People Helping People — Nov. 28
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 ArticleStone Garden Farm & Village steps back in time
Richfield twp.: A village is under construction in this rural patch of suburban Akron.You probably wouldn’t notice it as you whiz by on Southern Road. But there it is behind the farmhouse of Jim and...
View ArticleStone Garden Farm details
DetailsAttraction: Stone Garden Farm & VillageAddress: 2891 Southern Road, Richfield TownshipWhat’s there: Reconstructed buildings and displays of tools, farm equipment and other implements from...
View ArticlePeople Helping People — Nov. 29
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 ArticlePuppy mills in Ohio to face regulations, but so will rescue-group volunteers
Ohio lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill Tuesday aimed at regulating large-scale dog-breeding operations with the goal of improving the lives of animals in facilities commonly called “puppy...
View ArticleSpiritual protege of Archbishop Tutu to lead local retreat
The Rev. Robert V. Taylor has a passion for helping people discover their full potential and explore ways they can affect the world.“Everyone has a story. I invite them to claim their story, share...
View ArticlePeople Helping People — Nov. 30
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 ArticleGrace Church is extending its reach to Medina
Grace Church is branching out to include a campus in Medina.The church, which attracts about 4,000 worshippers to its eight weekend services at campuses in Norton and Bath Township, will launch a new...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings
Virginia Williams is only 9, but she’s already a champion gardener.Virginia, a fourth-grader at Arrowhead School in Copley Township, was recently honored by the Gardeners of Greater Akron as the winner...
View ArticleMary Beth Breckenridge: Gifts that keep on giving
Gather ’round, children, and I will tell you the story of the Christmas potato.It started as a Thanksgiving potato, really. It showed up about 15 years ago in a batch of raw potatoes — maybe dug from a...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Caring for holiday plants
Blooming plants make great gifts, especially for a busy hostess or that hard-to-buy-for relative who just doesn’t need any more “stuff.” At Friday’s Ohio State University Agricultural Technical...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: Dealing with window mold
Q: I have two windows that had a black substance on them. I treated them with a water/bleach mixture, then sanded, re-stained and re-varnished. A year later both windows have more mold on them. How do...
View ArticleStudents grow poinsettias for fundraiser
Green: This isn’t your usual wrapping-paper-and-candy fundraiser.Horticulture students at Portage Lakes Career Center have been putting their skills to work since late summer to grow poinsettias, which...
View ArticleKit covers outdated tile
Rust-Oleum’s new Tile Transformations kit lets you update the look of outdated bathroom and kitchen tile.The kit contains an epoxy coating that creates a stone look. The process involves three steps —...
View ArticleTherapy team brings joy to children
If Valerie Keener needed confirmation that her efforts to bring joy to special needs students are successful, she got it a few weeks ago when her teammate, a 2-year-old boxer named Heidi, approached a...
View ArticleImagine warmth: Dream about adding a greenhouse
Now is not the time of year for sowing, unless it’s sowing an idea: As the weather turns colder and the landscape becomes washed in grays and browns, imagine a retreat, an oasis of lush greenery and...
View ArticleAuthor creates holiday decorations from nature
Florist Edle Catharina Norman believes you can find beauty in your own backyard, even in winter.She uses materials found in nature this time of year to create the holiday floral designs featured in her...
View ArticleUrinating on compost pile actually speeds up process
There have been plenty of folks snickering about this front-page story from the Chapel Hill News:“CARRBORO — Roy Mars was peeing in his compost last weekend — it adds nitrogen — when he looked up and...
View ArticlePoinsettia sale details
Portage Lakes Career Center’s poinsettia sale is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays except Tuesday at the school, 4401 Shriver Road, Green.Plants are available on a first-come, first-served...
View ArticleHoliday help for those hurting
The images and memories of the holiday season are sometimes a source of sadness for Adriane Clayton.“I lost my mother three years ago in February, and her birthday is a week before Christmas,” Clayton...
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