Thomas “Tom” Davies, 58, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009.
He was born April 5, 1950, in Bay Village. His hobbies and interests included flying, sports and music of all kinds, but his favorite was folk music. Mr. Davies loved playing the guitar and singing, especially for the residents at Life Care Center of [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick’s girls basketball team figured out the recipe to hang with Normandy on Saturday, but the problem was it took the Blue Devils until halftime.
Playing passive for the first 24 minutes, Brunswick fell behind by double-digits before eventually losing 44-31 in non-conference play.
“The problem was in the first half we [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Coach Eric Mangini got a partner Sunday to help rebuild the Browns. He came highly recommended — by Mangini himself.
George Kokinis was hired as general manager, completing an organizational overhaul that began a month ago when owner Randy Lerner fired general manager Phil Savage and coach Romeo Crennel.
“He is [...]

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Florence Elizabeth James, 86, of Medina, passed away Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009.
She was born Oct. 21, 1922, in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Florence lived in the Uhrichsville area from 1946 to 1983 and then in New Philadelphia for 10 years prior to moving to Seville in 1993. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by her [...]

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Norma I. (nee Kinch) Beieler, 87, of Elyria, passed away following a brief illness at New Life Hospice in Lorain on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.
She was born March 5, 1921, on a farm near Creston. Norma was active in the PTA, Girl Scouts and Band Parents, and was a member of First United [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR | Staff Writer
MEDINA — With more economic storms on the horizon, the city has plenty of financial armor to weather anything that blows through.
“We closed out 2008 with a $34.1 million ending balance,” Mayor Jane Leaver said Thursday. “We’re very well off. You need a certain cash balance to weather financial storms. [...]

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Luke Yatskiv, 14, of Brunswick, and his girlfriend, Amanda Paletta, 14, of North Royalton, fly down the Hinckley Reservation coasting hill on Saturday in Hinckley Township. (Andrew Dolph | Staff Photographer)

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