Plant lovers’ almanac
Winter arrived yesterday, and you might think the outdoors has little to offer the plant lover this time of year, but as I remind readers each year, each season offers it rewards. As Shakespeare...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings — week of Dec. 22
Most people know the importance of keeping toxic household products out of children’s reach. But I’ll bet many of us don’t count laundry detergents among them.We should, the American Cleaning Institute...
View ArticleGifts go ’round and ’round
Back in 1975, Wooster resident Frank Hostnick won a table centerpiece at his 10-year class reunion.“Won” probably isn’t the appropriate word. The centerpiece was, as he put is, “an ugly piece of...
View ArticlePeople Helping People — Dec. 22
People Helping People is a list of charitable causes in our area that need donations or volunteers. The Beacon Journal has not investigated these causes, so donors should verify their worthiness and...
View ArticleThe Word Church helps provide uniforms for North High athletes
The congregation at The Word Church Akron/Canton campus has reached out to help provide new uniforms for the North High School varsity basketball team.The donation, in partnership with the high...
View ArticleImages of Christmas story on display in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD TWP.: More than 100 scenes portraying the birth of Jesus and representing cultures from around the world are on display in the museum on the lower level of Nativity of the Lord Jesus...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Hospital receives $1.6 million grant to help kids deal with...
Whether a child is touched by a personal tragedy or mass terror like the recent school shootings in Connecticut, Akron Children’s Hospital is making sure the community is ready to help.The pediatric...
View ArticleThe Gift
Mama nudged the twins to get onto the city bus. Lizzy held her hand as they climbed aboard, scuffing her new boots on the first big step that was coated with winter sludge. Mama dropped the fare into...
View ArticleIt’s time to relax and enjoy Christmas with hot chocolate
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.If you’re lucky, by now the shopping, the wrapping, the baking, the decorating and the cards are nothing more than check marks on your to-do list.It’s time to sit back and...
View ArticleThe To-Do List — Week of Dec. 23
Pop a corkNothing says festive like bubbles. So don’t forget to buy champagne and other sparkling beverages to help toast Christmas and ring in the new year. Have a green ChristmasGive a gift to the...
View Article‘Ugly sweaters’ getting second looks as popularity prances
A holiday sweater decorated with dancing snowmen in ski hats rarely has qualified as high fashion. But never have such festive frocks been so joyfully and openly ridiculed as they are today.Across the...
View ArticlePeace on earth — and this year, maybe even at home
Nothing says the holidays like Uncle Lou sitting in a corner, grousing about the economy or his cable bill or the lack of gravy at his end of the table during dinner.Family get-togethers this time of...
View ArticleLife in brief — Dec. 23
Variety of apps will help organize medical detailsA big challenge for families is keeping track of medical appointments, vaccinations and medications. Dr. Philip J. Aponte, vice president of...
View ArticleNews of the Weird: Down the drain
Evidence of crime goes down the drainShortly after drug-possession suspect Patrick Townsend, 30, was arrested in Lakeland, Fla., in November and had allegedly confessed into a detective’s digital...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Is lying typical for a 7-year-old?
Q: Our 7-year-old has always been a great, respectful, funny little kid. However, recently he started lying and became a little sneaky. We punished him by taking his television privilege away and...
View ArticleBest sellers — Week of Dec. 23
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Threat Vector, Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. As China threatens to invade Taiwan, the covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. aids his father’s administration — but his agency is...
View ArticleBook review: ‘Bruce’ tougher than the rest
The record industry may be in serious decline, and more musicians may have to reckon with AARP status, but rock-star bios and memoirs show no evidence of slowing down.Written with the subject’s...
View ArticleBook talk: Hunting makes the man?
Author sets sights on huntingAs an editor-in-chief at the website Man of the House, former Avon Lake resident Craig Heimbuch wrote about being a modern man, husband and father. His new book And Now We...
View ArticleChillicothe is home to sprawling Hopewell mounds, earthworks
CHILLICOTHE: Capt. Mordecai Hopewell may be the most famous old-time landowner in southern Ohio’s Ross County.Hopewell’s name is attached to the ancient culture that built giant, elaborate and...
View ArticleNew drugs aim to make cells destroy cancer
For the first time ever, three pharmaceutical companies are poised to test whether new drugs can work against a wide range of cancers independently of where they originated — breast, prostate, liver,...
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