Brunswick Hills Township
- Between Aug. 28 and Sept. 8, someone threw rocks at a resident’s house in the 700 block of Pearl Road, causing four windows to crack and damaging one screen.
- A resident in the 900 block of Caxton Lane reported between 11 p.m. Sept. 2 and 8 a.m. Sept. 3, someone stole a [...]

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Ally Kogler, 2, touches a caterpillar as her brother Kyle, 6, looks on along with Grace Craig (left), 5, and Jacob Close (far right), 5. The children were at Wolf Creek Environmental Center in Sharon Township Thursday afternoon for a Tails for Tots program that examined caterpillars. The program included a story and hands-on exploration. [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
COLUMBUS — A bat that bit a Wadsworth resident early last week tested positive for rabies, the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory reported Wednesday.
This is the second time in two years a bat tested positive for rabies in Medina County. Last year’s case was reported in the Valley City area of Liverpool [...]

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Laura Lou (nee Goebelt) Bogdonsky, 62, of Seville, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at Palliative Care & Hospice at Summa Health System in Akron.
She was born May 26, 1946, in Cleveland and was raised in Wilton, Conn. She was a resident of Medina County for 15 years. She graduated in 1965 from [...]

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Edward L. Huff Jr., 59, of Medina, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at Autumnwood Nursing Home in Rittman.
He was born Feb. 3, 1949, in Canton. He worked for the Medina County Achievement Center.
He is survived by his brother, Tim Huff; sisters, Joyce (Leonard) Hlavka and Connie Huff; and nephews, Timothy and Robert [...]

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Robert E. Mackin, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.
He was born May 20, 1935, in Akron. He graduated from Norton High School in 1953 and later attended Ohio State University in Columbus. He was a pattern maker/lay-out design engineer at Ford in Brook Park for 33 years. He was a master Mason, [...]

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Elizabeth “Betty” Scott, 82, of Brunswick, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at her residence.
She was born Aug. 5, 1926, in Glasgow, Scotland. She volunteered at the Medina General Hospital Red Cross desk for 33 years and was a homemaker. Mrs. Scott served in the British army.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, [...]

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Brian Keith Wireman, 49, of Medina, went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008.
He was born Aug. 18, 1959, in Paintsville, Ky., to Robert and Billie (nee Foley) Wireman, moving to Valley City in 1968 and living in Medina County for most of his life. He graduated from Buckeye High School in [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
The Indians were thinking World Series. The Browns were dreaming of the playoffs or even — gasp! — a Super Bowl appearance. The Cavaliers can only hope 2008 — and the first half of ’09 — turns out better for them.
“We were closer last year, literally, than the year before,” Cavaliers [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — It looked like a town hall meeting of sorts, Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry sitting comfortably in a chair on the left, no table in front of him, with owner Dan Gilbert in the middle and coach Mike Brown on the right.
With the Cavaliers set to hold their annual [...]

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