USDA home canning guides available
Home canning has changed greatly in the nearly 200 years since it was introduced as a way to preserve food. The last edition of the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning was released in 1994. Since then, researchers have improved ways to produce safer, higher-quality products. The first part of the USDA publication explains the scientific principles on which canning techniques are based,...Two plead guilty in fake cocaine sale
A man and woman who were caught with marijuana and paraphernalia in a traffic stop that followed a drug buy pleaded to charges Wednesday in Holmes County Common Pleas Court. Phillip A. Farley, 32, and Angela R. Smith, 33, both of 3317 Township Road 629, Loudonville, pleaded to charges that stem from a string of drug sales and an April 11 traffic stop. According to Prosecuting Attorney Steve...
Charges filed in psilocybin mushroom sting
Additional charges were brought Wednesday, June 15, against suspects rounded up in a hallucinatory mushroom investigation. According to the Wayne County Clerk of Courts CourtView website, the following individuals are charged in felony indictments: Justin R. Graham, 27, of 140 N. Main St., Creston, with four counts of trafficking in drugs and one count of illegal manufacture or cultivation of...County to improve Wayne TR 62
The Tuscarawas County board of county commissioners and the Tuscarawas County engineer are announcing improvements to Wayne TR 62, Kaylor Road, in Tuscarawas County. The improvements include replacing the existing bridge that crosses the Sugar Creek located 0.75 miles north of SR 93. The project proposes to replace the existing structure with a single span, concrete beam bridge. In addition,...OrrVilla to host Give My Regards to Broadway
The sounds of Broadway come to Orrville on Tuesday, June 21, at 2:30 p.m., when Dave and Kathy Enderle perform their musical program Give My Regards to Broadway at OrrVilla Retirement Communitys Maple Terrace, located at 333 E. Sassafras St. Featuring favorite tunes from Broadway musicals, this performance is sure to bring back some musical moments to remember. Dave and Kathy have been...Local Roots farm tour brings together farmers and consumers
Want to find out more about where and how your food is grown or raised? Local Roots Market and Cafe invites shoppers to do just that in a series of tours at local farms. Inspired by the annual Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) farm tour, the Local Roots farm tour provides shoppers with the chance to meet the farmers who grow or raise the food sold at Local Roots as well as to...
My dash is an open book
I like to walk. I like to walk in cemeteries. I don’t know why, but there’s something about walking among the weathered tombstones that allows me to think and ponder my life, and life in general. Last night, I took another walk around Grandview Cemetery and I noticed something that I never had previously. Philosophers are always writing about “living your dash.” You know, the dash that...The Dover Library welcomes mystery author Carrie Bebris
The Dover Library welcomes mystery author Carrie Bebris By Patricia M. Albrecht Summary: Guests will spend time in Jane Austen's world as they listen to a special presentation from Dayton mystery author Carrie Bebris on June 28 at the Dover Public Library. Award-winning novelist Bebris has written several books that revisit classic characters from Regency England. On Tuesday, June 28, at 7...