Local Unitarian Universalists using social justice ministry to change lives
FAIRLAWN: Kim Mosyjowski was horrified when she saw the rope burn on her daughter’s neck.“She was acting really weird, wearing scarves all the time, just not really herself,” said Mosyjowski, of...
View ArticleAkron doctor leads national cancer study
An Akron physician is leading a national clinical trial with the goal of improving survival rates for cervical cancer patients worldwide.Dr. Charles Kunos, medical director of radiation oncology at...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: Green acres, the place for me
Three weeks into country life and I’m learning a whole lot, folks. We country folk like to use that term, “folks,” because it’s just so darn folksy.I’ve learned you don’t let your 4-pound dog outside...
View ArticleThe To-Do-List — week of Aug. 10
Celebrate Gay GamesThe Gay Games proclaim that they are open “to all adults, regardless of sexual orientation or athletic ability,” but let’s not forget this is a time to celebrate our LGBT brothers...
View ArticleNew Cleveland venue aims to revive supper club tradition
CLEVELAND: With a bit less fanfare than LeBron, Mike Miller, a Chicago ad man, recently returned to his native Northeast Ohio to start a new music venue on the West Bank of the Flats called the Music...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? Spinach meatballs and spaghetti
Frozen meatballs can be a lifesaver during the school year when you’re looking for a quick weeknight meal but don’t have time to do much more than boil water for pasta.In Sally Kuzemchak’s new book,...
View ArticleBook review: An almost-forgotten story of an American expedition to the Arctic
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS JeannetteHampton SidesThe great achievement of Hampton Sides’ unforgettable new book about a group of American Arctic explorers...
View ArticleBook Talk: ‘Between Lives,’ ‘How to Save Your Business from Yourself’
The three-page resume of Michael “Mick” Mackintosh, a veteran journalist, strikes awe into the managing editor of the newspaper who is interviewing him for a position far beneath his qualifications....
View ArticlePop reviews — week of Aug. 10
They Want My SoulSpoonSpoon’s eighth album, They Want My Soul, is a lush jangle of guitars, smart lyrics and catchy refrains that continues to set the band apart from, well, other bands you’re not...
View ArticleIf you go to Wright-Patterson AFB
If you goNational Museum of the United States Air Force: 1100 Spaatz St., Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433 (near Dayton), 937-255-3286, www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. every day but...
View ArticleAir Force museum starts with Wright stuff
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE: Turns out, I have a few things in common with Wilbur and Orville Wright.I grew up near Dayton. I’ve been very involved in bicycling and newspapering. I even, like...
View ArticleLife in Brief — week of Aug. 10
Buy school supplies now for best dealsAugust is here, and stores are gearing up for their back-to-school sales. Last year, families spent an average of $634.78 on clothing and accessories, electronics...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: The power of ‘because I said so’
I absolutely love it when people begin to realize that the problems they’re having with a child are of their own making; when they begin to realize that the child is not the problem — they are! All...
View ArticleBack-to-school help from professional organizers
Success in school often depends on how well a student manages to organize everything, from demanding schoolwork to a dizzying array of after-school activities to technological distractions.That’s a lot...
View ArticleNew way to classify tumors has life-saving potential
Classifying cancer tumors by their molecular structure rather than the tissue or organ where they were found, such as the breast or bladder, may lead to more accurate diagnoses and potentially better...
View ArticleLocal history: Romantic advice from 1914 sounds odd today
Ah, young love. Such earnest yearning never grows old.Although hearts still throb and passions still burn, romance just isn’t what it used to be. American society has changed so drastically over the...
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This WeekMondayMercy Service League Celebrity Bartender Night — 5:30-8:30 p.m. at 91 Wood Fired Oven, 5570 Fulton Drive, Jackson Township. Mercy and dental community celebrities work the bar. Free...
View ArticleFamily tours house renovated by LeBron’s foundation, ‘Rehab Addict’
Mariah Riley was beaming. The 11-year-old had just finished touring her family’s home, newly renovated in a construction blitz spearheaded by the LeBron James Family Foundation and the TV show Rehab...
View ArticleRita Dove returns to Akron for Project Learn benefit
Akron-born poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove will be the special guest of Project Learn of Summit County’s Night of Illumination on Oct. 16 in the Akron Civic Theatre.Dove, who has been poet...
View ArticleJFK memorabilia, local mementos unearthed in Wadsworth time capsule
WADSWORTH: After 50 years underground, a time capsule buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in 1964 was opened Saturday to a crowd eagerly awaiting a view.The items as part of the city’s bicentennial celebration...
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