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Facade grant helps Maumee businesses, but not everyone is a fan
Keeping up with an almost 200-year-old building is a tough job. Gretchen Fayerweather, who owns Clara J’s Tea Room, 219 W. Wayne St., with her husband John Polkinghorn, said they are grateful for a $60,000 facade grant from the city of Maumee. The grant will be used toward replacing the ramp, windows, and awnings of the 1837 building. Ms. Fayerweather said they are also expanding the kitchen and removing concrete board on the exterior, refurbishing it with original wood siding and painting. The grant is imperative to the improvements, she said.
TPS Next Step program helps students make plans for their future
Jamya Martin, a sixth grader at Grove Patterson Academy, was busily working on braiding hair on a mannequin head. “I really don’t know what I am doing here, but it is fun,” Jamya said. “I want to go into cosmetology. My mom does hair so I learned a lot from her. I am thinking I will do nails. I already have my own table where I do acrylic nails.” Jamya and thousands of other Toledo Public Schools students were able to explore career and post-secondary education opportunities during the district’s Next Step event at Glass City Center. The three-day event that ended Thursday is TPS’ largest college and career event of the year.
To the editor: Undecided electorate conundrum
A recent Blade editorial cartoon showed a restaurant scene of an undecided voter saying, “Tough choice: Should I get the chicken or the soup bowl full of raw sewage?” Seems to me that this is a spot-on example of the ridiculous, asinine pretense of a so-called undecided voter. What would it take to solidify the choice? Rather than guessing, why not as the opinion of people who might actually know — the people who were in the room where it happened? The people the executive personally selected as his advisers. Submit a letter to the editor
Friendly neighborhood political feud driven by years long friendship
ROSSFORD, Ohio — Election season can do strange things to people. WTOL 11 checked-in with a pair of Rossford next-door neighbors, who had dueling signs during the Trump-Biden election and said they've been friendly fighting for years. This presidential election season they're at it again, and said they wouldn't have it any other way.
Special Events: Blitzen beer returns to Toledo with release party
To Toledo beer drinkers, nothing says fall like the arrival of Blitzen Ale, courtesy of Maumee Bay Brewing Company. Come down on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. for the Blitzen Release Party. Enjoy great food, live music, and a special visit from a live reindeer from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Blitzen is infused with a blend of spices, including cinnamon and orange peel. Admission is free and kids are welcome. Maumee Bay Brewing Company is located at 27 Broadway St. ■ It’s an evening of bloody horror and good drink over at Benfield Wines at 102 N. Main St....
Heart of the Rivalry: Episode 6, Moving the Goal Posts
Heart of the Rivalry is a new Blade-produced YouTube series and podcast that is available on all major platforms. The weekly college football show is led by The Blade’s sports columnist, David Briggs, and co-host/producer Phil Kaplan. This week our hosts discuss the logistical challenges and practical applications of moving goalposts, and why they must end up in water if disturbed.
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