February 2, 2012 Click on the link to vote online. more »»

January 25, 2012 By ANDY GRAY Tribune Chronicle NILES — Richard ‘‘Chookie’’ Alberini has spent his entire life in restaurants. more »»

January 21, 2012 People talking to walls, getting up at 6 AM on Saturday mornings, and pages and pages of research-all signs and symptoms of Speech & Debat. more »»

January 8, 2012 Once the party is over, the wine has been drained and Santa’s sleigh is hibernating in his North Pole garage, New Year’s resolutions are on the minds of man. more »»

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October 31, 2011 The National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization made up of people, corporations or firms who are in the business of plants for home gardeners, likes to select a special group of flowers and... more »»

November 22, 2011 Kara-Lynn Hodges is an 11-year-old girl with a sweet smile. Her mother, Marie Sullivan, is a tiny woman with big determination. more »»

November 25, 2011 Grab your garden notebooks and write it down, the 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year is Brunnera m. ‘Jack Frost’ PP13859. Don’t ask me what all of that means, I just call it Brunnera ‘Jack Frost. more »»

November 29, 2011 STROKE SUPPORT GROUP: The Hillside Stroke Support group will meet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday for the annual Christmas party. The event will be held in the boardroom. more »»

December 5, 2011 For $2, you can buy a package of seeds for Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina,’ also called miniature hollyhock or French hollyhock, from garden centers or seed catalog. more »»

December 4, 2011 Let’s get this out of the way now. It’s cold. It’s getting colder, and winter is going to be here no matter how much we pretend or wish otherwise. more »»

December 6, 2011 HMHP OFFERS CLASSES ONLINE: Humility of Mary Health Partners has added online childbirth classes to its educational opportunities for new parents. more »»

December 11, 2011 Well, if the New Year’s Eve event invites piling up in my Facebook inbox are any indication, 2011 is drawing to a close. Firstly, this means I have to start looking for a new dress. more »»

December 12, 2011 What inspires you? More importantly, what inspires you in the garden? A couple years ago, I went around the community asking people this very question. more »»

December 13, 2011 GIRARD — Bryce Fricker has spent much of his six weeks of life battling for his life after suffering a burst blood vessel in his head. more »»

December 18, 2011 In Friday’s edition of the Tribune Chronicle, the top headline read ‘‘Iraq war is over. more »»

December 19, 2011 It’s been a few years since I’ve written a column about poinsettias, but the different plants we’re seeing in the garden centers and grocery stores these days prompted my interest in this popular... more »»

December 20, 2011 HILLSIDE HOSTS CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND: Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Valley Care Health System of Ohio, is hosting its annual Christmas Wonderland fundraiser. more »»

December 26, 2011 Christmas is over, and those beautiful poinsettias are still showing lots of colo. more »»

December 25, 2011 The one element of the Christmas season that never fades with age is the excitement about gift-giving and gift-getting. Well, mostly the getting. more »»

January 2, 2012 It’s true that Arbor Day in Ohio isn’t until April, but if you plan to celebrate by planting trees, now is the time to make decisions and let your favorite local garden center know what you want. more »»

January 6, 2012 Recently, I was going through some old family items that should be passed on to a younger generation or given to a historical society. more »»

January 8, 2012 For Christmas this year, I received a book from my brother (thanks, bro) about the history of MTV. more »»

January 20, 2012 The sport of boxing has been around for many centuries and was probably started by the ancient Greeks in their early Olympic games. more »»

January 22, 2012 Along with a challenging job market, many students have an additional responsibility to face after graduation from a college or technical school: the reality of paying back student loans. more »»

January 23, 2012 I’ll never forget the first time I visited a Japanese hibachi restaurant, the kind where everyone is seated around a large griddle and, other than the people you came in with, you never know who the... more »»

January 24, 2012 In Mesopotamia, a long, gravel driveway leads to 300 acres of rural farmland and housing. Residents, animals and staff wander the campu. more »»

January 27, 2012 With more Americans living well into their 80s and 90s, at times a choice needs to be made about more manageable living situation. more »»

January 29, 2012 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the unemployment rate at 8.2 percent for the Youngstown, Warren and Boardman area, creating a challenging time for employees. more »»

January 31, 2012 The scales shuddered, creaked and groaned — much like the 330 Fitness Challengers perched atop them after a week jammed with exercise and healthy eating — but it worked. One week in, 1,502 pounds out. more »»

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