By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 17 February 2021 at 11:49 am
Provided photos: Sheryl Watts, owner and creator of Air Raising Events, is pictured with some of the Balloon Buddies she created.
This woman is pleased after receiving her Balloon Buddy.
MEDINA – Senior citizens at Orchard Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Applegate Manor in Medina received a special delivery of “Balloon Buddies” earlier this month.
Sheryl Watts, owner and creator of Air Raising Events, made 152 of the Balloon Buddies with messages. The community paid $15 each to sponsor one of the buddies.
Watts delivered 140 of the buddies to Orchard Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (Orchard Manor) on Feb. 8. She brought 12 to Applegate Manor on Feb. 5.
“It was amazing,” Watts said about delivering the Balloon Buddies. “The staff and adopted grandparents were so happy. The support from the community has been very positive and enthusiastic. Families from out of state have been very appreciative of the campaign and happy to see their loved one get a Balloon Buddy to brighten their day.”
She is close to meeting her fundraising goal to take 105 to The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center in Albion. Click here for more information about donating or sponsoring.
After the Villages, Watts wants to bring the Balloon Buddies to the Clover Hill site in Albion.
Balloon artists throughout the country are bringing “Balloon Buddies” to residents of nursing homes and assisted-care sites are part of the Adopt-A-Grandparent Balloon Buddy Campaign.
Residents receive a smiley-faced character holding a heart.
The balloon buddy campaign seeks to bring some extra joy to senior living facilities, which have suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic, including extended separation from loved ones.
Watts has added a message that tells the recipients they are not forgotten and are loved.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 16 February 2021 at 7:23 pm
Officers Navas, Reeves and Meredith presented UR Trauma Star Commendation
Photos by Tom Rivers: Medina Police Chief Chad Kenward recognizes police officer Christian Navas for applying a tourniquet after a woman suffered a serious dog bite on Dec. 7. Kenward also recognized officers Jacob Reeves, left, and Dustin Meredith, center.
MEDINA – Three Medina police officers were dispatched to a home on South Main Street in Dec. 7. They didn’t know how serious the situation was because the call was disconnected to the 911 center at 4:44 p.m.
Officer Christian Navas was first on the scene and was soon followed by officers Jacob Reeves and Dustin Meredith. The latter was doing his field training as a new officer.
Navas entered the house and saw a woman with a very serious dog bite. Her right foot had nearly been bitten off by a dog, a mixed breed.
The resident thought the dog was safely outside, but it barged into the house. The victim of the dog bite was a visiting nurse.
Navas acted quickly, taking Reeves’ personal tourniquet and wrapping it tightly around the injured woman’s thigh. That prevented her from bleeding out and possibly dying.
Reeves and Meredith were able to keep people calm at the scene and provide support.
Navas said officers frequently train on first aid. Even in tactical training, officers will suddenly be told they need to provide aid to another officer, including applying tourniquets. Navas said the injured woman didn’t panic despite the immense pain and scariness of the situation.
“She was such a fighter,” Navas said. “I’ve never seen such a gruesome injury.”
Medina police officer Christian Navas is pictured by a Stop the Bleed display through the University of Rochester and Strong Memorial Hospital. He was credited for quickly putting a tourniquet on a woman’s leg after she suffered a serious dog bite. His actions are credited with saving the woman’s foot and possibly her life.
Medina firefighters – Tyler Harrington and Lt. Steve Cooley – responded soon after the police officers and then found a tourniquet was already properly in place. That allowed them to set a splint to stabilize the open fractures. They then transported the woman to Strong Memorial Hospital. She was there 54 minutes after the initial dispatch call, within the “golden hour” when care is so critical to survival and recovery.
The woman survived and doctors were able to reattach her foot without an amputation. She wanted to express her “heartfelt appreciation” to the police officers and firefighters for their fast and very proficient response, said Todd Draper, lieutenant of the Medina PD.
The three police officers today were presented Trauma Star Commendation awards today from the University of Rochester. The officers were praised for “stopping the bleed” in those early minutes after the 911 call. The awards from the University of Rochester Medical Center were presented by William Hallinan, Trauma Program Manager, and Nick VanStaalduinen, Trauma Injury Prevention/Outreach Coordinator.
Draper said the response from the police officers shows the interagency cooperation between the police and fire department.
“There are no routine days for law enforcement or emergency responders,” Draper said during a presentation in the main meeting room at City Hall. “This is something our guys are out doing everyday along with our partners at the Medina Fire Department.”
Jacob Reeves, the police department’s field training officer, was doing the field training for Dustin Meredith, a new officer on the police department. Meredith joined the Medina PD after working as the animal control officer in Orleans County. He has seen many dog bites, but never one as serious as the incident in Medina on Dec. 7.
The dog in the attack has been euthanized.
This group of Medina police officers and firefighters responded to a call on Dec. 7 when a nurse visiting a Medina home suffered a very serious dog bite where her right foot was nearly bitten off. Their quick actions saved the woman’s foot and likely prevented her from bleeding out and dying. Pictured from left include Dustin Meredith and Christian Navas of the police department, Tyler Harrington and Lt. Steve Cooley of the fire department, and police officer Jacob Reeves.
By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 13 February 2021 at 9:07 am
Photos by Ginny Kropf: Fire trucks from Medina, Shelby and East Shelby pull into Medina Memorial Hospital in a parade to help North Wing resident Ruth Harold celebrate her 103rd birthday Feb. 13.
Ruth Harold, a resident of the North Wing at Medina Memorial Hospital, is all decked out for her 103rd birthday party.
MEDINA – Ruth Harold got to celebrate her 103rd birthday with a very special treat.
A resident of Medina Memorial Hospital’s North Wing, Harold was honored on Friday with a parade of fire trucks from Shelby and East Shelby and a Medina ambulance, who drove through the circle under her window and blew their sirens.
Harold was born Feb. 13, 1918 in Wolcottsville, where she grew up. She married the late Robert Clark, and they had three children, Betty, Kent and Karen. They raised their family in Middleport, where she worked many jobs, but the most rewarding, she said, was babysitting.
Harold told the nurses in the North Wing that when she was younger, “everything was exciting to me.” The first car she ever saw was a Ford Model T. She remembers her grandfather living with them, and she he was a big shot in the Army. He was very important to her, she said, and they had a big memorial for him after he died.
Harold has been a resident of the North Wing since January 2011. She likes to nap and get her nails done. She loves jewelry and the latest fashions. She never thought she’d live to be this age, she said.
“Can you believe I’m over 100,” she asked on Friday as they waited for her parade of fire trucks. “The firemen are coming for me.”
Harold was happy to see to procession of fire trucks and the hoopla for birthday.
“She was absolutely thrilled,” said Niccole Nicholson, a social worker in the North Wing.
Ruth Harold’s window of her room in the North Wing of Medina Memorial Hospital overlooks the drive, where fire trucks from Shelby, East Shelby and Medina and a Medina ambulance paraded in front and blew their sirens on Friday afternoon, in celebration of Harold’s 103rd birthday Feb. 13.
Design by Spohn Ranch Skateparks: The new skate park in Medina will have many elements for skaters, from the beginning level to intermediate and more advanced skill levels.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 10 February 2021 at 1:43 pm
MEDINA – If the weather cooperates, construction on Medina’s new skate park could start in March, said Alex Feig, president of the Medina Skate Society.
The construction project will take about 90 to 120 days to complete.
“The early estimate is a grand opening in mid to late June with the less optimistic date of mid to late August,” Feig said.
Provided photos: The Village of Medina DPW took down the old fence posts and ripped up the old asphalt tennis courts on Jan. 7 to clear the site for the new park.
The organization has lined up nearly $550,000 to build the new site at Butts Park. That includes $250,570.53 raised through local fundraisers and donations. That allowed the Skate Society to maximize a $250,000 matching grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation.
The Skate Society also has been awarded $42,000 for an Environmental Impact Award grant by The Skatepark Project which will be used for storm water management and bioswales.
The funding gives the Skate Society a total working budget of $542,570.53. The organization welcomes in-kind donations from concrete, temporary bathrooms, topsoil to contractor lodging. A list of options for donations is available on the Skate Society website (click here).
The Skate Society also is currently selling meat raffle tickets for $5 a piece or 3 for $10 as the group eases back into some fundraising efforts this year. The raffle drawing is March 20. For information on tickets, call Terri at (716) 998-7516.
The old skate park, a repurposed tennis court, was removed on Jan. 7.
The $550K budget covers the entire design and construction of the skatepark by Spohn Ranch but doesn’t include additional planned seating, signage and other amenities.
“We are continuing to fundraise for these additions along with seeking in-kind contributions and volunteer/partnership opportunities,” Feig said.
The park includes areas and features for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
Some of the features include:
2.5-foot to 4-foot quarter pipes lining the southern edge of the park.
A 2.5-foot mini-ramp/beginner bowl section that waterfalls down to a 4-foot section along the north eastern edge.
A fun box with a hip and an inventive street sized curb (for doing slappys).
There are hubbas (grind ledges) and grind rails for beginner, intermediate and advanced skaters and riders.
The intermediate kidney shaped bowl begins at 5 feet and waterfalls down to 7 feet.
When entering the park from the walkway stretching from the main parking lot past the pavilion/seating area, there is 9-inch manual pad with a 20-inch ledge that will also bare the name of The Luke Nelson Skate Park, said Alex Feig, president of the Medina Skate Society.
The most prominent feature facing south Main Street is a functional art installation (steep slant) standing approximately 9 feet tall and 24 feet wide, Feig said. “This is where our sponsors will be displayed so it’s the first thing visitors see when they pull into the Butts Park.”
The park will be named for Luke Nelson, a skateboarder from Middleport who often used the park. He was 23 when he passed away on April 22, 2017. His family has donated to the park and helped organize the fundraisers to upgrade the site.
The Skate Society is working on the design of the “donor wall” with Takeform in Medina. The Skate Society also is discussing with Orleans/Niagara BOCES to have some of their students produce a bike rack to be installed at the park as a senior project, Feig said.
“We are planning on adding three long concrete block style benches covered with individualized mosaic tile designs and connected by a lightly landscaped walkway that winds from the parking area into the skatepark,” he said.
The site was cleared of the former tennis court and is ready the new skate park.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 10 February 2021 at 11:00 am
MEDINA – The deadline passed on Tuesday to submit petitions to be on the ballot for the March 16 village election.
Two candidates submitted petitions and met the threshold for signatures from registered voters.
Owen Toale is seeking a fourth two-year term while Jessica Marciano makes her first run for the Village Board. Toale, a retired newspaper publisher of the former Journal-Register in Medina, and Marciano, who is a member of Medina’s Parks Committee, are running on the Accountability Party.
Todd Bensley, a Medina social studies teacher and also the village historian, decided not to seek re-election after six years on the board.
Voting will be at the Senior Center on West Avenue from noon to 9 p.m. on March 16.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 9 February 2021 at 10:22 am
MEDINA – Today is the deadline for candidates to file petitions to run for a position on the Medina Village Board. The election is March 16.
The petitions usually require at least 100 signatures from registered voters in the village. The governor issued an executive order reducing the number of signatures required due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Candidates still need about 60. The governor’s executive order allowed for a minimum threshold of 3.3% of the total number of votes case for governor at the last gubernatorial election, which would be about 60.
The executive order also states the minimum would 70% of the statutory minimum number provided for by election law, which would be 70 percent of 100 or 70. The executive order said to take the lesser of the two, which would be 60.
The petitions are due to the Village Clerk’s Office by 4:30 p.m. today.
The seats for Owen Toale and Todd Bensley are both open. Toale has already submitted signed petitions to run under the Accountability Party. Jessica Marciano, a member of the Parks Committee, also has submitted petitions to run under the Accountability Party.
Albion also has its election on March 16 for one spot on the Village Board. During party caucuses on Jan. 26, The Republican Party backed Joe Martillotta and Democrats picked Zack Burgess to be their candidates.
The Village of Lyndonville is in an off election year and won’t have an election on March 16. Holley holds its election in June.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 February 2021 at 11:20 am
Photos by Tom Rivers: In this photo from April 9, 2020, Donato Rosario of the Medina Fire Department removes some of the metal roofing from a cottage in Yates, which was damaged in a chimney fire.
MEDINA – The Fire Department responded to fewer calls in 2020, mainly due to the impact of Covid-19, especially early in the pandemic in March, April and May.
Medina firefighters responded to 2,437 total calls in 2020, which was down by 10.3 percent from 2019. The restrictions early in the pandemic closed schools and many businesses, and many people avoided non-essential travel. People were also nervous to seek medical treatment out of fear of being exposed to the coronavirus.
Medina firefighters handled 87 calls last year involving people who contracted Covid, according to the annual report compiled by Fire Chief Matt Jackson.
He said 2020 brought many personnel and operational changes. Former Chief Tom Lupo retired and Jackson was appointed to lead the department on Jan. 13. There were three promotions in the department and other new firefighters were hired to fill vacancies.
The Medina FD also needed to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic with added cleaning and safeguards to protect staff and the public.
“Our department has willingly accepted the ever-changing demands that this pandemic sprang on us,” Jackson said in his annual report. “I continue to be impressed by the passion that the personnel of the Medina Fire Department bring to the job and their ability to adapt and overcome in this dynamic environment.”
Medina had six of its 22 full-time staff test positive for Covid in December.
The calls by month include: January, 248; February, 179; March, 161; April, 138; May, 178; June, 217; July, 312; August, 196; September, 217; October, 204; November, 208; and December, 179.
July was the busiest month with 312 calls, partly due to rain storm on July 27 when 7 inches of rain fell in one day and many basements needed to be pumped.
The department averaged 203 calls a month, but the first three months of the pandemic were well below that, with April the slowest month with 138 calls.
The fire chief’s report shows that 5 p.m. is the busiest hour of the day while 4 a.m. is the slowest. Mondays are also the busiest day of the week with Sundays the fewest calls.
The average response time was less than 2 minutes throughout the year, Jackson said.
He also reported that firefighters completed 2,638 total training hours, including 2,409 training hours for fire service and 229 hours for EMS training. Firefighters also taught CPR training to 75 students.
Some other highlights of the report include there were 2,140 emergency medical calls, 572 non-emergency medical transfers from Medina Memorial Hospital, and 297 fire calls, including three house fires in the village.
The calls were nearly split between day and night shifts: 1,268 (52%) for night shift and 1,169 (48%) for day shift.
Medina promoted leaders in the Fire Department. This trio is pictured on Jan. 13, 2020 inside the fire hall after taking their oaths of office. From left include Captain Michael Young, Fire Chief Matt Jackson and Lt. Jacob Crooks.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 3 February 2021 at 2:03 pm
Local company will be Berkshire franchise, running offices in Medina, Wrights Corners and Orchard Park
Provided photo: Rita Zambito is pictured with her son Mark and her daughter Mandy Gotham. They will be running three real estate offices as part of a franchise with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
MEDINA – A local real estate business, that has grown to be in the top 10 in sales in Western New York in recent years, announced today it is becoming a new franchise for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
Zambito Realtors, which started in 2006 by Rita Zambito, sees advantages for customers and her 35 employees in joining Berkshire, a company with a national presence. Zambito will continue to run its offices in Medina and Wrights Corners, Niagara County, and will be opening a new office in Orchard Park.
The Medina and Wrights Corners offices will be called Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Zambito Realtors, while the Orchard Park site will be Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Western New York Properties. Zambito’s daughter, Mandy Gotham, lives in Orchard Park and will run that office.
“We decided to join the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network because of its unique technology and marketing tools that will give our agents access to more when assisting clients in looking for their next home, more data, more properties and more neighborhood information,” Zambito said in a news release. “Taking our local expertise and adding the global network and reach that only Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices can offer us, our agents and our clients will have an unbeatable advantage in the marketplace.”
With their brand transition, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Zambito Realtors and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Western New York Properties agents gain access to Berkshire’s referral and relocation networks, and its “FOREVER Cloud” technology suite, a powerful source for lead generation, marketing support, social media, video production/distribution and more.
“We feel it will truly benefit our clients and our agents,” said Zambito’s son Mark Zambito, an associate broker and co-owner of the business. “Their brand is globally known. Their technology and reach is why we aligned ourselves with them.”
Berkshire vetted the Zambito business for several months, to make sure it was a good match, Zambito said in an interview.
He praised his mother for her work in building the business. She started as a real estate agent in the mid-1990s for Stovroff-Potter. She opened her own business about a decade later and Mark joined her after he graduated from college.
Zambito Realtors opened in December 2006 with the mother and son running the business with four agents on North Main Street. In 2019, they moved to a bigger site on Maple Ridge Road and also opened the office in Wrights Corners.
Mandy Gotham, Rita Zambito’s daughter, also has joined the real estate company and she will be running the Orchard Park office.
“We are thrilled to welcome Zambito Realtors to our network,” said Chris Stuart, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. “Zambito Realtors has long been Western New York’s hometown real estate company and I know their service to the community will expand moving forward. Zambito agents represent the same Berkshire Hathaway principles of trust, integrity, stability and longevity. Their leadership’s mission to uphold the integrity of their professionals through building lasting relationships with their clients creates the long-term success we are looking for.”
Zambito Realtors will continue to offer insight and guidance for all types of real estate transactions, from single-family homes, multi-family homes, vacant land, commercial listings, farms with specific expertise in equestrian properties, according to the news release from Berkshire.
Gino Blefari, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, also welcomed the company to the network.
“Zambito Realtors demonstrates a commitment to their community beyond their business, which is a wonderful example of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices mission to be dedicated to our clients and continuously improve their lives,” Blefari said.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 1 February 2021 at 11:10 am
Sheryl Watts would like to expand program to all nursing homes, assisted care sites in county
Sponsors are sought for “balloon buddies” for each of the 140 residents at Orchard Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Medina. The balloons will include a poem.
MEDINA – A certified balloon artist wants to bring some joy to residents of nursing homes and assisted-care sites in Orleans County.
Sheryl Watts, owner of Air Raising Events, has joined a nationwide effort in the Adopt-A-Grandparent Balloon Buddy Campaign.
She is first focusing on making a balloon buddy for all 140 residents at Orchard Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Medina. Watts is halfway there. She doesn’t want to do the program unless every resident gets a balloon, which is a smiley-faced character with a heart. She will add a poem that the recipients are not forgotten and are loved.
“We want to adopt everyone so no one feels left out,” she said. “Once they are all adopted, I make the balloon buddies and deliver them at one time.”
The balloon buddy campaign is a national effort by balloon artists, seeking to bring some extra joy to senior living facilities, which have suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic, including extended separation from loved ones.
Watts is seeking sponsors for $15 for a balloon buddy for each resident. If she has sponsors for all 140 residents at Orchard, she will then do the program at another site in Orleans County.
Watts has been working as a balloon artist for the past 20 years, working at children’s parties, graduation events, weddings and other celebrations.
Balloon artists throughout the country are joining the effort to bring balloon buddies to the senior citizens.
“We like the idea of bringing hope and happiness to the seniors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities,” she said. “Many of them are suffering from depression and loneliness.”
For more on the program, including how to become a sponsor, click here.
Sheryl Watts made this strawberry costume during the June 2019 Strawberry Festival Parade. She has been making balloon creations the past 20 years.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 31 January 2021 at 10:11 am
MEDINA – A committee that has been meeting since August to study police reform is recommending changes for the Medina Police Department, including the establishment of the Community Policing Board.
That board should include a cross-section of the community and should meet regularly, the Committee on Police Reform Collaborative. The new community policing board would work towards forming better relations between law enforcement and the community.
“These relationships can be beneficial to convey information in both directions,” according to the report from Committee on Police Reform Collaborative. “This Board may also be tasked with aiding in community relations events.”
The committee submitted a draft report this past week of its recommendations. (Click here to see the report.) The Village Board set a 7 p.m. public hearing on Feb. 22 for residents to comment on the report.
Medina needs to submit a report to the state by April 1. Gov. Andrew Cuomo last June approved an executive order requiring all 500 municipal police agencies in the state to have the public involved in studying current police policies, with possible recommendations for changes. Those reports need to be submitted to the state by April 1 or Cuomo said the state will withhold funding from communities that don’t do the report, which needs to include public meetings.
Cuomo, in his executive order, said the communities with police departments need to go over their policies on use of force by police officers, crowd management, community policing, implicit bias awareness training, de-escalation training and practices, restorative justice practices, community-based outreach and citizen complaint procedures. The communities may find no changes are needed, Cuomo said.
• MENTAL HEALTH and PROCEDURAL JUSTICE – The committee in Medina also is recommending increased training for Medina police officers in mental health and procedural justice.
The regular mental health training schedule should seek out opportunities for crisis intervention training and mental health first aid.
Medina has already sent an instructor for certification in “Principled Policing.” That program covers areas such as History of Policing, Communication, Racial Bias, Decision Making, Trust Building and Core Values.
“Regular training in this area may help officers deal with the difficulties of modern-day policing,” the committee report states. “All of these training areas can be reinforced through reality based training, including interactive scenarios involving use of communication skills.”
• COMMUNITY POLICING/RELATIONS: The Committee recommends that the Medina Police Department take efforts to increase community policing and relations. The committee recommended the Medina Village Board put $10,000 in the next budget to assist with these community policing initiatives.
The committee recommended open community meetings hosted by the Medina Police Department. These meetings can be used to relay relevant information, and hear public concerns.
The Medina PD should also do an annual public survey to gather input from local citizens on police activities.
Some other ways to strengthen community interaction with the department could be more officers on foot patrol, bike patrol and community activities. The committee recommended an annual gathering open to the public where police officers can have positive interactions with the community.
Medina might also consider assigning a Community Policing Officer to focus on creating opportunities for positive interactions with the community.
• ACCREDITATION: The Committee recommends that the Medina PD attempt to obtain NYS accreditation status. The NYS Accreditation Program provides outside guidance and oversight to law enforcement to ensure performance in areas such as policies, procedures and training.
• FUNDING: The committee said funding should be increased at the local and state levels for law enforcement and mental health services.
The Medina PD could pursue state grant funding for mental health, training and equipment.
The committee also said Medina should fund an investigator position in the Medina PD. “A designated position should result in a higher rate of case closures, which it is assumed will also increase public confidence,” the committee stated in the report.
• The Committee members include Chairman Scott Robinson (Medina Area Partnership), Medina Mayor Mike Sidari, Medina Police Chief Chad Kenward, Daniel Doctor (Medina Central School District Representative), Pastor Jovannie Canales, Jacquie Chinn, Medina PD Lt. Todd Draper, Sherry Tuohey, David King, Cynthia King, Danielle Figura (Orleans County Mental Health Department), Joe Cardone (Orleans County District Attorney) and Joanne Best (Orleans County Public Defender).
• The Medina Police Department currently has 13 officers, including a police chief, lieutenant, sergeant, a school-resource officer, eight patrolmen (including a K-9 officer) and a part-time officer. The department operates with two officers on duty 24-7. The department made 465 arrests in 2016, 551 in 2017, 416 in 2018 and 374 in 2019.
• Survey: The committee created an online survey with topics about transparency, racial bias, trustworthiness, and community participation. Respondents could also list their biggest concerns, as well as suggestions for improvements.
There was approximately 255 respondents to the survey, with 90 percent from Medina residents, with an equal response between male and females, with 80 percent from White, 8 percent from Hispanic and 7 percent from Black.
The survey respondents gave an overall ranking of the Medina PD at 3.7 out of 5, with the biggest concerns listed at 27% say increased training, 27 percent said community policing/relations, and 21 percent said mental health.
• Department policies reviewed: The committee reviewed the following departmental policies: use of force, mental health, body worn cameras, community relations, civilian personnel complaints, performance evaluations, handling deadly force incidents, use of firearms including taser and less lethal shotgun.
An email address was created to allow residents to voice specific concerns in detail. The committee will continue to accept comments at medinaprrc@gmail.com.
MEDINA – A committee that has been meeting since August to study police reform is recommending changes for the Medina Police Department, including the establishment of the Community Policing Board.
