YORK TWP. — Buckeye Local Schools’ vocational coordinator Phil Bolva said he has “created a monster” — a benevolent one, at least.
Five years ago, he started a collection drive for the Coats for Kids of Northeast Ohio program with the Occupational Work Experience class he supervises. He said in the first year the class received [...]

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BRUNSWICK — Southwest General Health Center’s Urgicare next to City Hall will become the only 24-hour emergency care facility in the city on Sunday.
Southwest General’s Brunswick Medical Center, which includes the Urgicare and doctor’s offices, opened in 2008. But the hospital announced in August it would renovate the Urgicare to house the new emergency room, [...]

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SEVILLE — In the midst of tough financial times, newcomers ousted four incumbents in the Village Council race Tuesday.
Incumbents Sue Frey, Bonnie Gordon, Courtney Harlan and Ralph Smith received the fewest votes in the eight-candidate race, which left the door open for Roger Kilgore, Barbara Schwartz, Rick Stallard and Kathy Rhoads to take seats on [...]

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NOV. 3, 2009
ELECTION SUMMARY
MEDINA COUNTY
GENERAL ELECTION
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
151 PRECINCTS
BRUNSWICK CITY
CITY MAYOR (VOTE FOR ONE)
DALE S. STRASSER 3951 44.4
GARY F. WERNER 4951 55.6
COUNCIL AT LARGE (VOTE FOR THREE)
RON FALCONI 4668 22.1
PATRICIA HANEK 4450 21.0
PATRICK McNAMARA 4742 22.4
BRIAN K. OUSLEY 3801 18.0
JOE SALZGEBER 3495 16.5
MEDINA CITY
CITY MAYOR (VOTE FOR ONE)
RICK GREENBERG 1471 19.1
DENNIS HANWELL 6025 78.1
CLARENCE E. OWENS 218 2.8
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (VOTE FOR ONE)
STACY BONITZ 3851 49.2
KEITH H. [...]

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AKRON — Highland football player Kory Wiita suffered a setback Wednesday afternoon after his breathing tube was removed.
According to a post by his father on the Web site CaringBridge.org, Dan Wiita said Kory’s diaphragm wasn’t strong enough to cough out any extra fluid from his lungs and they began to fill with fluid early Wednesday [...]

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MEDINA — Angelo Pirovolos has been in prison for more than a year after pleading no contest to shooting his brother-in-law in April 2008.
Now, he’s asking to change his plea and may be able to because of an Ohio Supreme Court decision covering sentencing language.
In September 2008, Pirovolos, 57, of Medina, pleaded no contest to [...]

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Operating levies for Highland Local Schools and Medina City Schools failed Tuesday night, leaving superintendents to emphasize the need
for a change in the way schools are funded.
In Medina, only 5,276 voters approved the 11.7-mill continuous levy; 9,554 were against it, according to unofficial results from the Medina County Board of Elections.
Without the levy, the district [...]

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MEDINA — It wasn’t a knuckle-biter in the Medina mayoral race.
As the results started pouring in Tuesday night, it was apparent former police chief Dennis Hanwell, 52, would lead the city starting Jan. 1.
Hanwell captured 6,025 votes, beating Rick Greenberg, who received 1,471 votes, and Clarence Owens, who received 218 votes, according to unofficial results [...]

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GRANGER TWP. — Monday’s practice for Highland’s football team had the same objective: prepare for the upcoming game.
After watching teammate Kory Wiita sustain a severe spinal injury in Friday’s loss to Cloverleaf, Highland coach Tom Lombardo stressed a level of normalcy as the Hornets gear up for their Division II, Region 5 playoff game at [...]

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LAFAYETTE TWP. — The Medina County Animal Shelter received a makeover this year thanks to donations willed to it by two area residents.
Dog Warden Del Saffle said the shelter received a total of $84,000 from Violet Blair of Wadsworth and Anna Schindelholz of Medina in the last two years.
He said he didn’t know the two [...]

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