MEDINA — A woman was injured after falling through the second floor of her split-level home at 945 Kenner Drive on Monday.
Pamela Benedict was trapped for nearly an hour, her leg dangling between her bathroom floor and garage ceiling before crews rescued her, officials said.
“The floor just failed and rotted out, and she just happened [...]

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Voters in a majority of Medina County’s townships will see an electric aggregation issue on the May 4 ballot.
County Commissioners voted Monday to approve the issue, which could result in energy savings for residents and businesses in 12 townships.
Commissioner Steve Hambley said three more townships — Litchfield, Liverpool and Lafayette — might ask commissioners to [...]

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MEDINA — A woman fell through the floor of her second-floor bathroom Monday morning and became stuck between the bathroom floor and the garage ceiling, authorities said.
Pamela Benedict, of 945 Kenner Drive, was stuck for about an hour before rescuers could safely remove her. (Kaitlin Bushinski / Gazette)

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MEDINA — Officials are in the final planning stages for the $4.7 million West Smith Road reconstruction project that will add a left-hand turning lane on State Road.
Medina received two grants toward the project’s completion — a $750,000 federal grant and a $476,000 grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission, City Engineer Patrick Patton said. [...]

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MEDINA — Medina may be the future home of cutting-edge alternative fuel technology if Enertech, a broker representing several companies in the nano-fuel industry, chooses the city as the location for its new facility.
Tom Krueger, Medina’s economic development director, said discussions with Enertech are ongoing. If Enertech does choose Medina, he said the move could [...]

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GRANGER TWP. — Investigators are still searching for the cause of a fire that reduced a township home to rubble Wednesday night.
Granger Fire Chief John Hadam said the department received the call at 851 Remsen Road at 11:41 p.m. He said the house was completely ablaze by the time crews arrived shortly afterward.
Hadam said the [...]

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MEDINA — A man was evicted from Union Square Apartments after the Medina County Sheriff’s Office notifed management that he is a registered sex offender.
Under federal law, convicted sex offenders cannot live in Section 8 housing, such as the Union Square Apartments, which is subsidized by the government.
Robert Earl Dunn, 45, is registered as a [...]

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The National Park Service is looking for residents of Medina County to help tell a story.
The park service is spearheading a heritage feasibility study for the Western Reserve to see if the area, which includes much of Northeast Ohio, can be designated as a National Heritage Area.
According to the steering committee for the study, a [...]

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WADSWORTH — Former Sgt. Randall Reinke was sworn in as the city’s sixth police chief on Wednesday afternoon.
Reinke, 49, began his law enforcement career as a patrol officer with the Police Department in 1992, and worked in various positions.
“I have a balanced background,” Reinke said. “I’ve worked in almost all areas of the department.”
About 50 [...]

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SHARON TWP. — The Sharon Center Post Office may be named after Emil Bolas, who served as a township trustee for more than 35 years.
U.S. Rep. John Boccieri, D-Alliance, recently introduced House Resolution 4536 to rename the post office, 1332 Sharon Copley Road, the “Emil Bolas Post Office.”
“Renaming the Sharon Post Office after Emil Bolas [...]

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