http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:30:35 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/05/powell-wishing-everyone-a-joyous-easter-sunday/stories/20260405048 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/05/powell-wishing-everyone-a-joyous-easter-sunday/stories/20260405048#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/05/powell-wishing-everyone-a-joyous-easter-sunday/stories/20260405048 Wishing everyone a joyous Easter Sunday, such a special day. Maui artist Douglas Chung painted this watercolor of the Lahaina United Methodist Church, which was destroyed by fire two years ago. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/01/plan-it-calendar-4-2-4-8/stories/20260317093 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/01/plan-it-calendar-4-2-4-8/stories/20260317093#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:16:01 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/04/01/plan-it-calendar-4-2-4-8/stories/20260317093 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/29/powell-turning-a-passion-for-pets-into-a-profession/stories/20260329035 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/29/powell-turning-a-passion-for-pets-into-a-profession/stories/20260329035#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/29/powell-turning-a-passion-for-pets-into-a-profession/stories/20260329035 Erianna Sherrod’s love of animals — beginning with a pet hamster named Layla — has blossomed into a thriving business. Name any town or neighborhood in northwest Ohio, and chances are she has cared for dogs or cats belonging to clients who trust her with their precious furry friends. Erianna with one of her furry friends. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/25/plan-it-calendar-3-26-4-1/stories/20260311098 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/25/plan-it-calendar-3-26-4-1/stories/20260311098#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:28:04 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/25/plan-it-calendar-3-26-4-1/stories/20260311098 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. Shoppers browse at the Spring Crafters’ Showcase at Tam-O-Shanter. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/22/powell-reminiscing-on-life-at-the-blade/stories/20260322043 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/22/powell-reminiscing-on-life-at-the-blade/stories/20260322043#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/22/powell-reminiscing-on-life-at-the-blade/stories/20260322043 It was a long bus ride and a long walk until I arrived at the Blade building with the big doors. It was then that fear overcame me, and I walked around the block instead of gathering the courage to open the big door for what Mother called a great opportunity. An aerial view from a drone of The Blade building at sunset in Toledo on March 2. In 1956, Mary Alice Powell, Blade Food Editor. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/18/plan-it-calendar-3-19-3-25/stories/20260302095 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/18/plan-it-calendar-3-19-3-25/stories/20260302095#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:37:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/18/plan-it-calendar-3-19-3-25/stories/20260302095 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. University of Toledo students throw colored powder on each other to celebrate Holi at UT’s Centennial Mall in Toledo on April 18, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/15/powell-irish-immigrant-patrick-maguire-celebrates-heritage/stories/20260309091 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/15/powell-irish-immigrant-patrick-maguire-celebrates-heritage/stories/20260309091#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/15/powell-irish-immigrant-patrick-maguire-celebrates-heritage/stories/20260309091 Patrick Maguire. In this 2004 file photo, Patrick Maguire, president of the Michigan chapter of the Ancient Order of Hiberians in America, was a key person in getting the monument to the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845 built in Irish Hills, Mich. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/11/plan-it-calendar-3-12-3-18/stories/20260224079 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/11/plan-it-calendar-3-12-3-18/stories/20260224079#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:33:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/11/plan-it-calendar-3-12-3-18/stories/20260224079 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. The Stone Crusher monster truck races during Monster Jam practice at the Huntington Center on March 15, 2024 in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/08/powell-springing-forward-into-gardening-season/stories/20260303023 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/08/powell-springing-forward-into-gardening-season/stories/20260303023#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/08/powell-springing-forward-into-gardening-season/stories/20260303023 Today begins Daylight Saving Time. I hope you remembered to set your clocks ahead. It’s such a welcome date on the calendar. Although it comes every year, it feels especially welcome this time, on the heels of a very cold winter. Hope­fully, this year's crop of zin­nias will be as pretty as they were last year. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/05/cheers-toledo-glass-city-wine-festival-returns-for-its-17th-year/stories/20260305007 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/05/cheers-toledo-glass-city-wine-festival-returns-for-its-17th-year/stories/20260305007#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:36:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/05/cheers-toledo-glass-city-wine-festival-returns-for-its-17th-year/stories/20260305007 The last event Eddie and Beth McDonald will attend before retirement is the Glass City Wine Festival on Saturday. Stacy Davis drinks a glass of wine during the Glass City Wine Festival at the Glass City Center in 2025 in Toledo. Kent and Connie Eichenauer, owners of Dragonfly Vineyard and Wine Cellar in Urbana, Ohio. An aerial view of Hanover Winery in Hamilton, Ohio. Owners Eddie and Beth McDonald of Hanover Winery stand in the barrel room of the winery. A vendor pours a glass of wine during the Glass City Wine Festival at the Glass City Center March 1, 2025 in Toledo. An attendee paints a wine glass on canvas during the Glass City Wine Festival at the Glass City Center in 2025 in Toledo. A vendor pours a glass of wine during the Glass City Wine Festival at the Glass City Center in 2025 in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/04/plan-it-calendar-3-5-3-11/stories/20260205119 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/04/plan-it-calendar-3-5-3-11/stories/20260205119#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:28:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/04/plan-it-calendar-3-5-3-11/stories/20260205119 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. Sylvania resident Henry Fairchild, 5, gets a closer look at one o the model train sets during the Greater Toledo Train and Toy Show at Owens Community College in Perrysburg on March 10, 2024. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/01/powell-friendship-pierogis-and-a-border-collie/stories/20260228005 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/01/powell-friendship-pierogis-and-a-border-collie/stories/20260228005#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/03/01/powell-friendship-pierogis-and-a-border-collie/stories/20260228005 There are many kinds of friendship gifts and many different reasons to give them. Darlelne Lipinski Nowak and Kip, her border collie. Pierogies sizzling in butter. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/26/special-events-the-naked-magicians-to-bare-it-all-at-the-valentine-theatre/stories/20260226012 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/26/special-events-the-naked-magicians-to-bare-it-all-at-the-valentine-theatre/stories/20260226012#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:38:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/26/special-events-the-naked-magicians-to-bare-it-all-at-the-valentine-theatre/stories/20260226012 The name says it all: The Naked Magicians. Valentine Theatre. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/25/plan-it-calendar-2-26-3-4/stories/20260130116 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/25/plan-it-calendar-2-26-3-4/stories/20260130116#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:34:48 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/25/plan-it-calendar-2-26-3-4/stories/20260130116 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. Acoustics for Autism founder Nicole Khoury belting out a song while performing with her group, Arctic Clam, during the 2024 Acoustics for Autism. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/22/ask-the-vet-rabies-remains-deadly-but-preventable/stories/20260217008 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/22/ask-the-vet-rabies-remains-deadly-but-preventable/stories/20260217008#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/22/ask-the-vet-rabies-remains-deadly-but-preventable/stories/20260217008 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 4,000 rabies cases are reported every year in the United States, with six deaths reported last year. As of October, 2025, there had been 216 cases reported in Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/20/what-s-in-a-name-toledo-streets-reflect-history-vanity-and-more/stories/20260207008 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/20/what-s-in-a-name-toledo-streets-reflect-history-vanity-and-more/stories/20260207008#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:17:58 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/20/what-s-in-a-name-toledo-streets-reflect-history-vanity-and-more/stories/20260207008 In downtown Toledo, the streets named for the five Great Lakes and the presidents are easy to suss out: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior run north/south, and Jackson, Adams, Madison, Jefferson, Monroe, and Washington run east/west. Traffic works through the Cherry Street Corridor roundabout at Cherry Street and Manhattan on Feb 2 in central Toledo. A bicyclist goes past the Toledo, Ohio, hedge at Summit and Cherry streets in Toledo on May 2, 2023. Toledo Police Chief Mike Navarre, left, a descendant of Peter Navarre, and Terry Breymaier, right, a descendant of Robert Navarre, unveil the historical marker during the 200th Bicentennial Celebration of when East Toledo was founded by Peter Navarre and his brothers. The event included a Navarre family reunion and dedication of the Ohio Historical Marker for Peter Navarre in front of the East Toledo Historical Society Shelter House on Sept. 9, 2007. The Lucas County Historical Society historical marker for Peter Navarre located in Navarre Park in East Toledo. A placard signifying the Junction Gateway during a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 13, 2025, at Nebraska Avenue and Collingwood Boulevard. There is a new walking path with red-flowering clover, various trees, and solar powered light. Runners go by the University of Toledo’s University Hall on Bancroft Street during the Mercy Health Glass City Marathon in Toledo on April 24, 2022. Aerial views of the Anthony Wayne Trail in Toledo, Ohio on Aug. 7, 2024. Heather Downs Country Club owner Joe Garverick, left, and general manager Dan Hathaway show a sign of change at the country club in Toledo April 11, 2006. An aerial view from a drone as David Perez, with AMD Finishes, spruces up the grounds around the hedges spelling out the city's name at the corner of Cherry and Summit streets in Toledo on May 22, 2023. Traffic works through the Cherry Street Corridor roundabout at Cherry Street and Manhattan on Feb 2 in central Toledo. Traffic works through the Cherry Street Corridor roundabout at Cherry Street and Manhattan on Feb 2 in central Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/19/special-events-get-your-mop-top-swagger-on-in-bowling-green/stories/20260219016 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/19/special-events-get-your-mop-top-swagger-on-in-bowling-green/stories/20260219016#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:36:25 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/19/special-events-get-your-mop-top-swagger-on-in-bowling-green/stories/20260219016 There will be mop top swagger aplenty when Britain’s Finest: The Beatles Experience invades Bowling Green’s Cla-zel Theater for a 7 p.m. Friday show. Clazel Theater in Bowling Green, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/19/miracles-in-ice-perrysburg-winterfest-kicks-off-u-s-250th-anniversary/stories/20260219020 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/19/miracles-in-ice-perrysburg-winterfest-kicks-off-u-s-250th-anniversary/stories/20260219020#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:35:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/19/miracles-in-ice-perrysburg-winterfest-kicks-off-u-s-250th-anniversary/stories/20260219020 Perrysburg is kicking off its celebrations of America’s 250th birthday with its largest Winterfest yet. Julie Matthews holds up her son Jack to look through the ice sculpture for a photo at the Perrysburg Winterfest in downtown Perrysburg on Jan. 14, 2023. Chad Hartson, 44, the owner of Ice Creations, sketches where the next cuts will be in his next live ice carving at Winterfest in downtown Perrysburg on Feb. 19, 2022. Ryan Roth works on his ice sculpture at the Perrysburg Winterfest in downtown Perrysburg on Jan. 14, 2023. Abby Rose carries Delaney Schlatter, 21 months, in her coat as they explore the Perrysburg Winterfest in downtown Perrysburg on Jan. 14, 2023. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/18/plan-it-calendar-2-19-2-25/stories/20260123107 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/18/plan-it-calendar-2-19-2-25/stories/20260123107#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:19:10 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/18/plan-it-calendar-2-19-2-25/stories/20260123107 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. Siah Boulee, 7, uses an ice pick to get a toy dinosaur out of an ice block at Perrysburg's Winterfest in downtown Perrysburg on Jan. 14, 2023. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/15/powell-worlds-of-wonder-in-wauseon/stories/20260210100 https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/15/powell-worlds-of-wonder-in-wauseon/stories/20260210100#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/living/2026/02/15/powell-worlds-of-wonder-in-wauseon/stories/20260210100 WAUSEON — The Museum of Fulton County is a stunning impression of history, lifestyle, and culture in hundreds of exhibits and numerous public events. There is so much to see and so many programs to participate in. The welcome mat is mind boggling. Or as Doris Piercefield, business operation manager and events planner, explains, “we have a lot of irons in the fire.” The front of the Museum of Fulton County in Wauseon. A woman reads a letter during the Civil War at the Museum of Fulton County. Barney Oldfield, a famous race car driver, will be celebrated at the Museum of Fulton County.