By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
It takes a lot of water to run America’s largest indoor waterpark.
OK, duh, that’s almost as big of an understatement as saying Al Gore knows a couple things about global warming.
But I couldn’t help but think about all that H2O as I peacefully floated in an innertube down the lazy river [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
For two days, I felt like a kid again.
I squealed as I slid down waterslides, raced from roller coaster to roller coaster and stuffed my face with French fries without worrying about a single calorie.
I was in heaven.
Sandusky has that effect on adults of all ages. Cedar Point, the second oldest [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
At least 85 people attended the second annual Medina County SPCA Style Show and Luncheon held May 10 at Williams on the Lake.
Chairwoman Judy Kluender and her committee — Bonnie Kristek, Sue Nisoff, Nancy Bloom, Joanne Knudsen and Lauri Schofield — orchestrated an entertaining afternoon that featured good food, [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR

Staff Writer
MEDINA — While doing renovations on a North Vine Street house, Frank Bushea turned over what he thought was a marble stepping stone to find it was a headstone for a woman who died in 1852.
Bushea, a mason from Brunswick Hills Township who bought the late-19th-century house at 127 N. Vine St., [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — A state grant, which could fund up to 100 percent of a fire district feasibility study, may change who supports the endeavor.
During a meeting Monday at Medina Township Hall, trustees from Medina, Montville, York and Lafayette townships, LST and Medina City Council members, and Mayor Jane Leaver met to [...]

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The warm early sunshine soothed Herbert Graybill of Seville into a nap Monday morning outside Cool Beans Café in Medina. A 30-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, Graybill spent time serving in Vietnam. The temperature topped out at 79 Monday with the extended forecast calling for warmer than normal conditions, according to the National Weather [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
WADSWORTH TWP. — A traffic signal at Interstate 76 eastbound and state Route 57 will become operational June 12.
A traffic study showed a signal at the intersection is warranted to improve safety at the exit ramp, the Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 3 reported.
The study found an average of 15,319 vehicles passed [...]

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- A catalytic converter was reported stolen from a 1998 Chevy truck belonging to Pride One Real Estate, 387 Medina Road, Granger Township, at 8:05 a.m. Wednesday. The truck had been parked in the lot since Friday before someone from a neighboring business noticed the theft.
- A 13-year-old Sharon Township girl was arrested on [...]

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MEDINA — Lenders wishing to file foreclosure cases in common pleas court now will have to pay $400, a $100 increase, starting July 1.
The money generated is used in part to pay the salaries and benefits for the two magistrates in the court’s general division who handle foreclosures and other civil cases, Magistrate Jim Leaver [...]

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GRANGER TWP. — An Akron man was in critical condition Monday following an early morning crash on state Route 18.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported:
Michael J. Digregorio, 18, was driving east on Route 18 in a 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix around 2:45 a.m. when he apparently lost control of the car and went left [...]

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