Nature’s full of garden helpers
Looking for some help in the garden? Many of nature’s most useful critters lie literally at our feet, underappreciated and ignored despite their ability to eliminate insects, condition soils and...
View ArticlePaint developed by artist now available to public
Devine Color Creamy Wall Coatings, luminous paints that previously were sold only to professionals, are now available to the general public.The paint was developed by artist Gretchen Schauffler, who...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Look for these garden pests
I consider myself an optimist: I work hard to find the silver lining in nearly any gray cloud. As someone who has spent the last 25 years looking at plant diseases and insect pests, however, I can’t...
View ArticleStark gardeners rescue plants for new homes
Annemarie Miller and Colleen Sterling can’t bear to see a plant orphaned.That’s why they spent a frigid morning last weekend helping to dig lady’s mantle, Autumn Joy sedum, coral bells and more from a...
View ArticleCommunity invited to ‘Pray for America’ on Thursday
The Summit County National Day of Prayer Task Force is calling community members to prayer at noon Thursday on the steps of the Summit County Courthouse, 209 S. High St. in downtown Akron.The prayer...
View ArticleOhio sees record-high overdose deaths in 2011
COLUMBUS: Ohioans are dying from drug overdoses at record-high rates, the state Department of Health said Friday as it released 2011 figures that place the blame on prescription painkillers and also...
View Article‘Father Sam’ released from federal prison
“Father Sam” is a free man.A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said inmate No. 56055-060 was released Friday morning from a minimum-security federal facility in Morgantown, W.Va.The Rev....
View ArticleCats need to use their claws
Q: I adopted a cat from the Humane Society two years ago. Acorn insists on using our sofa and love seat to sharpen her claws. I have tried the following:• Scratching posts or trays in every room...
View ArticlePet Place: Akron Zoo trains new Komodo dragons
Everyone who visits the Akron Zoo’s Education Center, better known as the Komodo Kingdom, has met TNT. After all, the center was named for him, one of the most powerful and largest lizard species in...
View ArticleShaping up for a golden anniversary
If I say the phrase “counting points” and you immediately think of a bagel and not the score of the Indians game, then you probably, at one time or another, have attended Weight Watchers meetings.The...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Son’s negativity is a drag
Q: Our 7-year-old son is very negative about everything. He’s a middle child, so that may have something to do with it, but everyone else in the family is very happy, positive, optimistic, and so on....
View ArticleBest-sellers — week of April 28
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Daddy’s Gone A Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark. Two sisters are threatened by a dark secret from their family’s past.2. Don’t Go, Lisa Scottoline. An Army doctor returns from...
View ArticleThe To-Do List — week of April 28
ShowHouse openingHome-design enthusiasts, prepare to be inspired.The Junior League of Akron’s Designer ShowHouse 2013 opens Saturday in West Akron. Professional designers bid to redecorate individual...
View ArticleBook talk: ‘Life’s What Happens;’ ‘Piscazzi’s Pizza’
College routine goes awryin ‘Life’s What Happens’“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” is the John Lennon quote that inspired Life’s What Happens, the title of a new book...
View ArticleGame review: A new ‘Dead Island’ vacation with zombies
Zombie stories never have happy endings. So when the heroes of 2011’s Dead Island made it out alive, you knew there had to be a catch.As Dead Island Riptide (Deep Silver, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation...
View ArticleBook review: Ursula Todd lives and dies (and lives again) in ‘Life After Life’
Life After LifeKate AtkinsonIn Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life, Ursula Todd is born in the British countryside in 1910 — and dies almost immediately, umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, “a helpless...
View ArticleFive ways to stop thigh gap obsession
Lucie Hemmen is determined to push back against the thigh gap trend currently spreading across social media. Hemmen, a Santa Cruz, Calif., clinical psychologist, works extensively with teenage girls on...
View ArticlePop reviews — Week of April 28
willpower will.i.amWill.i.am’s 2007 album, Songs About Girls, barely made a splash on the charts, but it was a fine piece of work: He brilliantly wove smooth grooves, pop anthems and hip-hop jams to...
View ArticleThigh gap: What’s behind a dangerous teen body image obsession
If you can stand straight with your knees together and see a space between your upper thighs, you have what thousands of teen girls are willing to starve themselves for.The thigh gap, as it is known,...
View ArticleLocal bands find new recording home at Studio Time
It’s around 9 p.m. at Studio Time and members of the local band Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites are working on rhythm tracks for their upcoming debut album.Singer Brent “Wesley Bright” Wesley stands...
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