By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Beau Bell won’t be ringing anyone’s bell anytime soon.
The hard-hitting rookie linebacker underwent knee surgery Thursday to remove loose cartilage from behind his right kneecap, the Browns announced. The team didn’t give a timetable for his return, but he is expected to miss at least the entire preseason.
Bell, selected in [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Brady Quinn’s time has arrived.
No, he hasn’t replaced Derek Anderson as the Browns’ starting quarterback. In fact, he’s deeply entrenched as the backup.
But the Browns open the preseason tonight against the New York Jets at Cleveland Browns Stadium, which means for the next three weeks Quinn will receive ample playing [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Jessica McNutt had never participated in the junior fair livestock sale before this year. But as she was about to take the stage for her first big sale Saturday, she realized she had forgotten an important part of the process.
The 11-year-old Chatham Township resident planned to donate all the proceeds [...]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — The city is raising the reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for illegally setting off emergency sirens early Wednesday.
Officials believe the same person is responsible for activating the emergency sirens on March 27, and have raised the reward from $2,500 to $5,000 for information leading [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MONTVILLE TWP. — Though only by a whisker, the township’s replacement fire levy passed in Tuesday’s special election, allowing officials to prepare for the future and eventually reduce fire response time, said Trustee Ron Bischof.
The issue — which passed 292 to 267, according to final, unofficial results from the Medina County Board [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
MEDINA — The Medina County Port Authority voted unanimously at its meeting Wednesday to contract with Pennsylvania-based Sunesys to build an 88-mile, 96-strand fiber-optic loop around the county. The contract could mark one year left in the nearly seven-year process to bring the fiber-optic loop to the county.
“I think it’s going to [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — It won’t take long for the Cavaliers to get another shot at the Boston Celtics.
Cleveland, eliminated by the eventual NBA champions in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, will open the 2008-09 regular season at TD Banknorth Center on Oct. 28 at 8 p.m., the league announced Wednesday.
The [...]

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GUILFORD TWP. — A 68-year-old motorcyclist suffered head injuries when he was hit by a car while traveling east on Greenwich Road.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported:
Richard Stefanko, 71, of Rittman, was traveling west on Greenwich and turned left to pull into Acme Fresh Farm Market when he failed to yield to motorcyclist Walter Mantz [...]

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Judy Kay Auman, 62, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, in Strongsville.
She was a Visa coordinator for the credit union.
Mrs. Auman is survived by her husband, Clinton T. Auman Jr. of Medina; son William R. (Dianne Borror) Shutt of Columbus; brother, Charles (Debbie) McCarthy of Massachusetts; sister, Kathy (Fred) Eihorn of New Hampshire and Bobbie [...]

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Hilda E. (nee Seiverth) Horwath, 81, of Walton Hills, has passed away.
She was a member of Walton Hills Women’s Club, the Red Hat Ladies and Maple Heights AARP.
Mrs. Horwath was the beloved wife of Frank; loving mother of Janet (George) Malafarina, Gerald (Yulia) Vogler, Carol Coffaro, Daniel (Alice) Horwath and Chrissy (Allen) Thompson; dearest [...]

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