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Remembering the use-by date

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DEAR HELOISE: When I buy a dozen eggs, I transfer them to an egg tray in my refrigerator once I get home. Before I throw away the cardboard carton that they came in, I cut out the “use by” date and put it with the eggs in the refrigerator. I never have to try to remember when I purchased the eggs or how long they’ve been there, just in case I don’t use all of them up quick enough. — Pat, in Ewing, New Jersey DEAR HELOISE: Years ago, after having major back surgery, I had to use a walker for several months. My husband cut a piece of plywood out of a laminated particle board ...

TAG develops photo invitational

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The work of six Northeast Ohio photographers will be featured in Trumbull Art Gallery’s third Photo Invitational exhibition. Two of the photographers are based in Cleveland and Akron and showing at the downtown Warren gallery for the first time; others have participated in multiple TAG ...

Fish-sitting favor ends in dead pets and guilt

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DEAR ANNIE: I am 22 and working at my first job out of college. My salary is low and just covers my rent, car payments and basic living expenses. I have no savings yet. Recently, my neighbor, whom I know only to wave at, asked me to feed her fish while she went out of town. I agreed, and she took me into her apartment where she showed me her aquarium. She switched on the tank light and demonstrated how to sprinkle fish food on the water. She didn’t give me her phone number. When I went into her apartment the next day to feed the fish, it was pitch dark, with all her curtains ...

Gray Areas: River Rock audiences will remember Robert Greenidge

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Steel drum player Robert Greenidge, who made several appearances at the Warren Community Amphitheatre with the Jimmy Buffett tribute band Fins to the Left, died this week at age 76. Greenidge first played with Buffett on the 1983 album “One Particular Harbor” and became a member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band. Buffett’s music had an “island vibe” before Greenidge, but the sound of his steel drums, more melodic than percussive, accentuated that Caribbean influence. When Buffett died in 2023, only keyboard player Michael Utley had a longer tenure backing the ...

Babysitting 10 grandchildren and playing jokes

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Supper is over and everyone is retiring for the night. I fried chicken and made mac and cheese to go with it. Now it’s time to call it a day. I washed laundry this morning, and it’s all folded and put away. Daughters Verena, Loretta and Lovina came this afternoon for a while. We had snacks, visited and, of course, enjoyed the sweet little ones. Brooklyn fell asleep on me while we were talking and had a short nap. Denzel, 3, and Byron, 2, were everywhere and always so full of energy. Kylie, 1, is the little tag along and tries to keep up with her older brothers. Tomorrow morning ...

Making sushi can be fun

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TOKYO — No food says Japan more than sushi. But few people make it themselves, even Japanese. The art of making sushi traditionally meant decadeslong training to become a master. But times are changing. Now, just about anyone can enjoy it. “There is no sushi that tastes better than the ...