It is 4:45 a.m. and my husband, Joe, just left for work. Sons Benjamin and Joseph left before that. On Thursday, I had to help with the wedding food prep at the home of neighbors Joas and Susan, for the wedding on Friday of their daughter Carol. Sisters Verena, Emma and I went together. My ...
Most gardening tools are cordless. Rakes, shovels and hoes never have had cords. However, since the advent of lithium-ion batteries, there are new types of cordless tools available. Everything from chainsaws to lawn mowers and string trimmers for lawn maintenance help to make those tasks ...
Food, by its nature, begins to spoil as soon as it is harvested. Our early ancestors dried herbs and produce in the sun. Drying was simple, and preserving food was essential for survival. Today, drying is still essential for a healthy and diverse diet. Thanks to modern methods, drying is ...
Q: I had those bagworms that hang at the end of the branches last year. Is there anything I can do to prevent them this year? A: This is the PERFECT time to ask about the dreaded bagworm. The little black crawlers that make the pine cone-like bags on evergreen trees and shrubs and feed on ...
The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library will host a free live online presentation with mystery author Abby L. Vandiver 2 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom. Vandiver, also writing as Abby Collette, has penned more than 20 books and short stories featuring mystery, intrigue and humor. She is the author ...
LISBON — Stage Left Youth Players’ “Kidz on Broadway” summer camp returns in July. The camp, now in its 20th year, is designed for children who have just completed grades K-8 who love music, dancing and acting. Camp participants will develop performance and design skills through a ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for an upcoming production of “20th Century Blues” at Hopewell Theatre, 702 Mahoning Ave. Pat Foltz will direct Susan Miller’s play about four women who meet once per year for a ritual photo shoot, chronicling their ...
Friday’s concert featuring The Nielsen Trust and Nick Perri & the Underground Thieves has been moved to the Robins Theatre, 160 E. Market St., Warren. The show originally was scheduled at the Warren Community Amphitheatre. Tickets purchased for that location will be honored at the ...
St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital CONROY, Sarah and Michael, of Niles, a son June 14 HARRISON, Ashley and William, of Salem, a son June 14 ONG, Trang, of Canfield, a son June 14 PHIFER, Olymphia and Orlando Soto, of Youngstown, a son June 14 SZALAY, Danica and Michael, of Youngstown, a ...
St. Joseph Warren Hospital BRANTLEY, Quinyonte and Thomas Ringold, of Warren, a daughter June 12 BRESSLER, Sierra and Levar Allen, of Warren, a son June 7 FREEMAN, Kha’Lesha and Lamont Lewis, of Warren, a daughter June 3 MEASE, Chyanne and Brian Jr., of Niles, a daughter June ...
Ms. Penny Brick of East Liverpool is announcing the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Sunny Brick, to Eric Wilhelm, son of Dick and Connie Wilhelm of New Philadelphia and Ina Roberts of Dover. The bride-elect is also the daughter of the late Mark Brick. She is a 2002 ...
St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital BERRY, Ashley, and Brandon Perry, of Girard, a son June 11 DALLIES, Janine and Matthew, of Canfield, a daughter June 11 ELTRINGHAM, Page, and Francis Kephart, of Youngstown, a daughter June 11 ESTES, Olivia, and Gavin Clark, of Youngstown, a daughter June ...
If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be? That has to be one of the worst job interview questions ever, right up there with if you were a tree what kind of tree would you be? Listen, if you’re hiring a proboscis monkey to run the drill press or a maple sapling to drive a tow ...
The scene is imprinted in my memory in full Kodachrome color. There I was, hoofing it at a pretty good pace on my daily 10-mile run, when suddenly out of the woods burst a... No, wait. That was somebody else. I know it wasn’t me because I haven’t run a roll of Kodachrome in years. Or ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Outgoing Youngstown schools Superintendent Joseph Meranto is optimistic the current board of education and CEO Justin Jennings can work together and remove the district from control of a state academic distress commission. Meranto, however, warned the district needs stability in ...
Dairy cows with names produce more milk than anonymous cattle. I learned that while poking around to see what mischief scientific researchers have been up to lately. For one, they’ve been counting beer bubbles. Seriously. According to Gerard Liger-Belair, a professor of chemical physics ...
I saw this Hyundai commercial the other day that challenges Americans (and probs all the other residents of the third rock where Hyundais are sold) to “Question Everything.” It’s a full minute of film, TV, music and sports celebrities driving in, lying next to, loading the back hatch of ...
So I was chatting with my girlfriend the other day. And, for the sake of protecting the innocent (she, being my gal pal), I’ll refer to her as, um, Barbara Jean. As Barbara Jean and I engaged in one of our daily breakdown sessions, she happened to mention the off-putting exchange she ...
Well, it’s about time I came clean. I mean, as clean as possible under the circumstances. Oh, no, it’s got nothing to do with quarantine or lockdown or limited access to cleaning supplies or anything like that. I mean to say, that’s not the dirty little secret I’m keeping. What I am ...
To mask or not to mask ... that is the question To be clear, it’s the question I’m sick of hearing, asking, wondering, contemplating, debating and basically just philosophizing over incessantly. Please understand, I continue to take this icky old pandemic thing seriously. Probably more ...