Medina, OH
Archive for August 27th, 2009
Behind Giant Eagle, dirt’s being moved, but no project is planned at site yet
BRUNSWICK — Construction crews are moving dirt behind the Town Center, but city officials said there are no definite plans yet for the 12-acre parcel.
The city asked Zaremba Group, which previously owned the land behind Giant Eagle before the city bought it, to remove the dirt that was dumped there when the developer constructed new [...]
Flammable ink leaks on I-76 ramp
SEVILLE — A tractor-trailer carrying several barrels of chemicals leaked highly flammable printers ink onto the eastbound ramp of Interstate 76 at state Route 3 on Tuesday evening, closing the ramp for at least seven hours.
Just after 5 p.m., a 55-gallon barrel toppled over and cracked after the truck driver slammed on his brakes, Seville-Guilford [...]
An honor long deserved
LIVERPOOL TWP. — The curtain closed long ago on World War II’s European Theater, but France has not forgotten its debt to the American GIs who helped liberate the country and the continent from German occupation.
That’s what led Steve Jeziorski and nine fellow World War II veterans to the Ohio Statehouse last month, where a [...]
Deputies encounter mobile meth laboratory
WADSWORTH TWP. — Medina County sheriff’s deputies found a suspected mobile methamphetamine lab after they stopped a man and woman driving west on Interstate 76 on Friday night.
A deputy stopped Stephen A. Batdorf, 42, of 144 Royal Crest Drive, Apt. A, Seville, at 10:36 p.m. for driving under suspension. Batdorf and his passenger, Timothia Jasmine [...]
Southwest General plans ER
BRUNSWICK — Emergency room services soon will be closer to home for residents in northern Medina County.
This fall, Southwest General Health Center plans to open a 24-hour emergency room at its Brunswick Medical Center on Center Road.
The building, next to City Hall, currently houses medical offices and an urgent-care center, and the emergency room will [...]
Age just a number for Lewis
Scott Petrak
The Gazette
BEREA — Jamal Lewis hit the big 3-0 Wednesday.
He didn’t keel over, start walking with a cane or announce his retirement.
He did take some ribbing from his teammates.
“Talk about the ’70s and Ozzie Newsome,” receiver Braylon Edwards said as they switched spots in front of the assembled media.
The history of the [...]