Press Releases - Community Interest

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz today announced the 2019 Leaf Collection Program will begin on Monday, Nov. 4. A variety of methods will be used to inform residents when leaf collection will occur in each neighborhood. The city will announce to the ...

The Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Political Forum for all City of Sylvania and Sylvania Township candidates on Wednesday, October 23rd from 7:00pm-8:00pm at the Sylvania Senior Center, 7140 Sylvania Ave. Candidates are asked to ...

The Maumee Chamber of Commerce, Maumee Uptown Business Association, the League of Women Voters of Toledo-Lucas County and the Mirror Newspaper announce a candidate forum. The event will take place on Thursday, October 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at ...

October is Correct Recycling Month! Recycle IT, USA Toledo is making it easy to correctly recycle all of your hazardous e-waste by hosting a FREE Electronics Recycling Drive, Saturday, October 19th from 9 AM – 12 PM. Bring your old, unwanted, ...

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz today thanked the city’s partners upon approval of the historic regional water commission by each community involved. “Toledo and its neighbors have been working for more than 30 years to try to solve the ...

October is Correct Recycling Month! We’re making it easy to correctly recycle all of your hazardous e-waste by hosting a FREE Electronics Recycling Drive, Saturday, October 19th! Bring your old, unwanted, and non-working electronics to ...

The Maumee Valley Country Day School Am-Afro Club will Host Culture-X on October 25, 2019, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. Culture-X is an event where African-American leaders, entrepreneurs, and activists can come and discuss important issues in the ...

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, Toledo Public Schools, Washington Local Schools, the United Way of Greater Toledo, the Toledo Community Foundation, and ProMedica announced today that the first two phases toward implementation of universal access to ...

Mark your calendars! The Toledo Animal Rescue’s Celebration of Wine and Food Event will be held this year on October 9, 2019, from 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Manhattan’s Pub ‘n Cheer in Uptown Toledo. Celebrants will taste four wines, ...

Why We Walk Each year, suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined. Yet suicide prevention doesn't receive anywhere near the funding as other leading causes of death. It's up to Walkers like us to make a difference. ...

AAA is hosting an appreciation day to show support to neighboring businesses and a thank you to members and non-members alike. Everyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served, including hot dogs, chips and beverages. Register for car care ...

Joy Mulinex, Gov. Mike DeWine's chief advisor for Lake Erie, will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Toledo Yacht Club. She'll discuss plans for the $85 million included in the governor's H2Ohio initiative this year, to be spent on cleaning and ...

City of Toledo officials will issue a council resolution and a mayoral proclamation in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month during a news conference at 3 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17 on the first floor of One Government Center. National Hispanic Heritage ...

Saturday Seminar 2019 Resurrection Lutheran Church (2250 S. Holland Sylvania Rd) From: Rev. Peter Hagen (419) 262-8280 [email protected] For Immediate Release Community Child Safety Seminar Featuring Victor Vieth, MA, JD Community educational ...

Toledo School for the Arts has announced that they have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® certification for superior energy performance. This is the 7th year that TSA has earned the ENERGY STAR, ...

Umbrella of Care Community Outreach Programs present their annual Massage Benefit on Saturday, September 14, 2019 from 8:30 – 3:00pm at Friendship Baptist Church, 5301 Nebraska Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43615. The event is sponsored by Orion ...

Pack a Pickup is a fun competition used to collect food for those in need in Northwest Ohio. Each week we travel to a local high school football game, where the home school tries to Pack a Pickup full with non-perishable food items. At the end of ...

Ohio's new budget will spend nearly $200 million to clean the state's waters, including the polluted western basin of Lake Erie. But will it make any difference? Will it stop the annual pea-green blanket of harmful algal blooms that puts drinking ...

Everyone is cordially invited to come to St. Paul AME Zion Church, 954 Belmont St. , Toledo, OH this Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 11 am EST. The church will be celebrating its 102nd Anniversary. Come join us, fellowship with us, and celebrate with us. ...

As part of the Women of Toledo’s Women Economic Empowerment Series Program, WOT’s third session of the year, Women Economic Empowerment III: The Future of Work, will be held on Thursday, August 29, 2019, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ...

The Lucas County Board of Elections will be opening the Early Vote Center, at the corner ofMonroe & 13th Street in downtown Toledo, August 13th at 8 AM for the Toledo & Maumee City Council Primaries. To celebrate, the Lucas County Democratic Party ...

Summary: Thera-Med introduces their original addiction recovery program known as “Reclaim Your Brain”, authored by Dr. Nancy Sturtz and Dr. Sue Gross. Thera-Med has introduced their original addiction recovery program known as ...

Invitation to everyone to come to St. Paul AME Zion Church, 954 Belmont St., Toledo, OH this Sunday, August 11th 2019 at 4 pm. Choirs participating include St. Paul AME Zion Church's own Victory in Praise choir and choirs from Macedonia Missionary ...

Voices from Wood County’s Past: The Wood County Paupers’ Cemetery On Wednesday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m., Way Library will be the venue for a sneak peek of the 16th annual Living History Day portrayals sponsored by the Wood County ...

John Leo, who graduated from the University of Toledo this year with a BA in Film, credits the relationships he built at UToledo as one of the major reasons for his current success. Leo says, “Networking really is everything. You’ll hear ...

Thee Toledo Reign Women’s Tackle Football Franchise will be holding their inaugural Reign Nation Student Supply Drop event on Sunday, August 11th from 1-3pm at Avenida Fashion, 3944 Secor Road, Toledo, Ohio. At the Reign Nation Student Supply ...

Two teams from the University of Toledo Biodesign Challenge competed in New York in June at the international Biodesign Challenge Summit and did exceptionally well. Barbara Miner, chair of the UToledo Department of Arts says, “In only our ...

Lucas SWCD, Partners for Clean Streams and the Village of Ottawa Hills are teaming up to host a July Rain Barrel Workshop! The location is the Ottawa Hills Elementary New Gym at 3602 Indian Road in Ottawa Hills, but the parking lot entrance is off ...

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 15, 2019 – ProMedica, a not-for-profit, mission-based health, and well-being organization, today announced a commitment for a gift to the Toledo-Lucas County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau to support the planned ...

The next Engage Toledo Drop Off Refuse and Recycling Event is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 13 at Keyser Elementary School, 3900 Hill Ave. Acceptable items include electronic waste, but no televisions, CRT monitors, or appliances; 10 tires, on ...