Mary Beth Breckenridge: Poems explore insects’ intrigue
Bugs used to creep me out. Pretty much anything that crawled on six legs gave me the heebie-jeebies. I even flinched when butterflies flew too close.Then I saw an insect under a microscope.It happened...
View ArticleAkron-area home and garden happenings — week of Oct. 4
Need a Halloween costume? Got one or more you’d like to get rid of?Check out the costume swap party from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Barberton Public Library.The party offers an opportunity to exchange...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: Dark-colored honeybees create colony in tree
Q: Some kind of black bees created this structure in my tree. What is it?— Glenna MoyersRandolph TownshipA: Denise Ellsworth, director of Ohio State University’s honeybee and native pollinator...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Weather, quality of light make this the golden season
What a time of year it is to be outdoors, enjoying the glories of nature and the nurturing activities of gardening and landscaping. As photographer Stephen Tomasko noted this past week, our extended...
View ArticleMedical first: Baby born to woman who got new womb
LONDON: In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said Friday.The 36-year-old mother received a uterus...
View ArticleThings to know about respiratory bug plaguing kids
By Mike StobbeAssociated PressNEW YORK: A wave of severe respiratory illnesses has swept the country in the last two months, propelled by what was long considered an uncommon germ.The enterovirus 68...
View ArticleDetails: ‘Mentioning the Unmentionables’
DetailsWhat: Mentioning the UnmentionablesWhen: Through Nov. 30Where: McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, CantonAdmission: $9; 60 and older, $8; 3-18, $7; 2 or...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: Flashing back to a day full of bad ideas
Things have been pretty quiet on the farm these days. I’ve mastered the now infamous zero turn mower, we still don’t have any chickens and cutting down 22 dead ash trees from the property didn’t...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? A chicken satay with bold — and borrowed — flavors
This easy, weeknight-friendly chicken dinner is a bit of a cultural mash-up. Deliciously so.I started by bathing hard-to-overcook chicken thighs in a robust satay-style sauce. The sauce delivers a...
View ArticleWhat goes beneath clothes? Canton museum explores history of women’s...
Canton: The McKinley Museum’s underwear is showing.You might think a presidential library and museum would be a pretty staid place, but it’s letting its hair down with Mentioning the Unmentionables, an...
View ArticleBook talk: ‘Andi Under Pressure,’ ‘Kammie On First’
Andi Unexpected, Tallmadge author Amanda Flower’s 2013 entry into the middle-grade mystery genre, earned her an Agatha Award nomination for the story of an orphaned girl who solves a mystery about her...
View ArticlePop reviews — week of Oct. 5
Down Where the Spirit Meets the BoneLucinda Williams“Have compassion for everyone you meet,” goes the opening line on the new album from Lucinda Williams, who struggles to follow her own counsel on the...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Schools need cease-fire in ‘Blackhawk parenting’
A second-grade teacher writes: “I teach in a very competitive school where parents have developed a ‘mob mentality’ for bullying administrators and teachers. They have gone beyond helicopter parenting...
View ArticleLife in Brief — week of Oct. 5
Lawmakers pushing for no in-flight calls If passengers can divert a commercial plane by feuding over reclining seats, imagine the squabbles that would erupt if fliers were allowed to make loud...
View ArticleSeoul: Trains, fast cell service, palaces and food
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea’s hyper-efficient capital doesn’t immediately spring to mind when you think of exotic Asian destinations. But this mega-city offers much to tempt travelers beyond a...
View ArticleThe To-Do List — week of Oct. 5
All about herbsThe sensory side of gardening is the focus of the annual Herb Fair on Saturday at Cleveland Botanical Garden.The fair, sponsored by the Western Reserve Herb Society, emphasizes growing...
View ArticleStudy shows nursing homes vulnerable without sprinkler systems
Tens of thousands of the country’s most vulnerable people are living in nursing homes without adequate sprinklers or that are missing them altogether, according to government data.Despite a history of...
View ArticleReligion Notes — week of Oct. 4
Here is a weekly listing of religious events and news in the Akron area.EventsBath United Church of Christ — 3980 W. Bath Road, Akron. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 11. The Bath...
View ArticleNun credited with curing boy to be beatified
NEWARK, N.J.: A half-century ago, a young boy’s eye disease mysteriously vanished and on Saturday, the New Jersey nun credited with curing the boy will be beatified.Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich,...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: Nominate a hero; our local version of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
We all know heroes. They surround us in our daily lives or come to our rescue during times of need.The American Red Cross of Summit, Portage and Medina Counties is holding its annual Acts of Courage...
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