By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
BOSTON — LeBron James went around James Posey, soared to the rim, put the ball up over Kendrick Perkins with his right hand while going slightly left … and missed a potential game-tying layup with just under 10 seconds remaining.
Just like that, the Cavaliers lost Game 1 of their best-of-seven playoff [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
MEDINA — On Wednesday, prices at gas stations throughout Medina County shot up 20 cents or more in just a few hours.
The Westside Marathon at 740 W. Liberty St., charged $3.56 per gallon of regular unleaded in the morning and $3.79 per gallon just after noon. A block west, however, Stop-N-Go, 828 [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
WESTFIELD TWP. — Sgt. Jim Cartwright’s suspicion a truck driver might be hiding something led to an 83-pound marijuana seizure Wednesday morning, the largest in the history of the Medina County Sheriff’s Office road patrol.
While on patrol and driving around the back parking lot of TravelCenters of America on Lake Road at [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MONTVILLE TWP. — A wayward peacock, out strutting for a little love, has been reunited with his family.
The vibrant-feathered bird was captured by Holly Bunsey Sunday night in a ravine behind her house on Rustic Hills Drive West and taken by Donna Hollo of Parrot Hope Sanctuary in Medina on Monday until [...]

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Dawn Noble-Kovack, 42, of Wadsworth, lost her courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.
She was born July 8, 1965, to Gene and Gina Claborn. She grew up in Akron, graduated from Ellet High School and attended the University of Akron. For the last eight years, Dawn lived with her two beautiful girls [...]

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Gregory E. Pronik, 49, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Medina.
He was born May 23, 1958, in Medina. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son and brother. He was a metal pattern maker for Ford Motor Co. for more than 30 years. Mr. Pronik was a member of IM Union Local [...]

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RECYCLING DRIVE — The Medina County Solid Waste District will conduct a recycling collection drive on Saturday, May 17, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Residents of the county can drop off the listed items at the following locations:
-Brunswick Service Garage, 1238 W. 130th St., will take paint and paint-related solvents, old phone books, lead-acid [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but 2008 will be the final season for 36-year-old linebacker Willie McGinest.
In an interview with si.com, McGinest said he’ll play out the final year of the three-year, $12 million contract he signed with the Browns in 2006.
“This will be it,” he told si.com. “This [...]

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- On April 22 around 6:30 p.m., a Potomac Drive resident reported his neighbor from nearby Revere Court walked by his Potomac Drive home, stopped in front and pointed his rear end at the Potomac Drive man, maintaining eye contact the entire time.
The Revere Court man told police he was walking his dog down Potomac [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
BOSTON — Maybe Paul Pierce has a future as a numbers cruncher.
The Boston small forward looked at the final box score Tuesday night from the Celtics’ ugly 76-72 win over the Cavaliers in Game 1 at TD Banknorth Garden and quickly did the math.
Cleveland’s LeBron James was 2-of-18 from the field, [...]

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