Medina seniors centers close to curb COVID spread
The Medina County Office for Older Adults closes the Medina Senior Center and Supreme Senior Center through March 27 to protect at risk residents. Meals remain home delivered, staff report to work, and outreach continues. Coordinated with county health officials, the closure follows CDC guidance as cases rise nationally. Residents urged to monitor updates via Facebook and Remind alerts. The county reports no local cases.
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Northland Drive
Medina
Supreme Senior Center
Medina County
Medina County Health Department
Laura Toth
Brunswick
Wadsworth
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Medinacou
Medina County rat hoard leads to 300 plus confiscations
Medina officials seized more than 300 pet rats from a home after concerns the owner could not manage them. SPCA and local inspectors catalogued 208 rats last fall, with 117 found during a March follow up. No charges filed. adoption via the SPCA and local rescues announced.
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Guilford Twp
Medina
Deb Poland
Poland
Dan Gladish
Gladish
SPCA
Medina County Office for Older Adults Eyes Expanded Services
Medina County Office for Older Adults plans to expand senior services after the first human services levy. A SWOT session on Jan 15 outlined goals including a low-cost out-of-town transportation initiative, modeled after Uber Health in Solon, plus improving home-delivered meals with a current 10 day wait.
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Medina
Medina County
Annie Finnerty
Medina County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Laura Toth
Medina County Commissioners Meeting
Ical
Cuyahoga County
Toth
Uber Health System
Solon
Veterans’ Services
Akron
Cleveland
Parma
Medina County Public Transit
Shannon Rine
Early voting surges as Medina County moves polling sites
Medina County Board of Elections reports a sharp rise in early voting amid COVID-19 worries. Director Carol Lawler says lines form and precise totals are not yet available. Locations at Brookdale Camelot Medina and Brookdale Medina South have moved to the Health Department and Community Center respectively to protect residents.
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Medina
Medina County Board of Elections
Board of Elections
Carol Lawler
Lawler
Brookdale
Camelot Medina
Deer Population Count Underway in Medina
The USDA Wildlife Services conducted a Wednesday evening deer count in Medina using hand held thermal imagers to provide an index of the white tailed deer population. Weather canceled an aerial survey and results will supplement the city's deer management trend data. A March 18 committee meeting will consider a possible ordinance banning feeding deer and other wild animals.
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Medina
United States Department of Agriculture
Wildlife Services
Tanya Espinosa
Usda Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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