Press Releases - Community Interest

The Way Public Library Foundation & Friends (WPLFF) will host a book sale on Thursday, June 12 from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Thousands of books will be for sale, including a great selection of new and used adult fiction and nonfiction titles, plus ...

THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR CENTER, LLC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We are pleased to announce that The Animal Behavior Center, LLC. is having its 1st Annual Animal Behavior, Training and Health Seminar event in Sylvania, OH on July 12th & July 13th, .After ...

The Toledo Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated is proud to announce its JUNETEENTH Inaugural 5K Run/Walk 2014 scheduled to kick off at 9:10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21 at Swan Creek Preserve Metropark, 4659 Airport Highway. (Run/Walk ...

Annual Old Orchard Garage sale June 14th 9am to 3pm. Directories will be available on Kenwood Blvd. the day of the sale. Visit Facebook for more info (search "Annual Old Orchard Garage Sale").Press Release Contact Name: Old Orchard Moms Group Press ...

The East Toledo Phase One: Public Fixtures call for artists was a resounding success. From the submissions, a design review board selected 18 designs to be painted on trash cans. The locations of the trashcans stretch along Main St. from Front St. ...

After months of dedicated but unsuccessful efforts to encourage his mother to care for him, a male orangutan baby born recently at the Toledo Zoo will be placed with a surrogate facility. The baby, Kecil (pronounced Ka-cheel, which is Indonesian for ...

Auditions for Young Rep’s ‘Bugsy Malone, Jr.’ to be held May 24 Auditions for the Toledo Repertoire Theatre Young Rep’s musical production of “Bugsy Malone, Jr.” will be held Saturday, May 24 beginning at 1 p.m. ...

The Bowling Green State University Summer Concert Series offers audiences several chances to get into the act. The series includes “Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music,” The Moxie Strings, “Broadway’s Next H!t Musical” and New ...

LUCAS COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES OFFERS ONE-WEEK FOSTER/ADOPT TRAINING Classes June 23-28 compress training into six consecutive days (TOLEDO, Ohio–May 14, 2014)—Families interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents have an ...

Three Watusi cattle have arrived at the Toledo Zoo and are on exhibit in Tembo Trail, near the rhinos. The Watusi species originated in eastern Africa, though the original wild species has been extinct since the 1600s; today’s species survives ...

Owens Community College’s Alumni Association is honoring the legacy of Private Stephen Machcinski and Private James Dickman of the Toledo Fire Department for their bravery, courage and service to the community by establishing a new $10,000 ...

Last Saturday, the Franciscan Center at Lourdes University was glowing with the more than 500 guests who came out to celebrate higher education and raise funds for student scholarships. Honorary Chairs John and Sarah Bates, and Lourdes President ...

Show Mom that she is the best by bringing her to the Toledo Zoo for Mother’s Day, sponsored by Mercy. All moms receive free Zoo admission when accompanied by one or more children, only on Sunday, May 11. In addition to Mom’s free ...

YES FM will be hosting the Spring Benefit Banquet on May 8 at Genesis Village, 2429 S. Reynolds Rd, Toledo, OH. Doors open at 6pm with Dinner at 6:30pm. Tickets are $25 per person; table reservations for 8 are available for $200. The Featured ...

The recipients of the Toledo Museum of Art’s 2014 Palmer Scholarship have been selected. Wesley Brown of Bowling Green and Jennifer Giovannucci of Waterville will share the $8,000 prize to use toward travel expenses related to art ...

Dr. Jim Willey will visit the campus of Maumee Valley Country Day School to receive an award for his distinguished achievements in the field of cancer research. Dr. Willey, a 1970 graduate of Maumee Valley, earned a B.A. in Zoology at the ...

?Volunteers are needed to serve as parenting instructors and patient advocates for the Your First Look East Toledo Women’s located at 101 Main Street, Suite 4, in the historic Weber Block Building. ?A program of Heartbeat of Toledo, the Your ...

Join local poet and BGSU instructor F. Daniel Rzicznek for a lively discussion of how the shape of poetry has evolved throughout history. The workshop called “Vehicles, Vessels, and Forms for Poetry will be taught on Tuesday, May the 13th ...

In an overview meeting of the school’s five year vision plan, Maumee Valley Country Day School announced last week that it will more than double the courses available to its Upper School students through the Hybrid Learning Consortium. The ...

As part of its global learning initiative, in 2013 Lourdes University established the Ireland Program which provides an opportunity for students to travel to Tullycross, Ireland, a small island country with a rich and varied history. Students ...

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre is seeking Mainstage and Edgy Rep production directors for the 2014 – 2015 season. The upcoming season will consist of six Mainstage plays, two Edgy Rep Readings and one Valentine’s Day weekend Special ...

Launch Pad's Featured Film Series is pleased to present a screening of "Max Anderson, Private Eye" by local filmmaker Michael DeSanto on Saturday, May 17th at 7:30. The aim of Featured Films is to highlighting talented local film and video makers ...

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of May 5th, the factory of talavera Uriarte in collaboration with the Universidad de las Americas Puebla, invited 38 artists to create unique pieces of art in talavera, a type of majolica ...

Join us for our Annual Oriental Rug Event, featuring over 300 handknotted rugs all made by fairly paid adults, from 2'x3's to 10'x14's. Since our store is not large enough to carry these rugs year round, we host this special event once a year to ...

As another school year comes to an end, many students are once again placing their backpacks in storage or are discarding them entirely in anticipation of buying next fall’s latest fashion trend. Owens Community College’s Alumni ...

Unison kicked off their “Just Don’t” prevention campaign on May 1, 2014. Funded by the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Lucas County, the goal of the campaign is to increase the community’s perception that the use ...

On Tuesday, May 20th at 7 pm, Way Library, in cooperation with the League of Women Voters of the Perrysburg Area (LWVPA), will host a presentation on climate change. The speaker is Sam Evans, a local Perrysburg resident, high school physics teacher ...

In fall 2012, Lourdes’ sponsor, the Sisters of St. Francis-Sylvania established an Endowed Chair in Franciscan Integration within the university. The goal of this chair is to deepen the knowledge of and reflection on traditional Franciscan ...

The Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Sylvania Car Show on May 17, 2014, on Main Street in downtown Sylvania. Car registration begins at 8AM and Main Street will be closed from Main Street to Erie Street beginning at 7AM. ...

Come enjoy the finer things in life while you’re surrounded by animals from around the world. On Friday, May 2 from 7 to 9 p.m., the Toledo Zoo offers Wine Tastings 2014, starting with an exclusive after-hours tour of the Zoo’s ...