Here’s a summer yard sale of stuff that I’m cleaning out of the column garage:
“But I like my clunker.” That’s what I was thinking on the walk back up the driveway from the mailbox, reading the “Cash for Clunkers” sales pitch inviting me to trade in my old pickup truck for a new vehicle that [...]

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MEDINA — There will be no layoffs at the Medina County Sheriff’s Office after union members agreed to stop collecting 3 percent raises they received this year.
The vote was 79 to 49 in favor of the proposal, said Deputy Bill Harrell, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association for Medina County.
If members had not voted for [...]

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MEDINA — If robins were real estate agents, this house would be listed as a recycled residence, complete with license plate roof and a fancy front porch perch that used to be a toothbrush.
The house was one of many entries in the Medina County Fair’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Project sponsored by the Medina County Soil [...]

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MEDINA — A Wadsworth father was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday after being convicted of breaking numerous bones in his newborn son’s body.
Brian W. Johnson, 36, of 130 Fairview Ave., was found guilty of seven of the eight counts against him after a 10-day trial last month in Common Pleas Judge Christopher J. [...]

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BRUNSWICK — Crystal Smith isn’t a 31-year-old male sexual offender from Montana, but her Social Security number is close to a registered offender, and she’s being confused with him.
Smith, 24, said she was pulled over for speeding by an officer in Brunswick Hills Township about two weeks ago when she was on her way into [...]

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BEREA — Tight end Aaron Walker catches a ball over the middle and promptly gets drilled in the back by linebacker Eric Barton. Tight end Steve Heiden engages linebacker Kamerion Wimbley on a running play and drives him to the ground. Linebacker D’Qwell Jackson sprints at running back James Davis, swallows him up and drops [...]

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BEREA — Shaun Smith is fighting for a roster spot along a crowded defensive line. While that’s not the ideal situation for a guy who started 19 games the last two seasons, he’s not complaining.
“I’m just happy to have a job, man, be able to play football,” Smith said Monday between two-a-day practices. “I’m not [...]

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Thank You - Baxter

Engagement - Zito-Ploskonka

25th Anniversary - Reese

Engagement - Landis-Nightwine

Engagement - McDonald-Carver

Wedding - Vetterling-Bokovitz

Wedding - Blakely-Thorne

Wedding - Hodges-Johnson

Engagement - Schwell-Lehmann

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