By Judy A. Totts
Religion Editor
Every once in a while, Don Wright calls to talk local history with me. The Wadsworth resident recently wrote down some of the stories he’s shared with me, and in turn, I’d like to share them, too.
Wright loves a good tale, but when Della Wise McDermott, his uncle Darr McDermott’s [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
During the past five years, pop singer Avril Lavigne has gone from punkish “Sk8ter Boi” singer to serious songwriter and back again.
It’s a journey that takes most artists a decade to not only figure out but complete, yet this diminutive Canadian artist appears to be anything but commonplace. Not only [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
When Shaker Heights native and stage actor Rufus Bonds, Jr. first watched the feature film “The Color Purple,” he told his wife that one day he’d play the Danny Glover role of Mister.
Two decades later, Bonds finally had his chance when the popular Steven Spielberg movie, based on the classic [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
MEDINA — Like children scrubbed and wearing their Sunday best, the baskets line the steps of the altar at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
Each basket brims with foods reserved for Easter tables: ham or leg of lamb, freshly-baked breads, pastries and cookies. A bottle of table wine peeks out from [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
There is no shame in admitting you have no clue what the Blue Man Group is all about.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve seen the alien-looking threesome in their Las Vegas theater show, caught their appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” or just heard about them by word of [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
Before hip-hop artist Ronnie “Baby Bash” Bryant agreed to join Pitbull for the month-long “MTV Tr3s Sucker Free Latino Spring Tour,” which plays Cleveland on March 25 at the House of Blues, the California-native, Texas resident made sure satellite television was part of the deal.
“I just said, ‘Let’s do it, [...]

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During the Good Friday fish fry at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Brunswick, Father Bob Stec (right) samples nutcake while handing out additional pieces to kitchen volunteers (from left) Carol Blaha, Linda Cebula and Carol Klem. Jim Kuhn, a fry-line cook from Brunswick, said by 5:15 p.m. Friday 120 pounds of potatoes, 70 [...]

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- A resident of the 600 block of Farr Avenue reported several prescription drugs were stolen from her house between 4 and 6:24 p.m. Sunday.
- An officer was following a Chevy Corsica that had no working taillights and was driving south on High Street at 8:54 p.m. March 15. The officer put on his overhead [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
WESTFIELD TWP. — Township trustees decided Thursday they will not accept an amendment to landowner and Trustee Tim Kratzer’s map amendment application.
The amendment was submitted to township trustees during their meeting Monday by Kratzer’s attorney Stan Scheetz.
Trustees and township zoning inspector Gary Harris met with Medina County Assistant Prosecutor Bill Thorne in [...]

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By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Community Recreation and Fitness Center is encouraging residents to improve their health by sitting down — for a little while, at least.
The recreation center is presenting a series of informative lectures on a variety of health topics starting March 31 with Dr. Michael Roizen, chief of Health and [...]

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