Kitchen Scoop: Mom’s meatloaf is the best. Period
My Mom’s Original Meatloaf recipe is one of the few that hold deep emotional ties for me. It is the exact recipe I grew up with, unaltered, just the way Mom would prepare it almost every week. I’m sure...
View ArticleThis Week’s Harvest: Strawberries
It’s strawberry time in Northeast Ohio. Locally grown berries are ripe for the picking and plenty of farms have opened their gates for pick-your-own. You can find a county-by-county list of Ohio...
View ArticleNew Ohio rules on puppy mills call for roomy cages
COLUMBUS: New regulations meant to crack down on high-volume dog breeding operations in the state would ensure animals live in spacious, clean cages, receive veterinary care and are transported in safe...
View ArticlePortage Path combines care for mind, body
An agency that serves thousands of low-income Summit County residents is making efforts to treat their bodies as well as their brains.Portage Path Behavioral Health this month is launching Integrated...
View ArticlePa. girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs
PHILADELPHIA: A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the...
View ArticleFather Sam is officially retired
The Rev. Samuel R. Ciccolini is now a retired priest in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.The popular priest from Akron, known as “Father Sam,” requested retirement for health reasons in a letter dated...
View ArticleTherapist offers music to patients at Akron Children’s Hospital
For Chris Blackwell, the arrival of one special therapist during his four-hour dialysis sessions is truly music to his ears.When Akron Children’s Hospital music therapist Sarah Tobias visits him every...
View ArticleCoverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers
WASHINGTON: It’s called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama’s health-care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants,...
View ArticlePlant a Row drop-off sites
Got a bumper crop to share? You can give your extra vegetables and fruit to someone in need through Plant a Row for the Hungry. Here are sites that accept donations.Crown Point Ecology Center, 3220 Ira...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings — week of June 15
Six homes and 12 gardens will be open to visitors from noon to 4 p.m. next Saturday for the Historic Ridgewood Home and Garden Tour in Canton.The Historic Ridgewood neighborhood was home to industry...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: Cutting back sedum
Q: My sedum plants are about 12 or 13 inches tall. When they bloom, they get leggy. When can I cut them back, and how far?— Patty Prince, AkronA: Upright sedums such as Autumn Joy can be pinched or cut...
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More informationMohican Cabins: www.themohicancabins.com or 440-799-3419.Animal Planet’s Treehouse Masters: http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/treehouse-masters.Treehouse Workshop Inc.:...
View ArticleHome bookshelf: ‘What’s a Hostess to Do?’
Some people just seem born to entertain. The rest of us need a little guidance.Susan Spungen is here to help with What’s a Hostess to Do? 313 Ideas and Inspirations for Effortless Entertaining.Spungen...
View ArticleRobot cleans windows
There are robots to clean your floors and robots to mow your lawn. Now there’s a robot to wash your windows.The Winbot 7 moistens, squeegees and dries windows automatically. The gadget, from Ecovacs...
View ArticleMary Beth Breckenridge: Library shares seeds
You already knew you can check out more than books at the library.But seeds?Yep. Akron-Summit Public Library recently added a Seed Sharing Library, a resource for distributing mainly heirloom vegetable...
View ArticleTreetop brewery on TV show
jefferson twp., knox county: You don’t have to imbibe even a drop of Treehouse Brewing Co.’s beer to feel the room move.That’s because the brewery’s tasting room is 22 feet in the air, nestled in a...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Naming a tree
Why do trees have so many different names? How do you tell the difference between spruces and hemlocks and pines? What features are used to identify trees? These are some of the many questions...
View ArticleCritter Corner: Weight loss may signal disease
Q: My 8-year-old cat is losing weight, going from 12.4 pounds in June to 11.54 in December. The medications he is on include: 25 mg atenolol ½ tab twice daily, ¼ tab 75 mg Plavix, .81 mg aspirin every...
View ArticleBirding by the numbers
I can’t tell you how excited I was the first time I saw a butter butt. Laugh if you will, but after 30 years of bird watching, it was the first time I had spied the yellow-rumped warbler that, along...
View ArticleBeyond Plum assignments: Evanovich, Goldberg team on new book
Two old friends decided a while back to write a novel together. You may have heard of them: Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg.Evanovich is author of the best-selling Stephanie Plum novels (One for the...
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