YOUNGSTOWN — There’s a mantra Mackenzie Goranitis brings to her job every day: “a deaf person can do anything a hearing person can do … except hear.” She is the deaf and hard of hearing support specialist at Easterseals of Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties. While the local ...

SELF-HELP GROUP TO MEET: Recovery International, a community self-help mental health group, will meet April 9 at Michael Kusalaba Public Library, 2815 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. For more information, call 330-747-1176. OSTOMY SUPPORT MEETS: The Youngstown Area Ostomy Support Group will meet ...

Garden quiz: What stands straight like soldiers in spring then turns into a fairytale feathery forest in late summer? Asparagus of course! Asparagus is one of the first plants to greet us come springtime. It’s a perennial which once established the tender spears will return year after ...

Recently a friend asked me why a bird was flying against the side view window of her car and what she could do to prevent it. Common in spring and during the migration periods of April to June and August to November, windows become mirrors for male birds, perceiving them as another bird or ...

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Mahoning County Extension Office. Contact the Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield, at 330-533-5538. Plant and pest clinic What: Stop by to ask questions or drop off samples. When: Hours vary during winter ...

1 – Flute Studio Recital at Youngstown State University’s Bliss Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. 3 – Program on “The Boston Tea Party” by Roger Peterson Jr. at Upton House, Warren, at 10 a.m. 3 – Clarinet Studio Recital at Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, at 12:15 ...