There’s nothing I don’t love about October. It’s the only time of year I can admire rows of pumpkins and munch on Honeycrisp apples for 31 consecutive days.
It’s also my favorite season to venture outside for brisk walks on cool evenings.
The Medina County Health Department thinks so, too.
Coined “Walktober,” the Step Up to Health committee [...]

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The Don’t Bag It lawn care plan can save homeowners time, energy and money, and reduce waste going into landfills. The principle is simple: return clippings to your lawn.
By leaving your clippings on the lawn and allowing them to work back into soil, you can realize these benefits and still maintain a beautiful, green [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — LeBron James will start at small forward tonight, with Zydrunas Ilgauskas at center and probably Ben Wallace at power forward and Mo Williams at point guard.
Those four players will also be on the floor when the regular season tips off Oct. 28 in Boston against the defending NBA champion [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — The slide from up-and-coming team to afterthought started Aug. 18 in the swamps of New Jersey in a sea of ugly brown pants.
The Browns entered the Meadowlands eager to show ESPN’s preseason “Monday Night Football” audience they were deserving of a regular-season schedule with five prime-time games. They stumbled out [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Ryan Tucker won’t guarantee a return to the lineup Monday night versus the Giants, but all signs point in that direction.
He lined up at first-team right tackle Monday in practice and coach Romeo Crennel said he expects him to be “in the mix.”
“I’m really excited about being back,” said Tucker, [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
MASSILLON — Highland’s girls golf team will travel into a world unknown this morning at the Legends of Massillon Division I District.
In their second year of existence, the Hornets finished third at the Turkeyfoot Sectional to qualify for district play and are simply looking to play smart and see what happens.
“We’ll see [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
For a nominal entry fee and the donation of a stuffed animal, 137 motorcyclists, many with passengers, hit the road Sept. 20 for the first Teddy Thunder Poker Run, a benefit for the Medina General Hospital Foundation.
More than $7,000 in funds raised will be used to equip a new [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
I don’t even want to think about winter. Not because I’d much rather wear flip-flops than snow boots or because I’m not ready to say goodbye to sunshine. No, what I can’t bear to see isn’t endless days of gray skies — it’s those looming high energy bills that will soon glare [...]

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It’s final grade time in the wigwam for the Tribe — a team that finished in a disappointing third place in the American League Central Division after coming a win away from the World Series in 2007.
As you might guess, there were few model students, other than the obvious ones listed below:
Rafael Betancourt, relief [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — If it wasn’t for a local free clinic, Dennis Matyas may not have a hand, let alone his life.
Matyas, 57, a Brunswick resident who is a cook at Stonebrook Golf Academy in Middleburg Heights, acquired a staph infection in his hand last year, but didn’t have health insurance to treat [...]

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