Mom couldn’t find her purse. She had wedged it into a hiding place SOMEWHERE in case a burglar broke in, but forgot where her nifty new hidey-hole was. I suggested hiring a burglar to find it. Before I could look up the listing for Burglars, Bandits and Housebreakers in the Yellow Pages ...

“I don’t think this is a good idea.” “It’s a perfect idea.” Falser words were never spoken than whenever Ollie — my third cousin twice removed, but not removed far enough to keep me from getting bent, folded, spindled, stapled or mutilated — declared something as a ...

The grownups, as always, were rude. They laughed at our TV heroes in the 1960s — Batman and Robin, Secret Squirrel, Secret Agent 86 Maxwell Smart, Space Ghost and Lance Link, Secret Chimp and other defenders of justice. “They’re just trying to sell you toys,” the grownups scoffed. The ...

Ah, June. School’s out, picnics are in and it’s Turkey Lovers Month. What could be better? Unless you’re a turkey and the lovers turn out to love a good turkey sandwich. Roll out those crazy, hazy, zany days of summer. Besides turkeys, June also marks Fight the Filthy Fly Month and ...

Bob and LeeAnn Tucker celebrated their Platinum Wedding Anniversary on June 23, 2026, marking 70 years of marriage. Bob Tucker and the former LeeAnn Lawrence, both of Warren, were married on June 23, 1956. Bob was a graduate of Howland High School and earned an engineering degree at General ...

Ralph and Debrah Gray Kulusich, of Howland, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Brooke Kulusich, to Vincent Ruberto, son of Peter and Deborah DiPasquale Ruberto, also of Howland. The bride-elect is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a ...

Marriage licenses granted Feb. 23 to 27 in Trumbull County: Ryan A. James, 37, Warren, and Karrie D. Smith, 43, Warren Amanda L. Jurasin, 31, North Bloomfield, and Christopher S. Hart, 32, North Bloomfield Darlene M. Landolfi, 64, Niles, and Mark M. Moss, 66, Niles Michael D. Kelsh, 36, ...

Rachel Elizabeth March and Nicholas Anthony Moskal were united in marriage during a January 2025 wedding ceremony at St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown. The new Mrs. Moskal is the daughter of Jeffrey and Lorijo March of Warren. Parents of the groom are Jennifer Moskal of Vienna and Greg and ...

Yesterday, the warm scents of apples, cinnamon and nutmeg were wafting from my kitchen. While the temperatures outside may not yet feel like fall, transparent apples are ready, and that means it’s time to can apple pie filling. If you’ve read my column for a while, I’ve written about ...

One of the loveliest spring-blooming trees on our property is the serviceberry, Amelanchier x grandiflora. It is a cultivar called “Autumn Brilliance,” a name that hints at its beauty in another season. Ours is a hybrid of the native serviceberries Downy and Allegheny, which would make it ...

We were looking for a quick escape from the winter chill when a friend and I decided to make the trip to the Cleveland Botanical Garden to check out its annual orchid show. “Love In Bloom” is the theme this year, and what a gorgeous feast of flowers for the winter-weary — 3,000 blooms ...

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Trumbull County Extension Office. Contact the extension office, 520 W. Main St., Suite 1, Cortland, at 330-638-6783. For a complete list of events, visit https://trumbull.osu.edu/. Learn About Growing Degree Days What: ...

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: • OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • ...

They’re almost here! We generally see destructive Japanese beetles around the Fourth of July. A better way to know the time of their arrival is by using the OSU Growing Degree Days Site at https://go.osu.edu/growingdegreeday. This site helps you know when they are about to emerge. Why ...

Some deals from the annual world championship receive only passing notice because the outcome at both tables is exactly the same. But this one from the Italy-U.S. match in 1973 deserved more publicity than it got. Nothing much happened at the first table, where the U.S. pair bid and made four ...

DEAR HELOISE: I keep a clean house, but I still have an ant and roach problem. What will help me stop attracting these filthy pests? I’ve used commercial companies that come in and sort of bomb the house with a mist of chemicals. I hated the smell that lingered for weeks, and the expense was ...

Have you ever wondered about the days of the week and how they would feel if they had feelings? No? Well, I have. It all started on a regular Monday morning where I caught myself still smiling because of the day before. Otherwise, let’s face it, Monday would probably hold every single ...

There’s something I keep coming back to lately. It’s not new, not groundbreaking, not something you haven’t heard before. But it’s landing differently now. Heavier and more real. Two things can be true at the same time. We say it casually, almost like a throwaway line. Of course ...

I was doing laundry the other day — yes, this is where we are now, folks. Riveting stuff happening over here. And I couldn’t help but think about how, just a year ago, I was days away from boarding a plane, heading overseas, alone, chasing something bigger than my everyday routine. Funny ...

I’ve realized something about myself. I am, unapologetically, a 7 p.m. girl in a 9 p.m. world. In the winter, this works in my favor. The sun clocks out at 5 p.m., and suddenly my entire personality feels validated. Dinner? Done. Shower? Taken. Comfy clothes? On. By 7 p.m., I’m curled up ...

1-4 — 80th Newton Falls 4th of July Festival at community park 1 — TLC Acoustic and Sandy’s Melt Down at Kinsman Free Public Library at 5:30 p.m. 1 — Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Reader Series: Meredith Doench and Erin Flanagan at Westside Bowl, Youngstown, at 7 p.m. 1 — ...

Dayton novelists Meredith Doench and Erin Flanagan will be the featured authors at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event. Doench is the author of the Luce Hansen sapphic thriller series and the stand-alone novels “Whereabouts Unknown” and “Never Say Die.” Doench ...

South Florida band Shy Blossom first bloomed in the Mahoning Valley. Shy Blossom is led by Adriana McDonald, who spent the first 12 years of her life in Cortland, Lordstown and Garrettsville before her family moved south. The band will play its first Ohio date ever on July 5 at Westside ...

Todd Maki wants to bring orchestral passion to the concert band world. The Youngstown native is the new conductor and music director of the Youngstown Area Community Concert Band, succeeding Joseph Pellegrini, who retired in 2025 after leading the group for 35 of its 42 years. Maki has ...