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Adena Lions will present annual cantata on Sunday

Living December 7, 2024

ADENA — The Adena Lions Club is excited to announce its annual Christmas cantata, “Appalachian Winter,” to be held Sunday, Dec. 8. There will be two presentations: one at 2 p.m. at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Adena, 226 Hanna Ave., and another at 7 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 123 Union St. Composed by Joseph M. Martin, “Appalachian Winter” is a collection of traditional American Christmas songs. It includes well-known carols like “Away in a Manger” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” along with spirituals like “Go, Tell It on the Mountain.” The ...

Boutique opens in Shadyside

Living December 7, 2024

SHADYSIDE — The 2 Sisters Boutique is now open in Shadyside next to the Shadyside Flower Shop. The boutique opened in late November with Bobbi Jo Kinemond and Missy Duffy as the owners. Kinemond owns the flower shop on one side of the store building, but the sisters decided to open a ...

Bellaire organization to collect food for Salvation Army for Christmas season

Living December 7, 2024

BELLAIRE — People can donate food To Capes & Tiaras Fantasy Birthday Parties and Banquet Hall this holiday season to help local families have food for Christmas. Capes & Tiaras is having a Christmas food drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and again from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday. People can ...

Holiday Open House Marketplace continues Dec. 7 in Mount Pleasant

Living December 7, 2024

MOUNT PLEASANT — As people look for gifts that are a little out of the ordinary, they should consider the Historic District of Mount Pleasant during the Christmas Open House and Marketplace this weekend. On Saturday, Dec. 7, visitors will find the village bustling as people visit the ...

Ditch cloying casserole for tahini-roasted sweet potatoes

Living November 30, 2024

The classic American-style sweet potato casserole is a Thanksgiving staple. It’s also sweet enough to be dessert. With added sugar and a finishing layer of broiled marshmallows, it can be a cloying dish that obscures the natural flavor of sweet potatoes. In this recipe from our cookbook ...

Some of those cranberries come from a bog in Massachusetts

Living November 30, 2024

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Weeks before Thanksgiving, some of the cranberries that will be on dinner plates Thursday were floating on the Rocky Meadow bog in Massachusetts. The cranberries have turned this pond pinkish crimson. Several workers, up to their waist in water, gently corral the ...