Press Releases - Community Interest

Looking for something fun for your kids to do over Holiday break? Look no further, the Toledo Area Humane Society is offering a three-day Snowy Paws Day Camp for children ages 7 to12 years old.This three-day camp runs from Dec. 26 to Dec. 28, 2018 ...

Anita Lopez, Lucas County Auditor is happy to announce the start of the 2018-2019 Dog Licensing Season. The Auditor encourages all Lucas County Dog owners to renew their licenses as soon as possible at any of the county's, thirty-one (31) vendor ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge connecting downtown Toledo and East Toledo will reopen at or before 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30.The bridge was closed Sept. 24 for Toledo Waterways Initiative work to install an 84-inch pipe connecting a combined sewer ...

Science Alliance for Valuing the Environment, Inc. (S.A.V.E.) presents “Santa, St. Francis & the Animals” on Saturday, December 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Canticle Center, 5335 Silica Drive, in Sylvania. The event is free and open to the ...

The Kapszukiewicz administration on Tuesday presented Toledo City Council with a plan to move forward with converting streetlights citywide into energy-saving LED lights.“We are beginning the process of changing streetlights to LED and we are ...

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Partners in Education a $3,000 grant to support youth literacy via the Mentors in Toledo Schools program. This grant is part of more than $3.4 million the organization awarded to 915 recipients ...

Presented by the Sylvania AdVantage, will be held November 13 at Chandler Café 5648 Main St. in downtown Sylvania from 5-8 p.m. RSVP: www.yourgood.newsPress Release Contact Name: Sharon Lange Press Release Contact Email: ...

Shop Small Toledo, an initiative that brings small businesses and shoppers together under one roof, will be held from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, at the Seagate Convention Centre, 401 Jefferson Ave. Part of the ...

Toledo Symphony today announced that Owens Corning has committed to make a gift of $250,000 to support the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), the new collaboration between the Toledo Symphony and the Toledo Ballet. Owens Corning’s ...

The Kapszukiewicz administration’s Recreation Task Force report has been completed and can be found by clicking here.“I want to thank the task force for its hard work,” Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said. “This report shows ...

Monette Richards, the president of the Center for Inquiry (CFI) NE Ohio chapter, will speak at the November 10th General Meeting of the Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie (SHoWLE). Her talk is titled "So you've voted, now what?" will be an ...

The City of Toledo today kicked off its 2018 Charitable Giving Campaign to support the United Way of Greater Toledo and Community Shares. The campaign runs through Oct 26.“Many of us as city employees have dedicated ourselves to serving the ...

(Toledo, Ohio) A recent financial audit of Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority by the Auditor of State’s office has returned a clean audit report. TARTA’s excellent record keeping has earned it the Auditor of State Award. TARTA ...

The city of Toledo received a perfect 2018 Municipal Equality Index score, Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, City Council Member Nick Komives, and Equality Toledo Executive Director Analese Alvarez announced today during a news conference in front of ...

Hollywood Gives Food Drive will take place every Thursday, in October and November, from 12pm - 9pm. Donate a non-perishable food item to receive a voucher worth between $5 - $5,000 Free SlotPlay®.This years goal is to collect 16,000 lbs of ...

Time to clean out your closets... Donations Accepted October 5th and 6th In collaboration with Nothing Over 9, Toledo School for the Arts Advanced Stage is hosting a clothing drive in support of their New Your City trip this December. They will be ...

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz will host a “Mayor’s Chess Tournament” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Toledo Public Schools Educational Campus, 1609 N. Summit St., at the corner of Summit and Bush. The tournament will be ...

New Lake Erie Island Ferry to Honor Family Matriarch Mary Ann MarketMiller Ferries to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island, Ohio has contracted with Fraser Shipyards of Superior, Wisconsin to build a new drive-on, drive-off passenger/vehicle ferry for ...

OhioDance, Ohio’s leading professional organization supporting dance activities will be in residence at Toledo School for the Arts this September. The residency focuses on learning about dance developments taking place in the state of Ohio, ...

Senior Julia Xiong, Perrysburg, will join the “best of the best” for the National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) 2018 All-National Honor Ensembles November 25-28, 2018, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort at Walt ...

The Fair Housing Center and the Ohio Diversity Council are hosting the Ohio Fair Housing Summit on Friday, September 21, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel in Toledo, OH. The all-day summit will draw stakeholders from ...

Help us "Stuff The Truck" with Thanksgiving fixins' for families in NW Ohio. This one-day event is hosted at Walt Churchill's Market on Briarfield in Maumee and on Dixie Hwy in Perrysburg. For the past 20 years, SeaGate Food Bank has provided ...

In its effort to model environmental sustainability and demonstrate the Franciscan commitment to respect the gift of all creation, the Sylvania Franciscan Village hosts the 8th Annual Zero-Waste Lunch for its member organizations on Wednesday, ...

Of the 99 Maumee Valley Country Day School students who sat for Advanced Placement exams lastspring, 36% have been designated AP Scholars by The College Board in recognition of theirexceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced-Placement ...

It's Feed Your Neighbor Weekend when St. Vincent de Paul members at St. Patrick of Heatherdowns ask you to help our sisters and brothers in need. We are hoping for donations of peanut butter, cereal, pasta, canned fruit and vegetables, personal care ...

Join us for our Grand Opening Day! Wildwood Anglers will officially be openingour doors on Saturday, September 1st, at 9:00am. We specialize in fly fishingguided trips, equipment, and accessories, outdoor clothing and lifestylenecessities for ...

Route maps and schedules are available at TARTA.com/UToledo(Toledo, Ohio) On Monday, August 27, 2018, TARTA will begin providing The University of Toledo Campus Services with start of its fall semester. Since TARTA started the service agreement with ...

For over 20 years, volunteers have gathered together on one day across the greater Toledo region to remove trash from the streams, rivers, and Lake Erie during Clean Your Streams Day. Partners for Clean Streams, with help from many partnering ...

On Thursday, August 23rd 2018 from 11AM-5PM, Midwest Recovery Center would like to welcome everyone in the community to tour our brand new outpatient location in Sylvania Township (Ribbon cutting at 12pm), which now compliments our inpatient ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rabbi Yossi Shemtov Director, Chabad House of Toledo 567-343- 1272 [email protected] Chabadtoledo.com CEREMONY TO MARK DEDICATION OF NEW CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE IN TOLEDO August 23rd Event to Celebrate the Opening ...