Doris Duke’s connection to author Louis Bromfield recalled at Ohio’s Malabar...
LUCAS, Ohio: I was surprised to find the Doris Duke Trail at 917-acre Malabar Farm State Park.The blue-blazed trail is short, a loop of about one mile through a 180-acre wooded tract at the state park...
View ArticleBergmann, Thomas to present holiday concert on Friday in Cuyahoga Valley’s...
Holiday musicLocal duo Tina Bergmann and Bryan Thomas will present a holiday concert on Friday in the Cuyahoga Valley.The show will be staged at 8 p.m. at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s Happy Days...
View ArticleGoll Woods with big bur oak trees may be biggest natural attraction in...
ARCHBOLD, OHIO: The Goll family’s Big Woods are a major natural feature in northwest Ohio.The Big Woods are now part of Goll Woods State Nature Preserve in western Fulton County between Toledo and the...
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Valley concertFiddler-violinist Ed Caner will host a house concert on Sunday in the Cuyahoga Valley.The show will be staged at 7 p.m. at the Hines Hill Conference Center, 1403 W. Hines Hill Road,...
View ArticleFresh Air: Audubon Society sponsors Christmas bird counts; Summit Metro Parks...
Christmas bird countsLocal birders can help out in local Audubon Society Christmas Bird Counts.Summit Metro Parks will participate in the local count sponsored by the Greater Akron Audubon Society from...
View ArticleCuyahoga Valley sharpshooters to shoot 350 white-tailed deer for the first...
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park will start shooting white-tailed deer for the first time, beginning in early January.The park will rely on federal sharpshooters to shoot 350 deer in its effort to...
View ArticleDiscovering the charms of the Morrison trails in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny...
WARREN, PA.: My first backpacking trip many years ago took place in Allegheny National Forest.It was a great setting, but that trip to outside Marienville, Pa. was an unmitigated disaster. Friend Mark...
View ArticleCook hot dogs over a bonfire at Goodyear Heights Metro Park; Firestone Metro...
Vacation cookoutSummit Metro Parks is holding a School’s Out Cookout on Wednesday. It will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Goodyear Heights Metro Park. Meet at the Pioneer Shelter and trails at 550...
View ArticleFresh Air: Wild turkey hike, family-friendly New Year activities
Turkey trailsSummit Metro Parks is holding a Wednesday hike to look for wild turkeys.The hike will run from 1 to 3 p.m. at Silver Creek Metro Park in Norton. Meet in the Pheasant Run Area.The park is...
View ArticleHikers, backpackers, tourists love Great Smoky Mountains, America’s...
GATLINBURG, Tenn: Hikers and backpackers love Great Smoky Mountains National Park.The 522,427-acre park on the North Carolina-Tennessee line features more than 800 miles of trails and 17 peaks that top...
View ArticleSledding, ice skating, cross-country skiing, ice fishing available in Summit...
Winter funSummit Metro Parks has three lighted sledding hills for winter fun.They are at the Oxbow Area of Cascade Valley off Cuyahoga Street, at Goodyear Heights and at Sand Run’s North Hawkins Area....
View ArticleLaura Cortese, Dance Cards in Saturday concert in Cuyahoga Valley, Sam Sapp...
Park concertThere will be a little folk-pop vibe going on Saturday night in the Cuyahoga Valley.That’s when Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards will appear in concert at 8 p.m. in the Happy Days Lodge....
View ArticleAdirondack wilderness offers hiking access to New York’s High Peaks
LAKE PLACID, N.Y.: Hikers and backpackers love the High Peaks Wilderness.The 203,500-acre tract is the largest state-owned wilderness areas in New York’s Adirondack Forest Preserve.The preserve itself...
View ArticleMountain Heart bluegrass concert in Cuyahoga Valley on Friday; program on...
Park concertThe bluegrass group Mountain Heart will visit the Cuyahoga Valley National Park on Friday. The acoustic concert will be at 8 p.m. at the Happy Days Lodge off state Route 303 west of state...
View ArticleThree groundhog programs Saturday; Summit Metro Parks offers archery programs...
Groundhog funThe groundhog’s one day of fame is approaching Feb. 2.Summit Metro Parks and Akron animal rehabilitator Fran Kitchen are presenting a program on groundhogs and folklore from 1 to 2:30 p.m....
View ArticlePennsylvania’s Jennings Environmental Center is home to at-risk eastern...
SLIPPERY ROCK, PA.: The trails at the Jennings Environmental Education Center in western Pennsylvania aren’t any different than trails elsewhere.But I was hiking them differently. I was constantly...
View ArticleOhio severance tax on natural gas, oil produced windfall of $21.3 million in...
Ohio’s severance tax rate on natural gas and oil is among the lowest in the United States, but it is suddenly generating tens of millions of dollars for state coffers.That’s because lots of horizontal...
View ArticleThe Way Down Wanderers in Cuyahoga Valley concert on Saturday; Cleveland...
Park concertThe modern-folk Americana band The Way Down Wanderers will perform Saturday in the Cuyahoga Valley.The five-member band will appear at 8 p.m. in the Happy Days Lodge in the Cuyahoga Valley...
View ArticleCanadian band Ten Strings and a Goat Skin to perform on Friday in Cuyahoga...
Park concertThe Canadian musical group Ten Strings and a Goat Skin will perform at 8 p.m. Friday in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.The show will be held in the Happy Days Lodge off state Route 303...
View ArticleWar of 1812 comes alive at log-and-earth fortification at Fort Meigs State...
PERRYSBURG, OHIO: Fort Meigs was and still is huge.The War of 1812 garrison, commanded by Gen. William Henry Harrison, rebuffed two attacks in 1813 by British troops and their Native American allies....
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