By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Brady Quinn was beaming.
As midnight approached Monday in the basement of Giants Stadium, Quinn had plenty of reason to smile. He played well in his first national-television appearance in the NFL.
He engineered a comeback that fell just short. He finally got an opportunity to work with the starting [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — As long as Jensen Lewis continues to perform the way he has in the closer role, the job is his for the rest of the season — maybe longer.
“He’s the guy right now,” said Indians manager Eric Wedge of the 23-year-old right-hander, who has converted all three of his save [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — The Indians held serve in the battle of the Central Division basement bums Tuesday night at Progressive Field, turning back the Kansas City Royals, 9-4.
The prize was fourth-place Cleveland’s eighth win in the last 11 games and a one-game edge on the season series over the last-place Royals — not [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
So I’m sitting at home Sunday afternoon, watching Olympic kayaking — or was it canoeing? — when WKYC-TV 3, NBC’s Cleveland affiliate, suddenly goes black on Armstrong Cable.
Three separate times, I pick up the phone, dial Armstrong’s toll-free help line, go through a maze of options — I think I pushed “1” three [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
After months of walking up ramps and around caution tape, Lodi Station Outlets is near completion.
“It changes by the hour,” said Yehuda Metanel, president of Gilad Development Inc., which owns the outlet mall on Avon Lake Road in Harrisville Township.
The grand opening is in less than two weeks and Lisa Chapman, general [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
SHARON TWP. — Before the township hired maintenance workers to plow and fix the roads, it was the job of Emil Bolas and other trustees to do this work, which meant going out at all hours of the day or night.

“There would be many a night we would get a phone [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — A Montville Township man who pleaded guilty to his involvement in a multi-state marijuana distribution ring was sentenced Monday to 5½ years in federal prison.
Federal records show:
Gary Turner, 44, formerly of 4520 Sharon Copley Road, was indicted earlier this year for his role in storing and distributing marijuana in the [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — After piloting a simulated driving program in Ohio at Medina High School this summer, Ray and Debbie Sanderbeck hope to incorporate the program into students’ regular curriculum this fall.
The couple, who lost their 15-year-old daughter, Michelle, two years ago in a car crash, worked to create the 21st Century Simulated [...]

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YORK TWP. — A Medina man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon on Abbeyville Road.
Trooper Joseph Costarella reported:
About 1:50 p.m., John K. Ramser, 57, was driving his 2005 Ford Escape north when he veered left of center in the 4100 block of Abbeyville and struck a tree head-on before his sport-utility vehicle came [...]

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Patricia Charlotte Baloun, 64, of Brunswick, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, in Brunswick.
She was born Sept. 29, 1943, in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by her son, Michael P. Baloun of Brunswick; niece, Catrina (Mike) Fornes of Westmoreland, Tenn.; sisters, Barbara Herdering of Rocky River and Carol (William P.) [...]

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