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Benefits of audiobook listening
Up to 85 percent of what we learn, we learn by listening. This is just one statistic for how listening to audiobooks can promote literacy in children....
High Court surprises again
“If the Democrats and Republicans have been fighting so furiously about whether you’re going to be confirmed, it’s natural for some ...
Expanding overtime pay for Ohio workers
Nearly three years ago, I stood in Columbus to announce that the Obama administration was going to finally raise the salary threshold to earn overtime...
Memories of Lorena
It seems my theme the last few weeks has been about my family members. There were four of us, and we were several years apart. Mother said we were spr...
Vegetables for both humans, dogs
A recent article in a pet magazine reported the benefits of feeding vegetables to your pets. The common dry pet food diet seems to be lacking fresh nu...
Suburbs of our galaxy
The Milky Way, our galaxy, is one of trillions of tiny islands of stars sprinkled throughout the vast cosmic ocean of space.When we look at images of ...
Annual Medieval Faire back again
The Delaware County District Library’s (DCDL) annual Ostrander Branch Medieval Faire is back again for its sixth year! This free event for all a...
Stratford Ecological Center relies on volunteers
Last Tuesday was a perfect day for volunteers to work at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. Temperatures were in the low 70s, with a blue sk...
Case centered around love
“Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the...
Combating illegal fentanyl trafficking
Fentanyl is responsible for too many deaths in our state and too much of it continues to be trafficked into our neighborhoods from China and Mexico.Oh...
