A concrete contractor by trade, Steve Lawrence of Medina gets creative Tuesday morning with the pile of snow he cleared from his Baxter Street driveway. Lawrence grabbed one of his concrete trowels and started to “carve” the pile. By afternoon, he had created a “monster” snowman at least 8 feet tall. “I’ve never done [...]

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From staff and wire reports
COLUMBUS — Folks not sure if they need to purchase a converter box before television signals go digital next month will have the opportunity to find out Thursday.
At 7:30 p.m., the state will conduct a five-minute test to inform viewers whether they are prepared for the digital television conversion, the Ohio [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR | Staff Writer
MEDINA — Hope is in the wind for people threatened by home foreclosure or already a victim.
Using grant money from a Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the city will be able to target key areas in need of assistance. The grant is a “special one-time program” released by Congress and spread out [...]

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Robert W. Berger, 50, of Mayfield Heights, passed away Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, in Beachwood.
He was born April 5, 1958, in Lima. Mr. Berger was the security director at Hilton Hotels in Beachwood. He was a member of the Honor Guard Unit for then-Vice President George Bush and visiting foreign dignitaries. He also was employed [...]

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Dorothy L. Creighton, 93, of Lodi, passed away Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, in Lawtey, Fla., following a short illness.
She was born April 17, 1915, in Elm Grove, W.Va. She married Wilbur Creighton on Oct. 1, 1931, in Elm Grove. They moved to Lodi in 1954, where they managed the Ainsworth Lodge, and later moved to [...]

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James Junior Radley, 76, of Litchfield Township, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, in Medina.
He was born Nov. 2, 1932, in Huntington, Ohio. After spending many years in various positions in homebuilding and remodeling, he retired from the Medina County Water Department. Mr. Radley loved the outdoors and was always willing to help anyone [...]

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Randy D. Snyder, 41, of Erie, Colo., passed away Saturday Jan. 3, 2009, at Look Out Mountain in Boulder Falls, Colo.
He was born Nov. 10, 1967, in Fairview, Ohio. He was a truck driver. Mr. Snyder was a loving and kind-hearted man who thought of everyone before himself and was well liked by all [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
SULLIVAN TWP. — Oberlin guard Morgan Jones is more than capable of winning basketball games by himself, which he almost accomplished on Tuesday night.
The electric senior scored 22 of his game-high 41 points in the fourth quarter, but Black River answered with enough offense of its own to post an 83-69 Patriot [...]

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