By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Browns defensive end Shaun Smith has been around the NFL long enough to know what the Baltimore Ravens will try to do Sunday when the teams meet at M&T Bank Stadium.
“They realize we’re banged up, so we expect them to run the ball as much as possible,” he said Wednesday. [...]

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– On Sept. 10, police received a call from Giant Eagle, 3550 Center Road, at 2:02 p.m. that security guards were chasing a man who allegedly stole items from the store. Police joined the foot pursuit and the man stopped in a field near Brunswick Lake after he saw police. Police reportedly found stolen cigars [...]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
To raise awareness of the nation’s prisoners of war and missing servicemen and women, Rolling Thunder is hosting an observance ceremony Saturday at the county’s national cemetery.
Friday is POW and MIA Recognition Day.
“Our goal is to get more people aware of what POW/MIA day is,” said Becky Tompkins, president of Rolling Thunder [...]

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Rob Perdew (left) and James Wolfe, of Signs Unlimited of Groveport, Ohio, install the “Wheels and Wings” sign at the newly completed Medina post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Medina Township on Tuesday. Construction of the building is now officially complete. (Andrew Dolph | Staff Photographer)

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
While most of the county’s residents now have electricity at their homes, those in a few isolated areas are still waiting to see Ohio Edison trucks.
“We’re just playing Amish,” said Medina Township Trustee Mead Wilkins, who has no power at his home.
In the township, the area on and around Huffman, Remsen [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
SULLIVAN TWP. — About 48 fifth-grade girls gathered in the Black River Education Center cafeteria Wednesday and watched intently as Commissioner Sharon Ray spoke about women in politics.
Black River has two all-girls fifth-grade classes. All of the fifth-grade girls, including the ones from two co-ed classes, attended Ray’s speech on [...]

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Charlotte Mann, 101, passed away Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.
She was born Aug. 2, 1907, in Apple Creek, Ohio. She attended grades one through nine in Apple Creek and graduated from Wooster High School in 1925. Mrs. Mann graduated from Wooster College in 1929 and obtained her M.A. from Western Reserve University in 1957. She pursued [...]

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Daniel V. “Woody” Woodward, 50, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at Hospice of Medina County in Medina.
He was born July 10, 1958, and was a lifetime resident of Medina County. Woody was a 1976 Cloverleaf graduate. He was a carpenter by trade and enjoyed hunting and the outdoors.
He is survived by his son, [...]

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David G. Lodwick, 80, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, in Medina.
He was born April 29, 1928, in Cleveland. He worked as an engineer for Chrysler for more than 32 years. Mr. Lodwick was an elder at Remsen Christian Church. He held several college degrees including a bachelor’s degree from Fenn College, and [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
BRUNSWICK — Scoring goals was not a strength of the Brunswick girls soccer team through the first four games of the season, but the Blue Devils have turned things around on the offensive end.
Continuing a trend of recent improvement, Brunswick recorded a season high in goals Wednesday in a [...]

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