Medina Gazette pivots to leaner coverage amid virus era
Managing editor Lisa Roberson explains changes as community pages drop and page counts shrink while focusing on virus impact, reader letters, and puzzles to keep readers engaged. Local advertising declines accelerate the shift to smaller print, shelter in place.
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Jason Gwinnup
Jgwinnup
Medina-Gazette.com
Lisa Roberson
Roberson
Albert Grindle
Agrindle
Medina Gazette
Dear Abby
Chippewa Lake Closes Amid Flooding in Medina County
Heavy rain caused flooding on Chippewa Lake and surrounding roadways in Medina County. Medina County Park District closed Chippewa Lake until conditions ease, with updates on medinacountyparks.com. Roads closed include Bear Swamp Road, County Highway 52 between Fixler and Sharon Copley, 3 Chippewa Road, and County Highway 50 between Lake and Ballash in Lafayette and Sharon Townships.
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Medina County
Medina County Park District
Chippewa Lake
Medinacountyparks.com
Medina County Engineer’s Office
Bear Swamp
Fixler Road
Sharon-Copley Road
Sharon Township
Chippewa Road
Lake Road
Ballash Road
Lafayette Township
Severe storms flood parts of Ohio prompt rescues and evacuations
Thunderstorms drenched Ohio causing widespread flooding and power outages. A Franklin County jail parking lot required water rescues as two employees were saved by the sheriff's dive team acting as a water taxi. A Heath officer, a 2 year old in Newark and other residents faced hazards while bridge washes and Route 79 collapse disrupted travel. Central Ohio neighborhoods evacuated and shelters opened as conditions persisted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
County Sheriff’s Office
Bellbrook
Licking County
Newark
Medina and surrounding townships schedule diverse meetings
A dense list of municipal and county meetings across Medina County and nearby townships for Monday and Tuesday. Highlights include Medina Board of Control, Finance Committee, County commissioners, trustees, planning and zoning sessions, and several canceled sessions. Local officials gather at city halls, administration buildings, libraries, and community centers to discuss budgets, interviews, and development plans.
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Brunswick City Council
Center Road
Granger Township
Ridge Road
Medina Board of Control
Elmwood Ave
Medina
Medina Finance Committee
City Council
N. Elmwood
Medina County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Medina County Board of DD
Northeast Ohio Areawide
Cuyahoga County Transportation Improvement Plan
Cleveland Public Library
Lorain Ave
Cleveland
Seville Village Zoning and Planning Commission
Royal Crest Drive
Wadsworth Architectural Design Committee
Planning Commission
City Hall
Maple St
Avon Lake Road
Community Action Wayne
Community Action
Wayne
Pittsburgh Ave
Wooster
Lafayette Township Trustees
Wedgewood Road
Medina County Commissioners
Broadway St
Medina County
Medina Medina Township
Huffman Road
Montville
Wadsworth Road
Northeast Ohio
Hinckley
Alcatraz closes as 1963 inmate exodus marked today
On this date in 1963 Alcatraz Federal Prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates by order of Attorney General Robert F Kennedy. The Alcatraz closure ended a long era of a hard‑fought federal penitentiary.
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Germany
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Robert E Kennedy
Vladimir “Spider” Sabich
Claudine Longet
Aspen
Colorado
Longet
Michael Donald
Mobile
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Donald
Beulah Mae Donald
Namibia
Bill Clinton
Boris Yeltsin
Helsinki
Finland
NATO
Twitter
Jack Dorsey
al Gore
Congress
House
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Medina County Board of Revision
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York Township Trustees
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Africa
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Almanac
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Sly and the Family Stone
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