Medina Township woman who wrote Obama on health costs leaves impact
Natoma Canfield a 61 year old Medina Township resident died after years of illness and after the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act for a third time Her 2009 letter to President Obama describing premium struggles helped spur attention to Obamacare Obama later called Canfield s sister Connie Anderson to offer condolences and credit Canfield with helping launch support for the ACA The sister recalls a heartfelt call and the national response to the letter
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Medina Township
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Connie Anderson
Seville
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Anderson
Blue Tip Parade Returns to Wad sworth with 100 cars and floats
The Blue Tip Parade lit up downtown Wad sworth with 100 plus parade cars and floats departing from Wadsworth High School at 6 p.m. Grand marshal Jim McIlvaine, a longtime local figure, helped revive the festival as organizers cited vaccines, lifted orders, and favorable weather for the comeback. The festival runs 5-11 p.m. Thursday and Friday with matinee days noon-4 p.m. and extra kids’ events.
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Gazette
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Blue Tip
Wadsworth High School
Blue Tip Committee
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Jim McIilvaine
Board of Education
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Jim Mellvaine
Mellvaine
Probe sought into road drine radioactive brine case
Medina County residents and Kathie Jones urge Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and nine prosecutors to investigate disposal of radioactive drilling brine in watersheds. They cite 2017 DNOR tests showing brine samples exceed radioactivity limits and warn of contamination in drinking water basins.
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Ohio
Dave Yost
Medina County
Forrest Thompson
Ohio Community Rights Network
Sharon Township
Kathie Jones
Athens
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Portage
Mahoning
Williams
Wood
Yost
Jones
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Medina Chick-fil-A to Replace Eat’n Park by Dec 1
A Louisville company began demolishing the Eat’n Park at 1007 N Court St Medina to make way for a Chick-fil-A. Project superintendent Matthew Payton says construction will take about 50 months and the restaurant is expected to open by December 1. Eat’n Park has stood closed since January 2019. locals welcome the new arrival amid successful Chick-fil-A locations in Brunswick Strongsville and Parma.
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