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76 pumpkins donated from Monroe County inmate garden to local shelter, community center
MONROE COUNTY, Mich — The Monroe County inmate garden harvested and donated pumpkins to give to local organizations. According to the Monroe County Sheriff, a total of 76 pumpkins were produced. On Oct. 11, corrections officers delivered 20 pumpkins to the Salvation Army and 56 to the Arthur Leslow Community Center.
To the editor: Toledo is on right path, so keep moving
I recently met with some members of Toledo City Council and community leaders and was asked how I felt about the city and its future. I can honestly say the city is in a good spot. Millions of dollars were invested into the city’s parks, something that hasn’t been done in decades. There can be criticism in terms of how many parks the city has responsibility for. The current mayor talked about giving the Metroparks some properties to maintain during his first run. That hasn’t happened. But for the most part the city has been able to keep up with maintenance of the parks. The return on investment is that the neighborhoods have something to be proud of, engagement among residents is increasing, and most of all, it gives our youth a place to do positive. Submit a letter to the editor Crime is down. Statistics don’t lie. The officers that walk the beat will tell you crime is down. The city tackled blight like never before. I have firsthand experience of that.
TPS Superintendent Romules Durant named 2024 Urban Educator of the Year
Romules Durant, superintendent of Toledo Public Schools, received recognition as the 2024 Urban Educator of the Year at the Council of the Great City Schools’ 68th annual fall conference in Dallas. Urban school leaders applauded Mr. Durant during the Council’s 35th annual Green-Garner Award Banquet Thursday night, where he received the prestigious leadership award. “Romules Durant has been a transformational leader and a tireless advocate for students in Toledo Public Schools to become college and career-ready graduates,” said council Executive Director Ray Hart. “His vision, determination, and passion for excellence and his 11 years of steady leadership in the district has shown all of us in urban education what is possible. Our sincere congratulations to Romules and Toledo.” Five big-city school superintendents competed for the nation’s highest honor in urban education leadership, recognizing, in alternating years, an outstanding superintendent and school board member from 78 of the largest urban public school systems in the country.
Local history, genealogy programs planned in Monroe County
MONROE COUNTY — Three local history events are approaching. The first is Oct. 21. Genealogical workshop A genealogical workshop, hosted by the Nancy DeGraff Toll Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will take place at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 21 at the Ellis Library & Reference Center, 3700 S. Custer Road in Monroe. ...
Previously unreleased music by Art Tatum to be debuted at Kent Branch Library
TOLEDO, Ohio — Previously unreleased music by Toledo Jazz artist Art Tatum will make its debut during a special event on Saturday. The Toledo Library said in a press release it would host a listening session and discussion of Tatum's performances in "Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings". Nearly three hours of previously unreleased recordings are contained on the album.
Standard and Poor's upgrades Toledo's bond rating
Standard and Poor’s has raised the city of Toledo’s bond rating, the first upgrade in more than 14 years. The bond rating went from A- to A with a stable outlook. In addition, Moody’s has affirmed the city’s A2 rating and improved its outlook from stable to positive. With the last upgrade in 2010, Moody’s raised Toledo’s rating from Baa1 to A2. However, S&P simultaneously downgraded the city from A to A-. For more than a decade, Toledo’s bond ratings remained unchanged. “It is normal to have no change in the bond rating,” Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said. “So this is an historic moment for the city. It means taxpayers of Toledo will save millions of dollars when we pay back the debt we owe on some of our major projects.”
Toledo men's basketball is back in a familiar place
The 2024 offseason for the University of Toledo men’s basketball program was the same as the previous three. The Rockets said goodbye to several starters in the transfer portal, replenished the roster via the same mechanism, and, once again, they might be the best team in the Mid-American Conference. “I like this team,” coach Tod Kowalczyk said. “A little worried about some chemistry things regarding rotations and who’s going to get playing time, but we are deep. We may have some guys that may not play as much as they would like. Overall, it’s a team that has a chance to grow and get better and be very good.” Toledo is coming off its fourth consecutive outright MAC championship and its sixth 20-win season in seven years. The transfer portal losses, however, were significant. The team’s three leading scorers — Dante Maddox, Jr., Ra’Heim Moss, and Tyler Cochran — decamped for Xavier, Oregon, and Minnesota, respectively.
Week 8 scouting report: Toledo football at Northern Illinois
A road trip to Northern Illinois is the last place a football team wants to travel after a road trip to Buffalo. Especially if it's following a loss. But that's what's next on Toledo's slate. A 6-2 team might slip into Detroit for the Mid-American Conference championship game considering the chaos that's already unfolded in the first two full weeks of conference games. Not that Jason Candle is even giving it a thought.
Talk About Woodville: Recycling bins filling up fast
Sometimes I feel like it’s one of Woodville’s best-kept secrets. And other times, judging by how full they are, I swear at least two-thirds of Woodville residents are well aware of the seven “Aim to Be Green” recycling containers located at the Woodville Township garage. Curbside recycling has been available to Woodville residents for years. First, by attaching red recycling tags to trash bags when Buckeye Sanitation collected trash in the village, and now, with dedicated recycling...
Role playing: Complex characters enliven beloved Italian opera
Audiences have been known to boo baritone Corey Crider. “They love it when I die,” he said of the audience. Crider seems affable, yet sometimes, people say, he can be a villain with no redeeming qualities. That is when he portrays Baron Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at the Valentine Theatre Oct. 18 and 20. He’s the character who lusts after the titular character, Floria Tosca, and is the main reason she and her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, can be together only in death.
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