Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville.

I’ve had the time of my life, friends, / living quietly like a snail in a pocket.” ...

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — A junior from Grant High School in Portland is Oregon’s 2025 Poetry Out Loud champion. Bena Rodecap received the top score at Saturday’s contest, organized by the Oregon Arts ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. It’s never too early to start teaching your children about finances and encouraging them to save. In fact, research has shown that ...

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released ...

Whether you’ve got antsy kids at home or in the classroom, a good board game can keep the little ones entertained for hours — not to mention help strengthen their critical-thinking skills.

Grant HS junior wins Oregon’s ‘Poetry Out Loud’ ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

To curate this list, he dives into Amazon Prime Video’s catalogue every month to surface family-friendly titles both kids and adults can enjoy — using his taste and a lifetime of cinema study ...

Mar. 3, 2025 — Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study. But with significant increases ...

See what the children of your favourite celebrity couples are getting up to. We share the cutest family snaps of celebrity children and babies that are fast becoming famous in their own right.

UNICEF, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, aims to save, protect and improve children's lives. UNICEF is the UN organisation with the job of protecting the rights of every child ...