CHEERS: to Medina County Common Pleas Judge Christopher J. Collier for tackling not only his caseload, but 120 hours of coursework on complex science and technology issues.
Scientific advancement “is happening so fast that it is often difficult for a person that works just in the law to keep up with it, let alone the juries [...]

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The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a law Wednesday that imposes tougher sentences when offenders with prior convictions for operating a vehicle while impaired refuse a blood-alcohol test.
Medina County’s two municipal judges said that while the law is a useful tool for prosecutors, it’s rarely used to give people additional jail time.
Under the Ohio Revised Code, [...]

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BRUNSWICK — In a “smokescreen” operation, more than 60 agents from the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency and supporting departments arrested 26 people Thursday on drug charges in the Brunswick area.
The arrests, part of Operation Nebelwand, were made Thursday night by seven different teams in Medina County, several communities in Cuyahoga County and elsewhere, Medway director [...]

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HINCKLEY TWP. — A student at Hinckley Elementary School has contracted the H1N1 virus.
The case was confirmed Wednesday and the child is recovering at home, said Dawn Marzano, spokeswoman for Highland Local Schools.
In a letter sent to parents Thursday, Superintendent Catherine Ackerman said there are no plans to close any schools.
“Like many other school districts, [...]

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Barbara Starre likes clean energy so much she’s opening up her Granger Township home Sunday to show people how she uses it.
This is the third year she’s participated in the Green Energy Ohio Solar Tour showcase. This weekend, 166 homes around the state will open their doors to show people different forms of renewable energy.
“I [...]

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John N. Maryo
Catherine Carlton
Verrnon E. Foster
John Gullo
William F. Underwood

Read the full obituaries on The Gazette E-dition at:
http://medinagazette.oh.newsmemory.com/

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