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Waterville officials have stood by the councilmen who have a recall effort against them. A group of residents have kept pushing it since late last year.
“There are a lot of people that are willing to help because they want to save our city.”
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The mural painted by St. Ursula Academy students featured a blue sky with several buildings on Collingwood Boulevard, where the emergency food pantry resides. 🎨
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I've been getting a lot more of the pushy "HEY DID YOU SEE MY EMAIL ABOUT THE VAGUE PITCH FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T COVER IN A CITY YOU DON'T LIVE IN" emails lately.
Are PR folks doing OK?
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Good news, everyone. Pitching In -- my podcast with -- is now available on iTunes and plenty of popular places to get podcasts. Here's the latest episode, which we recorded last night:
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Amazon is scheduled to air the NFL's first-ever Black Friday game this upcoming season on Prime Video.
And now they have announced that it will be free to stream.
So get ready to be bombarded with Amazon ads, and do all your shopping from home.
Pretty smart move by them.
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Safelite Auto Glass Bowl
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Alright, Toledo’s shopping naming rights to the Glass Bowl. Suggestions, Rockets fans? Everyone else, wrong answers only. twitter.com/kylerowland/st…
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In reversal, Biden weighs detaining migrant families
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The Glass Bowl has been home to UT football since 1937. The stadium has a seating capacity of over 26,000, including 45 private suites and 300 club seats
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Gannett has shed nearly half its workforce since GateHouse merger in 2019
- More than 10,000 jobs cut in less than four years
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Toledo's Tricia Cullop is the MAC coach of the year and UT guard Quinesha Lockett is the MAC player of the year.
This is the fifth time Cullop has earned coach of the year honors. Lockett is the sixth Rocket to be named player of the year and first since Kim Knuth in 1998-99.
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To prevent robberies, “we are putting out a clear call to all of our shops, do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask,” Mayor Eric Adams of New York City said.
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What are your top strategies for hitting a deadline? 12 fast writing strategies from
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Excellent advice -- and perhaps the Golden Rule of Writing -- from James Poniewozik:
"Write for your reader the way you would want somebody to write to you."
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News: SiriusXM is cutting 475 jobs, or 8% of its workforce. The memo from CEO Jennifer Witz:
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The hazards of living next to a golf course: "We are constantly thinking about the next golf ball that's going to hit." This couple sued the country club a year after moving into their home that sits next to the golf course.
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I remain profoundly suspicious of people who sort books by color.
How to organize your books, according to people with thousands of them
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Northwest Ohio home sales are down 23 percent compared to last January.
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Final: Toledo 87, Ball State 81.
Rockets win their third consecutive outright MAC championship, joining Cincinnati (1940s and 50) as the only MAC programs to do so.
RayJ Dennis -- the presumptive MAC player of the year-- finishes with a career-high 32 points.
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BLADE ALERT: McLaren St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee is closing, its board of directors announced in a statement Friday.
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Approaching weather is prompting a winter storm watch for Bryan, Montpelier, Edgerton, Wauseon, Archbold, Swanton, and Delta.
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Briggs: Surprise, surprise, MAC football schedule is huge slap in northwest Ohio's face toledoblade.com/sports/college via
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If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down…even if you feel the friendship has run its course.
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I don’t feel lonely. I just want a fast lane for people who aren’t ordering magical breakfast milkshakes.
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Black-coffee drinkers feel lonely. At Starbucks, 80% of customers gum up their drinks with milk, sweetener, syrups or other stuff. on.wsj.com/3KFuTrx
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There are two kinds of truth. The kind that comes from darkness, gets bent and manipulated for someone's self-interest, and the kind you carry inside and know is real. #boschtv
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"I know in my heart of hearts that, at this point, that it’s no longer our home." East Palestine provided the life this Cranberry Township family always wanted. Now, they fear it's gone forever. post-gazette.com/news/health/20 via
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Anybody know how I can contact this writer and encourage him to move to Substack? His website seems really outdated
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The Lake school district said it learned Sunday afternoon about the arrest. The coach had just completed his first week as an assistant track coach.
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And, right or wrong, we have another sad story of kids paying the price for the actions and decisions of adults. toledoblade.com/sports/high-sc via
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Our final editions print tonight.
There’s a theme: We will continue to deliver high-quality journalism in #Huntsville, #Birmingham and #Mobile.
Inside the pages, we introduce you to our more than 100 Alabama-based journalists who already do just that everyday in digital.
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The Mississippi Capitol Police has shot 4 people since August with little public explanation — a toll that has alarmed some residents as the state seeks to expand the once-obscure agency’s power.
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Chicago is the latest Democratic stronghold where public safety has become a top election issue. Some of the Democrats running for mayor in Tuesday's election are using the kind of tough-on-crime strategy that Republicans have relied on for years.
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A realtor wanted me to hire him to sell my house. He showed up with a comp comparison for a different home. Not inspiring confidence.
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Driverless vehicles is the future that is still a long way off.
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Pittsburgh driverless truck startup Locomation to close post-gazette.com/business/tech- by @kmamula1