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Registration for Shaw JCC summer membership and Camp JCC are in full swing

Summer membership at the Shaw JCC might be the best decision you’ll make for your family. Not only will you enjoy the outdoor pool, but summer members also have access to the entire JCC facility and everything that entails. “For summer members, it’s a great time to try out the fitness center, some of the more than 60 group classes,...

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SOGO Homes has taken the traditional real estate brokerage model and flipped it

When Aaron Peterson founded SOGO Homes, a new real estate brokerage in Northeast Ohio, he was on a mission to not only help homeowners, but also people in the community. SOGO Homes—an acronym for Sell One, Give One—donates a portion of the real estate commission for each house sold to help single moms in Northeast Ohio achieve...

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The Rotary Club of Burton Middlefield will once again host its Maple Splash Festival on Saturday, July 13

The list of individuals and organizations that benefit from the support of the Rotary Club of Burton Middlefield (RBM) is long and varied. The RBM is holding its fifth annual Maple Splash Raffle on Saturday, July 13, on the grounds of the Century Village Museum in Burton. The event raises the funds the RBM uses to help non-profit service...

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From the music of Rascal Flatts to Billy Joel to Taylor Swift, a free concert series is launching in Green

One of the City of Green’s top amenities is Central Park, which features the Community Hall, a gaga ball pit, a 1-mile walking trail, three ponds, a playground, a splash pad, and, of course, the amphitheater. But since the pandemic, there has not been an organized, concentrated effort to invite people to the amphitheater. That’s changing...

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A Final Thought: A ChatGPT Spring

I did it. I finally did what lazy writers have been doing for months now. I asked ChatGPT to write my column for me. I’m ashamed and embarrassed (my mother raised me better), but also fascinated. I asked the OpenAI system to write a 600-word essay about spring in Northeast Ohio. Two seconds later, here is the opening paragraph of the first...

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