This past August my husband, Russ, and I traveled to Estonia for the second time. Our first trip was in 2019 and the next two years it was impossible to travel there because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So, we were looking forward to this long-delayed return. Our reason for traveling to ...

CELEBRATING THE DECADES: Rock The Ages-Celebrating the Decades, a family-friendly, free event for all ages, is noon Sept. 23 at the Southern Park Mall in Boardman to celebrate aging well in the Mahoning Valley. All activities will be located near Steel Valley Brew Works and Double Bogey’s. ...

September has arrived already. How can we be in the ninth month of the year already? 2023 is flying by much faster than we want it to. This week, I have lots of tomatoes to put into V-8 juice. We are out of V-8, so we will be glad for a fresh supply. We also want to can hot pepper butter and ...

LUPUS SUPPORT: Trumbull Mahoning Lupus Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. today at Panera Bread at the Eastwood Mall complex in Niles. Meetings are free. For more information, call Rhonda at 330-978-3749. SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET: Multiple Myeloma Support group will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday. Anyone ...

A T-shirt message that would define me would read, “Lifelong learner with dirty fingernails. Enjoys gardening and sharing knowledge with others.” The abbreviated version reads: “Master Gardener Volunteer.” If this sounds a bit like you — I invite you to join us. If you would you ...

The tomatoes, peppers and other summer crops are coming in from the garden, and this is the payoff. But we still have an opportunity window to plant cole crops. Cole crops are members of the brassica, or mustard, family. They love cooler weather (60 to 70 degrees) and hate heat. I am ...