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Step into a human-sized version of Candy Land at Lake Metroparks’ Penitentiary Glen Reservation
The classic board game Candy Land—which debuted in 1948, instantly becoming Milton Bradley’s bestselling game—is surprisingly relevant for today’s times. There’s virtually no stressful strategy or pesky decisions to be bothered with. Players simply pull a card and move where it tells them to discover enchanted places. For...
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Students from Willoughby-Eastlake Schools have teamed up with area senior citizens to find common ground and help each other in innovative, resourceful ways
At Willoughby-Eastlake Schools, the level of outreach efforts to connect students with senior citizens is multi-tiered, creative and impressive. “Fostering connections with our senior citizens in the community is important,” says Superintendent Dr. Patrick Ward. “It helps us preserve the rich legacy of the district while also gaining...
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Now is your last chance to schedule a gutter cleaning before the leaves in your gutters become a frozen mass of debris
Fall is beautiful here in Northeast Ohio. Cool mornings and warm afternoons, sweaters and hayrides, the blaze of reds, oranges and yellows as the trees prepare for their annual leaf drop. But leaves don’t fall into neat, little piles. Instead, they find their way into your gutters. If you don’t clean this fall debris from your gutters...
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Look for Mother Nature to paint a glorious autumn picture soon at Lake Metroparks, with peak leaf viewing the second week of October
While the first hint of “sweater weather” might have you diving into your closet for suede boots or cozy cashmere, it makes Mimi take wistful pause to honor and appreciate the change. Like all things in life, fall comes with an endgame. According to the 2023 Fall Foliage Prediction Map, peak leaf viewing in Lake County will be the second...
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Students at Willoughby-Eastlake Schools’ North and South High Schools are tapping into their reasoning and math operations skills in an inventive new math course
Hate to burst your collective bubble, darlings, but according to historians, the apple never fell on Galileo’s head to force him to “discover” gravity. He did, however, take note of falling apples that led to his aha moment of understanding weight, force and motion—tapping into heightened reasoning and problem-solving skills. At...
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