Press Releases - Community Interest

Toledo Ohio - Friday, April 19, 1-4:00 p.m. – Lucas County The OSU Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team will be in Northwest Ohio training produce growers and workers on good agricultural practices and food safety for the produce farm. Location: ...

Toledo, Ohio – With Earth Day just around the corner, Imagination Station is celebrating Green Science by urging visitors to find new uses for old items. Green Science activities will take place April 13-21, 2013. Activities include: Soil ...

(Released April 15, 2013) - For its sixth year, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is swinging out and blaring its horns to the up-tempo as we observe Jazz Appreciation Month with JAM 2013! – a celebration from noon to 5p.m. on Saturday, ...

Toledo, OH — The Toledo Zoo is reopening its African wild dog exhibit for the 2013 season with the arrival of two female animals: 3-year-old Shahia and her 2-year-old sister, Daisy, from Pittsburgh. A breeding male is expected to arrive later ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Owens Community College’s Environmental Club is encouraging area residents to bring their used electronic devices to the Toledo-area Campus in support of environmental awareness as the student group serves as ...

Toledo, Ohio- The Great Lakes Historical Society is pleased to announce the hiring of Anna M. Kolin as Development Director for the National Museum of the Great Lakes. Ms. Kolin brings more than a decade of non-profit and museum experience to GLHS, ...

(Released April 16, 2013) – Checking out a movie has never been easier! The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is announcing the launch ofMedia Box, a unique dispensing machine with a collection of some 1,000 CD/DVDs and Blu-Ray titles ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Area residents seeking to add some new life and color to their gardens and yards this spring are encouraged to attend the Landscape and Turfgrass Crew Club’s annual Spring Plant Sale at Owens Community ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Owens Community College’s Environmental Club is encouraging area residents to bring their used denim jeans, jackets and purses of any particular color to the Toledo-area and Findlay-area campuses in support of ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Owens Community College’s Environmental Club is encouraging area residents to bring their used denim jeans, jackets and purses of any particular color to the Toledo-area and Findlay-area campuses in support of ...

The Lucas County Foster Parent Association is holding its 13th annual Walk-a-Thon on May 11, 2013 at the Liz Pierson Shelter House at Ottawa Park. The shelter is located immediately across from The Toledo Hospital on Kenwood Boulevard. The ...

Sylvania Community Action Team will present “Standing Strong As A Parent”, an evening of parenting wisdom with nationally syndicated radio host, Dr. Ray Guarendi, on Wednesday, April 17th at Maplewood Elementary in Sylvania from 7 ...

Amplex Internet, a northwest Ohio-based Internet Service Provider, announce a re-vamped and re-energized website located at www.amplex.net. Site changes feature enhanced content and redesigned format to provide a better overall user experience and ...

April 29, 2013, Whiteford Valley Golf Club Preregistration Required. “Metropolitan Toledo is ranked first in the nation in terms of concentrated poverty,” said Elizabeth Tore, Executive Director of Family Promise of Greater Toledo. ...

Teenagers are at a crossroads ? especially in the spring where they find themselves enjoying prom and graduation parties ? facing widespread use and availability of drugs and alcohol. Every day, 2500 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for ...

More northwest Ohio garden centers this spring are teaming up with an Arizona-based biomedical research organization to fight pancreatic cancer through the sale of purple flowers, which symbolize the nation’s fourth leading cause of cancer ...

BOWLING GREEN, O.—“Leading the Way to Healthier Communities: How Leadership Can Strengthen Public Health” is the topic for the 14th annual Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health on April 4. Drs. Judy Jackson May and Patrick Pauken, ...

BOWLING GREEN, O. –– Bowling Green State University has joined forces with BEST Robotics Inc. to host for the first time this fall a robotics competition for area middle and high school students. An agreement between BGSU’s College ...

Toledo, OH – Two ring-tailed lemurs have been born at the Toledo Zoo. The mothers are 6-year-old twin sisters, Fresca and Fanta. Fresca’s baby was born on March 20, Fanta’s on March 27; the babies’ genders are not yet known. ...

On Tuesday, Arnie the Hammer, Arnold’s Home Improvement’s, mascot visited Dayspring Christian Preschool in Temperance, MI. One of Dayspring’s preschool teachers visited the Arnold’s Home Improvement’s booth at the ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Area high school seniors are invited to learn about Owens Community College’s many educational opportunities during a fun, music-themed event as the academic institution’s Toledo-area Campus serves as ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Area high school students and their families searching for that hard-to-find prom dress and accompanying accessories at minimal cost are invited to visit Owens Community College as the Raising Awareness Club and ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Owens Community College students will spend a night under the stars to raise homeless awareness as part of the academic institution’s eighth annual Sleep Out for the Homeless Tent City on Monday, April 8. ...

(Released March 26, 2013) – The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is pleased to announce its nature photography exhibit titled Masters & Favorites: The First 10 Years, on view now through Tuesday, April 30 in the Gallery of Main Library, ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio—Social media is becoming an essential component of many company’s business strategies. Erik Qualman, social media expert and best-selling author, is coming to Bowling Green State University on April 12, 2013 as part ...

Arnold’s Home Improvement was awarded honorable mention for their trade show booth at the Bedford Business Association’s 30th annual Trade Fair, March 16 and 17. Arnold’s is a 22-year-old home improvement and remodeling company ...

Three powerful authors – a Caribbean novelist and double PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction nominee, an American historian specializing in United States presidents and Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the final appearance, a Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

In recognition of March being Women’s History Month, Nirvana Now! is a principal in the development of a one-day event called the Women Of The World Symposium. W.O.W. is a collaborative effort of women-owned businesses and women-focused ...

Plant Purple Grow Hope is a partnership with the Maumee Valley Growers to raise awareness and funding for Pancreatic Cancer Research. From May 1- June 30th participating Garden Centers will make a donation based on a portion of the sales of ...

International Natural Hair Meetup Day (Toledo, OH) 2013 is presented by Natural Girls Rock! Let's Connect! Join naturals from Toledo and surrounding areas and share your trials, triumphs, hair care secrets and personal experiences! A Q & A ...