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Toledo Zoo rescues endangered species
TOLEDO, Ohio — Eight Tasmanian Devils have been transported to the Toledo Zoo from Tasmania in hopes to help save the endangered species. In 2003, the Tasmanian Government created the Save The Tasmanian Devil Program to help the declining numbers of the animal due to Devil Facial Tumor Disease, a fatal cancer. In the program, the Tasmanian Government has accepted donations for research, aimed to reduce roadkill and collaborated with zoos in order to grow the population.
Channel 13's Diane Larson announces her retirement
A face familiar to TV viewers in Toledo is retiring after a 40-year career in broadcast journalism. Diane Larson announced her retirement from 13 Action News in a WTVG story posted late Wednesday afternoon. “This was the hardest, easiest decision I’ve ever made. The timing feels right,” Ms. Larson said in the article about her retirement. “I’ll be forever grateful for my bosses and co-workers who supported me and pretty much let me orchestrate my retirement. But I’m mostly grateful for the people who’ve trusted me to tell their stories for nearly half a century and the viewers who trusted me to tell them the news.” Ms. Larson anchors the noon news and co-anchors Action News at Five and Six with Lee Conklin.
Verdi opens Detroit Opera season with traditional option
As the Toledo Opera rolls out its new season with a traditional performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, about 60 miles up I-75 North, the Detroit Opera opens its season. And for fans who like a traditional take, says Jennifer Melick, the Detroit Opera’s communications and media relations manager, they should travel to the Motor City to see its version of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata before the other productions take a few liberties with Georg Friedrich Handel’s Rinaldo, or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. The season ends with Central Park Five, which made its debut in 2019. “For the people that want something a little more traditional, this is the show for them, for sure,” Melick said. “The winter and spring opera season will be more of what you might expect from the company, our identity.” That means the Detroit Opera isn’t afraid to shake the dust off the oldies, those mainstream productions of Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.
Special Events: Search for braaaains at Imagination Station's Science After Dark: Zombies
Join the Toledo Ghost Hunters Society as they discuss various paranormal investigations around the Glass City on Saturday at 2:30 at the West Toledo Branch Library, located at 1320 Sylvania Ave. Admission is free, but registration is required. Ages 18+. For more information, visit toledolibrary.org. ■ Come to Sylvania for great autumn fun at the Sylvania Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday in the downtown area. For nearly 40 years, the Sylvania fall fest has been the place to enjoy music, arts and crafts, food, and games. Saturday runs from 4 to 10 p.m. and Sunday runs from 10 a.m. to...
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