– At 9:17 a.m. Thursday, a reportedly intoxicated man purchased a bottle of vodka at Westside Marathon, 740 W. Liberty St., and then sat in his car and drank it.
The store clerk called police and when an officer arrived, Robert Yanoscik, 55, of 354 Baxter St., reportedly took off in his vehicle, which has a [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — The Medina County Board of Elections is requesting additional funding from county commissioners to rent voting equipment and pay employees to mail and process absentee ballots.
The board is estimating it will need an additional $97,000 for November’s election, with $75,000 going toward paying temporary employees, according to a memo [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — While breaking ground for two new elementary schools, the Medina City School District still needs funding to operate them.
Community members have expressed at past school board meetings and call-in shows concerns about the district building two schools when money is not guaranteed to operate them. Superintendent Randy Stepp said a [...]

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BY MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
A tech wizard by trade, Mitch Holden ventured into the inventor’s world when he saw a problem that needed to be solved.
“This all started, basically, because I got sick of kicking scooters around,” Holden said while sitting in his Medina Township office. As vice president of DFR Group, he spends his days [...]

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James Handwerk, 9, of Medina, practices a drill to strengthen goalkeeping skills as former professional Cleveland Crunch and Force goalkeeper Otto Orf hands off the ball Tuesday during a HandsOnSoccer camp. About 55 children between the ages of 4 and 16 took part in the camp, held at the soccer facility on Huffman Road [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Browns fans have another way to show their support not only for their team but for their local American Red Cross chapter and the American Sickle Cell Anemia Association.
The Cleveland Browns are teaming up with the Red Cross and sickle cell association to host the eighth annual Dr. Charles Drew [...]

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LIVERPOOL TWP. — The house Medina County Career Center students built is still for sale after an auction last week failed to produce a high enough bid.
Two families placed bids on the three-bedroom ranch, but the highest bid of $215,000 was too low, Superintendent Mike Larson said. School officials were hoping to get at least [...]

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Irene A. (nee Pazitka) Beres, 83, of Medina, formerly of Mayfield Heights, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
She was the loving mother of Robert (Sherrie) Beres, Gee (Gene) Izworski and Darlene Geraci; dear grandmother of 11; great-grandmother of 22; loving sister of Eleanor (Joseph) Dilorio and Andrew Pazitka; and dear sister-in-law of Madalyn Billy.
She was [...]

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Carolyn June Davis, 69, of Medina, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in Akron.
She was born Jan. 10, 1939, in Cleveland. She was a member of Chippewa Lake Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed crocheting and knitting.
She is survived by her husband, Nathan I. Davis of Medina; daughters, June Jenkins and Tracy [...]

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Dr. Joseph B. Gibbs has passed away.
Dr. Gibbs celebrated his 84th birthday on July 11, 2008, with his wife of 47 years, Betty, in Cumming, Ga., where they resided for the past three years. He was well known in Medina after practicing orthodontics for more than 25 years. He was a lifetime member of First [...]

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