By LORRAINE BARNETT
Special to The Gazette
Plant: Sweet basil
Latin name: Ocimum basilicum
Description: This green herb is one of the most popular. It’s versatile, flavorful and beautiful with its lush greenness. When the soft, oval leaves are touched, the scent of basil fills the nose. Some gardeners think sweet basil has a slight scent of cloves. The [...]

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By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
It can be tricky to be thrifty.
I can vouch for that first-hand; after all, I earn a journalist’s salary. And most of us have to be a little frugal these days, as the economy sputters into a slowdown.
Then again, the idea of living on the cheap has always conformed my [...]

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By BETTY CARLISLE
Special to The Gazette
Although World War II defined the 1940s decade, local residents’ memories of growing up in this era resounded with feelings of security and of belonging to a neighborhood community that kept a hand out and an eye open for each other.
“It was a safer time,” said Marianne Krieger, born Nov. [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
When Granger Township’s Jill Greenfelder isn’t taking care of her the kids — 8-year-old Juliana Ries, 3-year-old Angelina and 2-year-old David III — she’s busy working in her studio as an artist-illustrator-muralist for clients located across the nation. It’s the perfect situation for the 1997 Brunswick High School graduate, allowing [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — Forget about the shooting numbers. LeBron James delivered on Monday night.
Whether it was setting up his teammates or throwing down an absolutely monstrous windmill dunk that essentially ended Game 4, the 6-foot-8, 250-pounder did anything and everything the Cavaliers needed against the Boston Celtics at Quicken Loans Arena.
Give the [...]

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If there is one lesson NBA fans should have learned by now, it’s to never underestimate what LeBron James can do. The Boston Celtics found that out the hard way on Monday night, when “The Chosen One” exploded down the stretch and led the Cavaliers to an 88-77 win in Game 4 of the Eastern [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — The first traditional doubleheader in Cleveland since 1997 took place Monday at Progressive Field, and the hometown team and its fans left with mixed emotions.
Cleveland got brilliant pitching performances from starters Cliff Lee and Fausto Carmona, but was only able to capitalize on one of them against the Toronto Blue [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Jason Tyner is hoping he sticks around for a while, at least long enough for the Indians to face the Minnesota Twins.
“I thought I had earned my stripes (in Minnesota),” said Tyner, who signed a minor league contract with the Indians this offseason after the Twins elected not to re-sign [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — LeBron James took the first step Monday. Now he wants to take another one and earn NBA All-Defensive team honors.
The Cavaliers small forward received one first-team vote and two second-team votes in balloting done by the league’s coaches, who were not allowed to choose players on their team.
“It would [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
Mother Nature finally won. While an unseasonably pleasant spring has kept most everything in check in spring sports this year, the weather got the upperhand on Monday, washing out just about everything.
Medina County was most affected at the high school softball level where Medina, Cloverleaf and Wadsworth all had their postseason games [...]

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