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TOWN HALL: Mahoning Valley People’s Action Alliance and United Steelworkers SOAR, will host a Town Hall meeting at 2 p.m. Aug. 14 at UAW 1112 Hall, 11471 Reuther Drive, Warren. Discussion will be on the needs of working class Americans in the Valley, with focus on seniors and Affordability, on the anniversary of the founding of social security. For more information: linktr.ee/mypeoplesactionalliance. THE GATHERING PLACE: The Gathering Place Senior Center is hosting Stefan Jones, local and Civil War Historian, at 11 a.m. Monday at Fair Park (new location), 82-84 Fair St., ...

Mapping for brain health

Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S. These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on the same thing as my own work: maps. I have spent more than two decades staring at maps. Not paper maps on a wall, but digital ones with multiple layers: flood boundaries draped over census blocks, car crash hot spots plotted against road geometry, and satellite readings of rainfall ...

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To Your Good Health: Woman believes husband is dead

DEAR DR. ROACH: My mom has Capgras syndrome and firmly believes that her husband (my dad) is dead. She thinks that there’s someone whom I snuck in and built a lie around, and she tells everyone that this man is the same man. It’s really difficult for us, especially my dad. I understand that Capgras cannot be cured, but there are medications that help with the situation. She won’t go see any medical professionals (since they believe that she has Capgras and her husband isn’t dead). There are some other wild stories she tells/believes that absolutely aren’t true. What can a ...

Gray Areas: Foos ‘Take Cover’ in Cleveland, YSU students in YouTube series

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Seventeen years ago this month Dave Grohl played a three-song set on Courthouse Square for the dedication of David Grohl Alley. He’ll play a slightly larger venue on Monday. Grohl’s Foo Fighters headline Cleveland’s Huntington Bank Stadium, joined by Queens of the Stone Age and Mannequin Pussy. The band’s “Take Cover” North American tour kicked off Tuesday in Toronto. The three songs he played in Warren in 2009 — “Times Like These,” “My Hero” and “Everlong” — were part of the set, along with 23 ...

Hints from Heloise: Know plants that aren’t pet-safe

DEAR HELOISE: Every year, we see cats and dogs in our clinic who suffer anything from a sore mouth to organ failure because they chewed on a plant — usually an indoor plant. Here’s a list of the worst offenders and most dangerous houseplants for pets: — Anthurium — Begonia — Chinese evergreen — Dracaena (aka dragon tree) — Snake plant — Aloe vera — Sago palm — Dieffenbachia — English ivy — Schefflera — Ficus — Fiddle leaf fig Either place these plants up high, or better yet, don’t grow them in your yard. — Kathy, ...