Eve Sneider
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‘Change is good’: Residents see jobs, future for Fostoria through Trump
Former Autolite employees Tracy Courtney and Chris Mathias outside the old plant Friday, July 20, 2018, in Fostoria. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH Enlarge | Buy This Image Second in a five-part series Tracy Courtney always thought Fostoria’s Honeywell Autolite factory would be the first and last place she would ever work. She came to Autolite at 18. It was August, 1992, and she had graduated from… → Read More
Repair shops adapt to stay alive
Where business is concerned, Dave Smith abides by the gospel of Charles Darwin. As the owner of Dave Smith Appliance Services, he’s learned that evolutionary biology is eminently relevant to appliance repairs. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives,” a poster in the company conference room reads. “It is the one that is most adaptable to… → Read More
Marco's Pizza turns 40
In popular culture, the specter of midlife crisis often looms large at 40. But not for Marco’s Pizza. The chain, which turns 40 this year, is on the fast track to restaurant franchise superstardom. In 2016, the Toledo-based pizza chain had 17.1 percent growth. In 2017, it had locations in 35 states as well as India, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas. In April of this year, it opened its 900th store… → Read More
16-year-old killed, 2 injured in North Toledo shooting
Sabrina Evans said her nephew, 16-year-old Lamitrias White, was a good, sweet, goofy kid. But about 2 a.m. on Monday morning, the unexpected happened. Mrs. Evans’ sister Rashaunda Scott called — Ms. Scott had just been told her son Lamitrias was killed late on Sunday night. “We never expected to get that call about him,” she said. The rising sophomore at Waite High School spent the afternoon… → Read More
Pizza Palooza brings East Coast pies, food-lovers to Sylvania
Vince Hornik, 53, a New Jersey native, used to have to go on vacation to eat the East Coast pizza of his youth. But eventually, the trip out east got to be too much, so he opened Mama Mary’s Pizza, in Holland, to bring East Coast pizza to the heartland. On Friday, his restaurant employees received further confirmation that Toledoans love their pies when the judges at Sylvania’s 8th Annual Pizza… → Read More
Jeep boss Manley to replace Marchionne as CEO of Fiat Chrysler
Although the sudden change in leadership at Fiat Chrysler Automobile took the business world by surprise on Saturday, one of the Toledo area’s highest-profile labor leaders said it appears to be an orderly transition that local Jeep workers and others should be comfortable with. "If we had had a say in it, we would've picked Mike Manley," a pleased UAW Local 12 President Bruce Baumhower said of… → Read More
Maumee's Union Elementary School bell finds new home
This fall, when the Maumee High School Panthers score their first touchdown of the season, players and fans alike will inaugurate a new tradition: ringing the former Union Elementary School bell. The bell has a long history dating back to 1870. For many years it resided in a cupola atop Union Elementary School, outside the school’s entrance, even tucked away in the school’s basement for several… → Read More
Signaling memories: Storytelling highlights Toledo Lighthouse Festival
Marilyn Wuest has always struggled with seasickness, but you would never expect it. The daughter of Martin Hosko, owner of former Toledo mainstay M. Hosko Fishery, she spent much of her childhood on the Great Lakes. When she was little, her family would build in breaks on their boat trips to give her time to recover. Often, they would stop at the Toledo Harbor Lighthouse, situated where Lake… → Read More
Metroparks Toledo, ODNR aim to bring camping closer to home
In the past, a front row seat for the downtown fireworks meant putting up with teeming crowds and traffic jams once the show ended. This year, however, Middlegrounds Metropark presented a handful of Toledoans with a more secluded alternative, right in the center of the city. On Wednesday evening, close to a hundred Toledoans of all ages will set up their own 15 by 15 foot campsites at… → Read More
What you need to know about the Fourth in the 419
Independence Day is a time to celebrate community, and this year is no exception. For the first time, a number of downtown Toledo businesses have pooled their resources and energy to turn the holiday into six days of festivity, called Fourth in the 419. “Tens of thousands of people will come downtown,” city spokesman Ignazio Messina said. Fourth in the 419 wraps up with a fireworks display July… → Read More
'Toledo Miracle': Local exercise groups find faith in fitness
Aubri Graybeal is in the best shape of her life. For the last year, the 35-year-old mother of two has been working out consistently and the results are hard to miss. She said friends often ask how she got in such good shape. “I’ve never been able to stick to any workout program consistently,” she confessed. “But here, you come for the workout and you stay for the people.” Mrs. Graybeal is a… → Read More
Fourth in the 419 celebrates nation, community
Fireworks on July 4th are a tradition nearly as old as the nation itself. This year, northwest Ohio residents have abundant firework options during the week of Independence Day. And in Toledo proper, July 4th festivities promise to go above and beyond the norm. Downtown businesses teamed up to plan 6 days of events for Fourth in the 419. This year marks the first Fourth in the 419, a… → Read More
Toledoans try to beat the heat on hot, muggy Father's Day
When Sharcy Bostic got off work on Sunday afternoon, she met her daughter at home and headed to Roosevelt Pool as soon as she could. “It was too hot to stay in the house,” she said. She had to do what she could to beat the heat. On Sunday, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky, Hancock, and Seneca counties. Karen Clark, a meteorologist at the NWS,… → Read More
10th Street building next Toledo landmark eyed for development
A developer is working to bring a vacant former automobile parts facility in the central city back to life, first by obtaining historic landmark status for the 10th Street building. On Thursday, the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commission approved the building at 443-447 10th St. for local landmark status. Though the City Council has to approve the designation in mid-July before the property’s… → Read More
Top of their class, all from one class
On a recent evening, Callie Bremer stood before her friends, family, and classmates to deliver the valedictory speech at Central Catholic High School’s commencement ceremony. She thanked her parents, grandparents, softball and tennis coaches, and “every teacher who’s ever had the bad luck to have me in their class.” Callie was being sincere. “I’m a pretty quiet student and I don’t contribute… → Read More
Commuters, ODOT brace for Anthony Wayne Trail lane closures
South Toledo native David Rodriguez uses the Anthony Wayne Trail for everything — to go to work, to go out to eat, and to get home every day. Now, however, he is reconsidering. “I’ll probably go down all the way south to I-75 and get on there” to go downtown, he said. Just after the morning rush on Monday, the northbound Trail was reduced from three lanes to one. It will stay this way until late… → Read More
Boy genius, 12, matches wits with professors in UT lab
Most students fail the first midterm in Michael Young’s organic chemistry lecture at the University of Toledo. In spring 2017, the average was a 50. But one student, Daniel Liu, scored a 99. “He smoked the competition,” Mr. Young said. Daniel is now a researcher in Mr. Young’s lab. He co-authored a paper, published on May 22, that promises a faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly way… → Read More