Lisa Hlavinka | The Gazette
MEDINA TWP. — After six years of planning and building, township officials will celebrate the opening of Blakslee Park this weekend.
The event from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the park, 3800 Weymouth Road, will feature baseball clinics with former Cleveland Indians player Ron Pruitt, a petting zoo with alpacas and [...]

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Maria Kacik | The Gazette
BRUNSWICK — The city is looking for people with a wealth of knowledge about flora and fauna — or who simply want to help the city’s parks department — to staff the new Susan B. Hambley Nature Center.
The center, located 1473 Parschen Blvd., opened in April and has a nature library, [...]

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Maria Kacik | The Gazette
BRUNSWICK — City officials said if the May 5 income tax failed, the Brunswick Transit Alternative would be terminated. But since voters approved the tax, those involved are now looking for the best way to operate the bus service.
“Now that we know that the public transit is going to stay, we’re [...]

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Allison Wood | The Gazette
MEDINA — In a Brunswick police interview, Shaun Cleland admitted to killing David Heinricht, but claimed his original intention was to only scare him.
“I freaked out,” Cleland said in the interview. “I didn’t mean to kill him.”
A videotape of the inter-view, which was conducted the morning after Heinricht was killed, was [...]

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Scott Petrak
The Gazette
BEREA — Derek Anderson is already tired of talking about his quarterback competition with Brady Quinn.
“I think we’re overanalyzing the whole thing,” he said Thursday after a practice during organized team activities. “We’re in June. I play my best, Brady plays his best and Coach picks who goes in.
“We’re not going to [...]

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Albert Grindle
The Gazette
During nearly every athletic event at Black River High School, there’s a moment frozen in time where a past or present Pirate athlete comes up to Mike Gannon.
Most of the time, the conversation is simple.
“Mr. Gannon, how are you, sir?” the student asks.
Gannon always responds with a smile, touched that a young man [...]

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