Judy A. Totts | The Gazette
BRUNSWICK — He once spent more than an hour in a grocery store searching for MSG-free fajita seasoning, so it’s no surprise that Richard Cicic, owner and executive chef of the Madd Chef’s, creates mixes from scratch for martinis served in the new martini lounge at
his restaurant.
The addition of the [...]

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John Gladden | The Gazette
YORK TWP. — It’s Christmas in July — at least in the Barco family’s greenhouses.
While the rest of us have been nursing our sweet corn and tomatoes through a cool, dry summer, Paul Barco is in the midst of potting 70,000 poinsettia cuttings for the 2009 holiday season still some four
months [...]

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Maria Kacik | The Gazette
BRUNSWICK — The city’s finance department is using accounting software Ward 1 Councilman Chuck Ricco likened to trying to get “a
dinosaur to work in today’s times.”
Assistant Finance Director Todd Fisher said the software his department uses is 15 years old and Microsoft DOS-based.
“From a computer standpoint, that’s ancient,” he said.
Officials say [...]

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Maria Kacik | The Gazette
BRUNSWICK HILLS TWP. — The union representing the township’s two full-time police sergeants this month rejected findings by a state board asked to mediate contract negotiations between the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 15, and trustees.
Only one sergeant participated in the vote to reject the board’s recommendations on pay and discipline, [...]

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Allison Wood | The Gazette
MEDINA — Mayor Jane Leaver on Friday named the police chief in Boardman Township near Youngstown to lead Medina’s department.
Patrick Beraducci, 58, a former federal agent, received the highest
grade on an oral interview and test administered by an outside agency, Leaver said.
While the mayor is responsible for appointing the chief, the [...]

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Rick Noland
 

The Gazette
 

INDEPENDENCE – Jamario Moon is now a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
 
The Miami Heat elected Friday not to match the three-year, $8.9 million offer sheet Moon signed with Cleveland a week earlier, so the 6-foot-8, 200-pounder is now officially part of the Wine & Gold.
 
Moon will earn $2.75 million in 2009-10 and also [...]

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