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Blade Holiday Parade to close downtown streets
The 39th annual Blade Holiday Parade will close several downtown Toledo streets Saturday morning, city officials announced. The parade begins at Summit and Jefferson streets at 10 a.m. Saturday. The route proceeds northbound on Summit to Jackson Street, westbound on Jackson to Huron Street, and southbound on Huron to finish near Washington Street. Several downtown streets will close around 7 a.m. for staging. The parade is estimated to be completed by noon, city officials said. It will feature high school marching bands, color guards, giant balloons, dozens of clowns, mascots, dance teams, and the guest of honor, Santa Claus. This year’s grand marshal, Bay View Yacht Club, will lead the parade. For the parade route and more information, go to theblade.com/holidayparade .
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Couple to tie the knot Friday the 13th at Toledo funeral museum
For a Grand Rapids, Mich., couple, it all started at their local haunted house. When Ryan Reyher met Stephanie Briceno-Rosas at the Haunt in Grand Rapids in the summer of 2020, he was immediately smitten, he said. “I thought she was gorgeous,” Mr. Reyher said of his first impression. But it wasn’t just her looks that attracted him: “She was really caring and her aspirations were really cool.” He asked her out at the end of August, 2020, and their relationship blossomed. Six years later, the couple, who share a love of all things spooky, plan to marry on Friday the 13th at Mortuary Manor Funeral Museum & Event Center, a museum housed in a Victorian-era building that later served as a funeral home in Toledo. “We were looking for kind of a gothic venue within our budget,” Mr. Reyher said. “We decided to reach out and see if we could host a wedding there, and he was more than happy to do it.” Friday’s wedding is the first for the museum, said Cory Leibenguth, operational manager of Mortuary Manor. The building dates to the 1870s and was remodeled into a mansion-style structure in 1897, he said. It became Urbanski
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Toledo Works: Caring for Cats
In this season’s debut episode, host Erin Holden dives into the world of local cat rescues. There are several nonprofits in Toledo who are dedicated to helping our feline friends in the 419; Erin speaks to two of those helpers: Natalie Bostelman of RubyCats, a downtown cat rescue nonprofit that has a cat cafe you can vist, and Val Boeland of Humane Ohio, a nonprofit whose spay/neuter clinic helps with cat overpopulation in our city. Also, there is a special guest on this episode who you will hear purring in the background! Don’t miss it.
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Veteran Broadcaster Richard Haddox to Lead Lima’s WLIO and WOHL Stations
Lima’s two Gray Media television stations are getting a new leader with four decades in the business. Gray Media announced on Monday, November 9, that Richard Haddox will serve as general manager of WLIO and WOHL in Lima, effective November 16, Gray Media announced via Globe Newswire, in a release also reported by TheDesk.net. WLIO […]
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Author Talks About the Environmental Aspects of Draining the Great Black Swamp
Sun 11/15 @ 1-2PM There’s something fascinating about the idea of the Great Black Swamp, which once covered millions of acres Northwest Ohio, Northeast Indiana and Southeast Michigan. The ice age-created ecosystem, which featured a mix of wetlands, forests and meadows, existed for 20,000 years until it was dredged and drained in the 19th century to create the farmland that underpinned the wealth of Ohio. Close your eyes and imagine what it was like hundreds of years ago: no roads, no housing developments, no shopping centers, no petrochemical plants on Navarre Road near Toledo, no terrible country and religious radio stations …
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The Chrome And Neon At The Spot Restaurant In Sidney, Ohio, Haven’t Changed Since 1941
Some towns keep their history in museums. Sidney, Ohio, keeps a big piece of it on a downtown corner, glowing under a mid-century neon sign. The story behind this corner started with a chuckwagon in 1907, and the building that stands there now still wears its Art Moderne style with pride. People drive hours to sit in its old booths, order at its narrow counter, and finish with a slice of pie.