I froze when I pulled the card out of the mailbox.
It was from my sister-in-law, the one famous for packing greeting cards with a fiesta of tiny, shimmering confetti.
Open the card without precautions and a shower of shiny cutouts of party hats, streamers and noisemakers, and silhouettes of ...
The guy in the electronics department asked what sounded like an impertinent question: “Do you want a mouse with a dongle or without?”
“Excuse me?”
“Your wireless mouse, do you want one with a dongle or are you using WiFi?”
I still find it odd that we call the little slidey thing ...
Learn, young grasshoppers, from the wisdom of an old widower: The reason communication can be so difficult in marriage is that while we use the same words, we speak different languages.
I learned this many decades ago when I had the morning off, didn’t feel like cooking and had no money. I ...
It seems like a guy can’t even buy a hamburger without getting a side of surveys.
I ran into a store for a box of tissues and a birthday card. A few minutes later, a survey popped up in my email: “Please tell us about your shopping experience.”
Pick up a prescription and get handed a ...
St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital
ROMAN, Cynthia, of Youngstown, a daughter March 16
St. Joseph Warren Hospital
BARKMAN, Rhoda and Daniel, of Middlefield, a son March 16
BOUCH, Megan and Adam, of Cortland, a daughter March 15
HILEMAN, Emily and Zachery, of Girard, a daughter March ...
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• HOGAN, Delaysia, of Youngstown, a son March 14
• JABER, Farah and Noaman Alenise, of Poland, a daughter March 14
• KELLY, Brandy, of Youngstown, a son March 14
• MOOK, Heather and James, of Columbiana, a son March 14
St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital
ABDUS-SALAAM, Taylor and Larry, of Youngstown, a son March 13
CULP, Raeann and Tyler, of Wellsville, a daughter March 13
DELLIMUTI, Talia and Antonio, of Hubbard, a son March 13
HEBEBRAND, Jenna and Michael, of Youngstown, a son March 13
JONES, Diaysha, ...
You know it, I know it and the American people know it – even Bob Dole used to always say it.
The “it” being the fact that lying is, by all accounts, the opposite of the right thing to do. It is, by its very nature, as bad as Michael Jackson’s 1987 album by the same name.
In case ...
For those who’ve been reading my thoughts in this space over the past few decades – well, firstly, thanks!
Secondly, you have to know by now what kind of silly, goofy gal you’re dealing with, no?
That’s a bit of a given.
But what I may or may not have conveyed over these past many ...
For those who’ve been reading my thoughts in this space over the past few decades – well, firstly, thanks!
Secondly, you have to know by now what kind of silly, goofy gal you’re dealing with, no?
That’s a bit of a given.
But what I may or may not have conveyed over these past many ...
As a March baby, I couldn’t help but stop and take note when I came across an article online titled “26 Reasons March is the Best Month.”
The source? None other than the world-renowned “Reader’s Digest” — the online version, that is, found at www.rd.com.
Some of the entries ...
Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Trumbull County Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact the OSU Extension Office, 520 W. Main St., Suite 1, Cortland, at 330-638-6783. Office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday. ...
Interested in starting your garden journey? Whether you are a novice or a seasoned green thumb gardener, by planning and following the fundamental practices, your garden can become a source of your pride and joy.
All you need is a small garden area with close to full sun exposure, a couple of ...
Having enjoyed the company of gardening whether in planting vegetables or flowers, or just listening to the birds chattering to each other, I never realized that I had ‘other’ helpers, each with their own names.
My son’s girlfriend gifted me with a garden helper — a cloth bag with ...
100 years ago in 1924:
A large number of students entered the elimination contest to decide on the team which would go to Columbus to enter the State Memory Music Contest. In the city and exempted village contests, the team from North Avenue School in Girard won the distinction of having the ...
Films by artist Bruce Checefsky will be shown Wednesday at the McDonough Museum of Art.
Checefsky is a filmmaker, photographer and writer whose independent films have been shown around the world. Looking to films that were lost, destroyed or conceived but never made, Checefsky recreates and ...
The musical “Gypsy” opens Friday at ACTS Center for the Performing Arts for a two-weekend run.
The Jule Styne /Stephen Sondheim/Arthur Laurents musical opened on Broadway in 1959 and ran for nearly two years. While it was nominated for eight Tony Awards, it was shut out at the 1960 ...
Collective Arts Network Triennial Prize winner Amy Casey will display her work in an exhibition opening Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown
CAN is a nonprofit organization serving the visual arts industry in and around Cleveland, providing a public forum for ...
The Ashtabula Arts Center gallery celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2024 Women’s Show.
The annual juried show is dedicated to art pieces created by women, for women and about women. This year’s call for art received the highest number of submissions the show has seen at the ...