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News of the past 30 days...

  • [27-05-2012] Bob Dyer: Historic Mount Hope Cemetery losing hope
    People die.Sometimes their cemeteries do, too.Bob Heilman is “working my butt off out here” trying to prevent 146-year-old Mount Hope Cemetery in South Akron from going the way of Atlantis.But it’s a struggle, and...

  • [24-05-2012] Bob Dyer: How many police officers does it take to calm grandmother?
    Now, we need to establish right up front that I’m not advocating rude behavior by little old ladies.Or, for that matter, by anyone else.We should not become loud and obstinate in public, even if we are provoked. Being loud and...

  • [22-05-2012] Bob Dyer: Lively death notices a treat
    The vast majority of people who purchase death notices to document the passing of their loved ones subscribe to the Jack Webb School of Communication: “Just the facts, ma’am.”But on occasion, survivors choose to...

  • [20-05-2012] Bob Dyer: New texting law way too wimpy
    I will never figure out what most of those people are thinking in that stately building in Columbus where our laws are created.Even after waiting until 43 other states had passed some type of law against texting while driving, the...

  • [17-05-2012] Bob Dyer: Some signs just aren’t worth the letters
    Barberton’s YMCA is looking for a lifeguard and has posted a “help wanted” ad on the main sign in front of its handsome brick building on Hopocan Avenue.Among the job requirements:“Must be able to swim.”Ya...

  • [15-05-2012] Bob Dyer: Mogadore’s favorite son back to work after controversy
    MOGADORE:This is not a one-way relationship, this small-town love affair.The people who exchange “high- fives” with Ritchie Stefan get just as big a kick out of it as he does. Every time.If Ritchie knows your name,...

  • [13-05-2012] Bob Dyer: Reader horrified by turn of phrase
    Happy Day for People Who are Mothers.I almost wrote “Happy Mother’s Day,” but that would have been offensive, because I neglected to note that mothers are, first and foremost, people, just like you and me.I have come to...

  • [10-05-2012] Bob Dyer: ODOT finally concedes signs aren’t working
    It’s always nice to get confirmation that you are not, in fact, losing your mind.Fortunately, plenty of readers have been seeing the same thing I have. And now — finally — the Ohio Department of Transportation has...

  • [06-05-2012] Sparks fly over Keegan autism center
    For the past year, friends and acquaintances of Barb Hudak have expressed shock when they discover she is no longer associated with the Robert J. Keegan Family Center for Autism.The Copley organization was her passion, a way not only to...

  • [03-05-2012] Bob Dyer: A little travelin’ music, if you please
    Our travel writer, Bob Downing (no relation, even though his phone calls keep coming to me), received an email the other day that began as follows:“Since you report on travel, airlines or hotels, I thought you may...