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Farm-to-table fresh from the Boltz family

Farm-to-table fresh from the Boltz family

It doesn’t get any fresher than this. In the spirit of offering a genuine farm-to-table experience, last year Boltz Family Farms Market launched, offering honest eats from local purveyors.

Anti-Drug Coalition members attend national conference

Anti-Drug Coalition members attend national conference

Several members of the Tuscarawas County Anti-Drug Coalition were in Dallas, Texas this week for a national conference focused on continued development of drug-free communities. Local representatives are joining more than 500 students and roughly 2,000 adults from across the country for the 2019 Mid-Year Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Training Conference. The mission of CADCA...
Seniors sought to help students

Seniors sought to help students

If 55 or older and looking for a volunteer opportunity, COAD needs seniors to place into educational facilities in the local area.

Family Fun Day aims to raise funds and awareness

Family Fun Day aims to raise funds and awareness

Fight the Sewage Sludge Lagoon Family Fun Day is set for Sunday, July 28 from noon-6 p.m. at Meadow Lake Park in Wooster. The admission fee is $15.

StarkFresh cooks up Garlic Fest for the second year

StarkFresh cooks up Garlic Fest for the second year

StarkFresh’s second annual Garlic Fest was held at the nonprofit’s urban training farm at 613 Rowland Ave. NE near downtown Canton on Saturday, July 13. Tom Phillips, StarkFresh executive director said the idea for the garlic-themed event was born last year when the group realized they had more than 3,000 heads of garlic to harvest and no solid plan in place to make it happen. “Last...
Makerspace Community Day offered at Kent

Makerspace Community Day offered at Kent

Kent State University at Tuscarawas will hold Makerspace Community Day on July 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Academic Learning Commons in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Makerspace Community Day will feature workshops and activities, including Makerspace tours, sign painting, soldering and button making workshops, and card making with the Cricut. Learn how to use...
Teen to participate in first Dean’s Charity Steer Show

Teen to participate in first Dean’s Charity Steer Show

McKalynne Helmke can’t remember a time when she wasn’t around the family’s cattle. “Before I could walk, I think. There have always been cattle around.” McKalynne is 15 and a sophomore at New Philadelphia High School. A lifetime around the bovines kept by her immediate and extended family recently culminated in a special invitation from Ohio State University Vice President and...
Reeves Museum to host Jeeves Adventure Day

Reeves Museum to host Jeeves Adventure Day

The Reeves Museum will host their first Jeeves Adventure Day on Saturday, July 27 at 4 p.m. The theme is “Color College.” Join Jeeves as he experiments and learns to mix colors to make tie dye T-shirts, kaleidoscopes and painted rocks. The cost is $10 per person, which includes dinner. Kids are asked to bring their own washed, white T-shirt to be tie dyed. Reservations are required and...
The latest new books about birds and birding

The latest new books about birds and birding

It’s been a long time since I’ve written about new publications for birders. As has been the case in recent years, there are many new books coming out. I’ll only be able to mention a small number of them, hoping that something will catch your eye. “The Peterson Guide to Sparrows of North America,” by Rick Wright is one of the recent publications. If you want to know more about...
Lakeside, Ohio is always full of pleasant surprises

Lakeside, Ohio is always full of pleasant surprises

Bruce Stambaugh shares about meeting a compassionate, enterprising young man at Lakeside, Ohio.