Plant Lovers’ Almanac: Northern Michigan, UP offer different, familiar...
Last week, I traveled for meetings and then vacation to central and northern Michigan and for my first time ever into extreme northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula (UP). As ever when traveling,...
View ArticleSucculents ideal for low-maintenance containers
Imagine a container garden you rarely have to water. Succulents make that happen.The fuss-free nature of succulents — plants that store water — is making them an increasingly popular choice for outdoor...
View ArticleDownside of low U.S. mortgage rates? Less selling
WASHINGTON: Would-be home sellers across the country are grappling with a once-in-a-lifetime problem: They have mortgage rates so absurdly low it would hurt them financially to sell.Doing so would mean...
View ArticleRev. Abraham D. Allende set to become first Hispanic leader of local ELCA synod
CUYAHOGA FALLS: As a young child, the Rev. Abraham D. Allende used to don a white neckband made by his grandmother, stand on a chair in the living room and preach.“I probably wasn’t making any sense —...
View ArticleJudge Elinore Marsh Stormer to receive Spirit Award from Stewart’s Caring Place
Stewart’s Caring Place Cancer Wellness Center will honor Summit County Probate Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer with its first Spirit Award for her service to community on July 19 at the Butterfly Gala.The...
View ArticlePet Place — July 12
Feral Cat Spay & Neuter Spring Fling — One of a Kind Spay & Neuter Clinic, 1700 W. Exchange St., Akron, is offering $15 spay/neuter procedures for feral cats for a limited time. Limit two feral...
View ArticleCritter Corner: Acupuncture can help ease aging pet’s ailments
Q: My 12-year-old husky is beginning to show his age. He has arthritis and is having a hard time getting up and down the steps. While he still wants to run outside and play, I know his joints hurt when...
View ArticleBaltimore: Poe, painted screens, vintage treasures
BALTIMORE: It’s not the TV shows Homicide and The Wire that come to mind when I think of Baltimore, though both offered an intense look at an American city’s poverty, drugs and gangs. Baltimore’s...
View ArticlePop reviews — week of July 13
The High Druid’s Blade: The Defenders of ShannaraTerry BrooksEpic fantasy usually details world building with a large cast of characters. The land of Shannara has been detailed extensively in past...
View ArticleBook talk: ‘A Tale of Two Biddies,’ ‘Six Months Later’
Book club friends join forces in comic ‘Tale of Two Biddies’ Though the French will celebrate Bastille Day tomorrow as a national holiday, it’s observed only here and there in the United States. In A...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: A ‘Looney’ cure for toddler head-banging
Q.: When he throws a tantrum, which happens several times a day, my 20-month-old often gets down on the floor and starts banging his head. Worried that he may hurt himself, I pick him up and comfort...
View ArticleSeniors learn parkour, sport of daredevil youths
LONDON: On a recent morning in London, Lara Thomson practiced spinning on benches, swinging from metal bars and balancing off raised ledges — all elements of a daredevil discipline known as...
View ArticleThe To-Do List — week of July 13
Old house 911Is your old house ailing?The Building Doctors may be able to prescribe a remedy.The “doctors” — historical preservation experts from Ohio History Connection — will be in Richfield on...
View ArticleHeads up! Supermoon is here
Look! Up in the sky! It’s supermoon!Because our celestial neighbor is relatively close to Earth, these full moons will appear to be unusually large. That distance varies because the moon follows an...
View ArticleLocal history: Trains collided for fun and profit in late 19th century
A.L. Streeter wasn’t a diabolical man. All he wanted to do was make trains crash.His bizarre scheme to allow two locomotives to collide July 20, 1895, created a commotion in Stark County and led to a...
View ArticleCharity events — week of July 14
This WeekToday“Dash for a Cure” ALS Benefit — 6:30 p.m. at International Women’s Air & Space Museum, Burke Lakefront Airport, 1501 N. Marginal Road, Cleveland. Presentation by CarolAnn Garratt, who...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: Sixth-grader will push and pull friend with cerebral palsy...
Last year, I wrote about a couple of kids who were best buddies: Rachel Prior, who is mature beyond her 12 years, and Ethan Fairhurst, who has cerebral palsy and is fully dependent on others. Rachel...
View ArticleBicyclists, motorists in Akron area still learning to share the road
It’s a battle between two groups that has been waged since the early part of the 20th century.If they were gangs they would be the Fearsome Fours vs. the Terrible Twos and their battleground is the...
View ArticleGot a rash? iPad, other devices might be the cause
CHICAGO: Unexplained rash? Check your iPad. It turns out the popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of the most common allergy-inducing metals.Recent reports in medical journals detail nickel...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: Local man builds a hospital in Africa, with help of retired...
Gaspard Maphamuka Nzita was just 13, living in a poor area of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when his sister died. Lacking the proper medical equipment, the clinic couldn’t help...
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