Medicare releases individual doctor payment amounts
Ever wonder how much your doctor gets paid for taking care of you?In an unprecedented move, the federal government on Wednesday released information about Medicare payments to hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleWoman faces misdemeanor charge of trespassing at City Hospital amid...
An Akron woman has been charged with criminal trespassing after Summa Akron City Hospital security became concerned she could attempt to abduct a newborn.The 32-year-old woman was arrested by Summa...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: controlling poison ivy
Q: I have poison ivy growing on my tree and in a bed of pachysandra at its base. When is the best time to spray it, and what can I use that won’t kill the pachysandra?— Helen Antonucci, FairlawnA: The...
View ArticleEgg show details
DetailsWhat: The Elegant Egg & More, a show and sale of eggshell art. Sponsored by the Ohio Egg Artists Guild, it’s been an Akron tradition on Palm Sunday weekend since the early 1970s.When: 10...
View ArticleMary Beth Breckenridge: Family coddles 155-year-old egg
Fifteen years ago, I wrote one of the quirkier stories of my journalism career. It was about an Easter egg that was dyed by a kid back in 1859 and had been safeguarded by family members ever since.At...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings — week of April 12
Tickets are on sale for the 37th annual Bath Volunteers Home Tour, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 22.In addition to visits to homes and gardens, the tour includes lunch, a fashion show and artisans’...
View ArticlePaint peeling, plaster crumbling — what to do?
Q: I had a new roof put on my home 10 years ago. In the last couple of years, I have noticed, first on one and then another, and now all interior sides of exterior walls, paint peeling and plaster...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Springtime Q&A
Q: My mugo pine gets eaten every spring. It ends up losing all its old needles from some kind of caterpillar. What can I do to keep this from happening this year?A: The pest eating your pine’s needles...
View ArticleAkron artist’s eggs carry on Ukrainian tradition
Casual observers might call Vera Kap’s eggs beautiful or intricate or even exquisite.But Kap knows they’re so much more.The West Akron resident is a pysanky artist, who decorates Easter eggs using...
View ArticleAkron General, NEOMED pull out of BioInnovation Institute
Two of the five founders of a regional effort to grow the local economy with medical-related research, education and commercialization have pulled out of the partnership.Akron General Health System and...
View ArticleLocal Mormons will gather for conference on Easter
Local Mormons in the Akron district, or stake, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will gather next weekend for their semiannual conference at the Latter-day Saints chapel, 106 E. Howe...
View ArticlePastor who assisted Sandy Hook victims to speak at Kenmore church
The Rev. Kevin Burkholder was heartbroken when he heard that a gunman had walked into an elementary school and opened fire, killing 20 children and six adults.The anguish became his impetus to pray for...
View ArticleGarden, farm stand to open at Akron Zoo
A new food garden and farm stand will open in June at the Akron Zoo.The project will provide work for people with developmental disabilities as well as fruits and vegetables for neighbors who have...
View ArticleBook review: It’s worth losing sleep over ‘Sleep Donation’
Sleep DonationKaren RussellImagine a world without sleep. Or perhaps you don’t have to: Perhaps you are already in the throes of what, in her new novella, Sleep Donation, Karen Russell describes as “a...
View ArticleBook talk: ‘A is for Akron,’ ‘Silver Lake Park’
‘A is for Akron’ lists collectionof fun places and things in cityA is for Akron, say Karen Starr and Joanna Wilson, is “an A to Z list of Akron’s places & things that make us smile.” They must be...
View ArticlePop reviews — week of April 13
The TruthLedisiDespite multiple Grammy nominations, being one of Michelle Obama’s faves and having a voice that is among the most beautiful you will hear today, Ledisi still hovers below the radar of...
View ArticleHistorical South Bass Light Station is Lake Erie lighthouse with its own ghosts
SOUTH BASS ISLAND: Most visitors to party-happy Put-in-Bay don’t realize that there is an old lighthouse on the island, one with its own ghosts.The South Bass Light Station is tucked on the island’s...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? Shepherd’s Pie is an easy pub dish to make at home
Shepherd’s Pie is a traditional pub dish. Some claim it as British, others as Irish. In either case, it’s a quick dish to enjoy any night of the week. It’s made with cubes of preferably lamb but also...
View ArticleProm dress shopping perilous for plus-size girls
Maria Giorno has nothing against long gowns with high waists and flowing fabric — dresses that are designed to camouflage curves on plus-size women.But the New Jersey high school senior had no interest...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Stand your ground with teen daughter
Q.: My 14-year-old daughter says I don’t trust her because, unlike her best friend’s parents, I won’t allow her to stay home alone for several days while I go out of town. Her friend’s parents do this...
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