DEAR DR. ROACH: Many of my dad's side of the family — from my grandmother to my uncles and aunts, as well as their kids — have had oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). Most people started having symptoms around age 65, and I'm 64. My dad had a bad heart, got the eyelid surgery for ...
DEAR HELOISE: The best way to separate coffee filters is by using a kitchen gadget called ... wait for it ... a coffee filter separator. Available at major retailers, online, or at your favorite grocery store, it looks like a large plastic tweezer with rubber tips. And it works every time! ...
1. Three notrump. Partner's notrump overcall indicates about the same values as an opening bid: 15 to 18 points, balanced distribution and at least one spade stopper. Had partner opened as dealer with one notrump, you presumably would have raised to three on the basis of your strong diamond ...
DEAR ANNIE: I'm 28 and live in a two-bedroom apartment in Washington state with my friend "Jess." She's an excellent roommate — clean, considerate, quiet. I know I'm lucky. But there's one thing driving me crazy: the thermostat. She works from home and keeps the heat cranked to nearly 80 ...
The Gothic mystery comedy “Ravenscroft” opens Friday at Youngstown State University. The play is set in a remote manor where a police inspector arrives after a mysterious death. She finds herself surrounded by five women, each with a compelling motive and wildly different accounts of what actually happened. With disguises, comic misdirection and multiple plot twists, “Ravenscroft” is a theatrical puzzle box that rewards close attention — and a sense of humor. This production celebrates the legacy of prolific playwright Don Joseph Nigro (1949–2026), a Canton native who ...
Two Ohio poets will be featured at the next Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Reader Series event. Diane Kendig‘s latest book is “Woman with a Fan: On María Blanchard and Prison Terms” and she co-edited the tribute anthology “In the Company of Russell Atkins.” Kendig led a prison writing workshop for 18 years and now curates Cuyahoga County Public Library’s weblog Read + Write and writes for Free Poetry Cleveland. Named the 2022 Ohio Poet of the Year for her chapbook “Hunger,” Erica Manto Paulson is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and holds a degree in ...
