Hasbro’s announcement this week about Mr. Potato Head was quickly sliced and diced. Days later, the toymaker is still getting mashed and roasted on social media.
The Blizzard of 1978 spoiled me. Two weeks of below-zero temperatures, arctic wind and somewhere between a buttload and a metric ton of snow was a dream for northeastern Ohio kids.
“I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
It’s time for New Year’s resolutions. Most of us do them, but within three to six weeks we abandon them. I’ve done that for years.
In the mid-1970s, there were strong rumblings that U.S. Steel was considering putting a steel mill in Conneaut. Each day the rumors grew stronger.
Sunday marks 40 days and 40 nights wrongly wasted by President Trump and his allies in an attempt to subvert the will of the people, cancel the results of the presidential election, and keep him in power.
The reader wanted to know why his letter to the editor had not yet appeared in the newspaper.
Thanksgiving dinner was all done except for the brown-and-serve dinner rolls.
We’re getting ready for that dastardly four-letter word.
I’m going to guess it was 10 or 15 years ago, but my timeline could be off by a little.
Tonight, The Star Beacon election forum will be live on the Star Beacon’s Facebook page, giving voters a chance to hear from candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. The event is being done for the very first time and should be insightful and educational.
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STREETSBORO — This was not a good year for area runners seeking to run the Boston Marathon.
Once again, Rolling Stone has come out with its updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
My Grandpa Stack, being a farmer in his younger days, loved going to the Ashtabula County Fair every summer. Since I was around eight years old, he and my grandma would take me and two or three grandkids to the fair.
I am not a doctor. Nor do I play one on TV.
There is no arena more parochial than high school sports.
The Princess — also known as Erin Alexa Puskas — graduates from college in exactly a week.
Because the United States’ unrivaled resources of human and physical capital have only been idled, not obliterated, the recovery might begin with a bang, propelled by a burst of pent-up animal spirits. The recovery could, however, be unnecessarily anemic, for two reasons.
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It has been just over a week since an attempt to do something good ... took an odd turn.
I was going to write a column about finding joy in the simple things, about the importance of staying calm during the Age of Coronavirus, about how when you can’t do anything else, you can sing.
In addition to the truly grave aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a first-world problem that parents all over America are facing — along with looking for a creative and non-abrasive substitute for toilet paper — is how to keep their children wholesomely occupied while schools are closed. This…
During my more than 25 years as Geauga County Prosecutor, I encountered my fair share of terrible crimes, but few haunt me more than those of sexual violence.
It used to be time to make the donuts. Now it’s time to throw them, especially when our coffee order isn’t right.
If there’s one lesson I’ve learned since being sent to represent the people of Northeast Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, it’s that Washington is often filled with excuses.
There are currently a couple of commercials for a luxury vehicle in which a woman arrives home — ostensibly after a tough day — only to confront some form of chaos happening there.
What a great holiday season it is.
Oh swell. The Republican Senate’s so-called “moderates,” who combine big talk with little action and fuse noble rhetoric with hapless inertia, appear to be readying themselves for another year of deeming certain Trump desecrations as “unhelpful” or “unwise.”
Impeachment is on the brain, and it would seem to the exclusion of everything else. But we had better make room for the Iraqi people. At the start of the month, Chaldean archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil visited New York and spoke at the United Nations Security Council about the situation in …
Two movies and a thought….
FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATED: 11/27/2019 GENE LYONS by Gene Lyons IN THE WINTER OF JESSE'S LIFE (EDITORS: A photo of Jesse is available to accompany this column. Download it from our server or email amsclients@amuniversal.com.) ** ** ** As winter approaches, I …
Apple-converted-space It is easy to give thanks when things are going well. It is harder to do so when life has dealt us difficult, demanding, and depressing situations. But just as a smooth sea never made a good sailor, the most genuine expressions of thankfulness are created in the cruci…
With festive turkey-based feasts fast approaching, and having just re-watched a classic Thanksgiving-themed Steve Martin video, I thought it appropriate that I share a few of the things for which I am thankful. I apologize if the list is too predictable and schmaltzy, but please bear with me.
Another month, another Democratic presidential debate. It’s getting to where one anticipates these dreary, made-for-TV spectacles as one looks forward to a root canal.
The clear loser of the Democratic primary is “Medicare for All.”
CNN’s media correspondent Brian Stelter recently unleashed his frustration when a 10-year-old tweet set off a firestorm.
What’s the best car on the road? One that’s paid off.
Why was I recently sighted running around wearing an apron, a shawl, a 1940’s-era ladies hat, large sunglasses and a pair of practical shoes?
Before Delightful Granddaughter got her wisdom teeth removed last week, I wondered why they were called wisdom teeth.
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Since the Big Ten decided to start playing a handful of games on Friday night starting in 2017, the Ohio State Buckeyes had been spared — until this year.
Faithful readers will recall I am teaching my delightful granddaughter to drive and it’s driving me crazy.
I went to my first barn wedding last weekend. It was a beautiful wedding and reception, but I came away believing Millennials are a bit confused about what exactly is a barn.
It was the end of a typical day at Jefferson Area High School; the sun was shining, the marching band was practicing, the buses were waiting and nothing could dampen Delightful Granddaughter’s mood. That is until she saw Principal Jeremy Huber walking to a lone vehicle parked in the wrong pl…
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CONNEAUT [emdash] Patricia Cotton, 80, died 2/26/2021. Funeral services, March 1, 7:00P.M., Conneaut Church of Christ, 448 W. Main Rd., Conneaut, calling hours at church 5PM-7PM. Livestreaming via the church Facebook page and YouTube at https://youtu.be/RRP0Eg7hbGE www.thompsonsmithnesbitt.com.
ERIE [emdash] Paul John DiNickle, 76, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2021 at the Abington Crest Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Erie, PA. He was born on October 5, 1944 in Ashtabula the son of John F. and Dorothy M. (Champlin) DiNickle. Paul was employed by the Red Barn Resta…
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