Press Releases - Community Interest

Last Saturday, Lourdes’ Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center was glowing with the more than 530 guests who came out to celebrate higher education and raise funds for student scholarships. Honorary Chairs Susan and Allan Block, and Lourdes ...

Northwest Ohio community members and Bowling Green State University students will have the opportunity to learn from strong females in leadership roles throughout Ohio at “Women in Leadership: Becoming a Women of Influence.” The sold-out ...

Bowling Green State University faculty and alumni have helped put Toledo “on the map” as it were, and the public can read about their International Design Award-winning efforts in the March issue of HOW magazine.The “You Are ...

Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts will offer its annual Summer Music Institute program for junior high and high school students from June 16 through July 3.The Summer Music Institute at BGSU, “Where Music Takes ...

Witness to HungerJune 28–Aug. 9, Community GalleryThis photographic exhibition illuminates the often unseen stories of those who experience hunger on a daily basis. Community members were led through a series of workshops on how fine art and ...

The Great Lakes Historical Society’s Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center (GLHS’s PLESRC) and the Maritime Archaeological Survey Team (MAST) will present the 2013 GLHS/MAST Nautical Archaeology Workshop and Training will take ...

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is inviting you to put on your dancing shoes and clothes for a fun family program titled Dance! Dance! Dance! scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 4 in the Wintergarden of Main Library, 325 Michigan ...

Toledo, Ohio— Despite how very hard moms work, they like to have fun, too. This year, on Sunday, May 12, celebrate your marvelous mom with a day at your Toledo Zoo.All moms receive free Zoo admission when accompanied by one or more children ...

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – The Owens Community College Alpha Omega Pi Student Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society is encouraging area residents to help in the fight against hunger by donating a canned good as part of an ...

(Released April 22, 2013) – Do you have 19th Century family photos that are hard to date? Are you interested in photography? Love old photographs? The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s Local History and Genealogy department invites ...

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 ...