By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
MACEDONIA —Through two games of the 2008 high school football season, Boliantz Stadium has been the land of opportunity for Nordonia.
In a tight non-league game against Wadsworth on Friday, the Grizzlies gave the Knights a few gifts and Nordonia responded with a 24-14 win.
Outmatched and outplayed for the better part of three [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — The Indians decided sooner was better Friday, activating Victor Martinez from the disabled list rather than waiting for the September call-up period.
“We wanted to get our eyes on him,” said manager Eric Wedge, who had Martinez in the lineup at first base for the series opener with Seattle, batting him [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
LODI — Teknor Apex Co. told employees Monday it is shutting down its operation in the village, leaving 39 employees out of work. Two employees were laid off that day, an employee who wished to remain anonymous said.
“Rumors have been going on about a year,” the employee said Thursday.
The Rhode Island-based [...]

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MEDINA — The Medina post of the state highway patrol will be staffed at almost 100 percent today through Monday to crack down on violations during the Labor Day weekend.
“We’re very strict every holiday weekend, we always have been,” Lt. Joshua Swindell, commander of the Medina post, said. “The number of fatal accidents spikes every [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
SEVILLE — The village’s annual Labor Day party Monday afternoon will include kids’ games, a dog show and a “pumpkin roll” walk at Stanhope Park.
“It’s a way to spend the last remnants of summer,” said Paul Hoskinson, one of the organizers.
Sponsored by the Seville VFW post, the free party from 4 to [...]

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Adam Rupp (left) and Joe Heath work Thursday morning at the construction site of the new TLC Store on state Route 3 in Montville Township. Craig Simmons of Simmons Brothers Construction said the store is scheduled to be open for business this fall. (Shirley Ware | Photo Editor)

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Brunswick Hills Township
- A resident of the 860 block of Seasons Pass Drive reported someone stole his bicycle out of his garage between 3 and 4 p.m. Aug. 20.
Hinckley Township
- Someone stole a golf cart from Valleaire Golf Club, 6969 Boston Road, Aug. 8. The cart was in the inventory in the morning, but [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
Ricky Manco never wanted to be the man with the golden gun, but when you’re QB One at Brunswick High School, it comes with the territory.
Faced with the unenviable task of following in the footsteps of first-team All-Ohio quarterbacks Anthony Lanzara and Sean Bedevelsky, Manco is next in line for the Blue [...]

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CHEERS: to volunteers in Liverpool Township who are collecting local stories to create an updated township history book in time for the community’s bicentennial in 2010. “… You’ve got these people around you whose stories are absolutely amazing,” said bicentennial committee co-director and publication chairwoman Kim Grieco. “It’s discovering those little treasures that’s incredible.” If [...]

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By S
COTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — The Browns finished a winless preseason Thursday, but the night was far from a complete loss.
The starters played well enough to allow fans to press pause on the panic button, and even earned a compliment from coach Romeo Crennel.
That qualifies as a win in this preseason.
“We accomplished what I set [...]

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