acres of abandoned land that falls in Lafayette and Westfield townships [...]

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By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
GRANGER TWP. — The Medina County District Library will breathe a collective sigh of relief as the final library in its $42 million construction project, the Highland Library, opens Saturday.
The library’s grand opening is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4160 Ridge Road, Granger Township, near Highland High School.
The library is [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
LAFAYETTE TWP. — A few weeks ago, Betty Grondin, who lives on Chippewa Road, had a doctor’s appointment and needed someone to clear her driveway of snow.
She called the township’s service department, and her driveway was plowed for no charge a couple hours later.
“We are so grateful to be able to [...]

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Debbie Prante of West Salem signals that a cone was struck by the Medina County District Library bookmobile as Medina resident Sue Giurbino practices her parallel parking skills Wednesday in the Medina County Fairgrounds parking lot. Prante and Giurbino work as clerks at the Medina Library. Giurbino will soon take her commercial driver’s license test [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Court liaison officer Sgt. Donald Boone of the Medina County Sheriff’s Office was named the 2007 Regional Court officer of the year for region C of the Ohio Bailiffs and Court Officers Association.
Boone is responsible for coordinating the transport of inmates from the Medina County Jail to the county’s courthouses [...]

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Anna J. (nee Hercules) Blamble, 56, of Brunswick, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at Southwest Hospice.
She was born May 28, 1951, in Short Creek, W.Va. She was a homemaker. She was lovingly known as “Tootsie” to her family. Mrs. Blamble enjoyed camping and her pets, and loved to visit with folks.
She is survived by [...]

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Delmos R. “Del” Crites, 63, of Spencer, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina.
He was born July 24, 1944, in Morgantown, W.Va. Mr. Crites was an auto worker for General Motors. He was a member of UAW Local 1005. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and traveler. He [...]

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