By LISA HLAVINKA | Staff Writer
WADSWORTH — Wadsworth Community Television lost one of its founding fathers last week with the passing of Homer Baldwin.
Baldwin, 81, died of natural causes on Jan. 21 at Magnolia Village Retirement Community.
In 1967, Baldwin was a mailman and father of four when he went to California for six months to [...]

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By MARIA KACIK | Staff Writer
Ron Hatcher of Medina wasn’t too happy about the snow that blanketed Northeast Ohio on Wednesday.
“I don’t like it,” Hatcher said while he was in line to buy a few groceries at Geyer’s Hawkins Food Mart in Medina. “When I was a kid, I loved it, loved to play [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR | Staff Writer
SPENCER — A westbound train derailed at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway switching station in Spencer on Wednesday morning, rupturing a fuel tank and closing off state Route 162 for most of the day.
Spencer Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Schmoll said a couple cars came off the tracks at [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR | Staff Writer
MEDINA — Tuesday night, the A.I. Root cafetorium was bursting with the excited chatter of students who had turned green.
No, these 94 students did not have a bout with nausea; rather, they’d become environmentally savvy after doing months of research on the environment and its impact on the world, said [...]

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Albert J. Boone, 95, passed away Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.
He was born Dec. 12, 1913, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Mr. Boone is survived by his daughter, Ann Gartland of West Hills, Calif.; sons, Robert Boone of Pataskala, Ohio, and David Boone of Brunswick; grandchildren, Tom Brady, Julie-Ann Coppins and Michael Brady, all of California, and Jason [...]

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James Steven “Jim” Cooper, of Ashland, passed away suddenly but peacefully in his sleep at his home on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, with his wife at his side.
He was born April 8, 1942, in Ashland, and grew up in Ashland and Medina. He graduated from Medina High School in 1960. While a junior at Medina, [...]

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Clifford D. Devericks, 78, of Brunswick, went home to be with the lord and was united with his wife of 56 years on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009.
He was born Feb. 27, 1930, in Clarksburg, W.Va. Mr. Devericks was a press operator for MTD for 49 years. He was a tireless worker to provide for [...]

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Faith I. Giar, 85, of Wellington, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at the Elms Nursing Home after a short illness.
She was born Oct. 11, 1923, in Wadsworth to Otto and Olive (nee Yoder) Allen. She grew up in Spencer and was a 1942 Spencer High School graduate. She moved to Wellington in the late [...]

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Nellie (Adkins) Napier, 85, of Medina, passed away Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina.
She was born in West Virginia, and made her home in Medina County for many years. She was a homemaker, her greatest love being her family. Mrs. Napier also enjoyed crocheting, gardening, working puzzles and bingo, and [...]

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Leo Vaske passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. He was deeply loved and will be greatly missed.
He was born March 13, 1931, in Elkton, S.D. His greatest love was sailing ships on the sea and sharing time with his family. In 1951, he was selected to attend Kings Point U.S. [...]

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