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Fourth of July Events; fireworks, neighborhood parades
Five years after attack, woman finds her way
Promises look promising for Browns
Ex-NFL quarterback McNair killed in Tennessee
DiLullo's closes doors after 63 years
Akron police arrest murder suspect within an hour
Portage man beaten at home, robbed of coins
Blogs:
Pets:
Summit teams up with Rescue Waggin' to save dogs
The Heldenfiles:
Songs for an American Day
Patrick McManamon:
Touching on the Browns, Cavs
Akron Zips:
Opponent outlook: Northern Illinois
Browns Bulletin:
Single-game ticket sales begin July 11
Tribe Matters:
Laffey making it tough on self
Cleveland Browns:
Stallworth test showed marijuana
Kent State Sports:
Men's Basketball Scheduling update
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Updated: Free Agency: Another Gone - Apparently
All Da King's Men:
The Obligatory Palin Post
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Wow….Sarah Palin Resigns Governorship
Akron Law Café:
Abraham Lincoln and the Fourth of July
Varsity Letters:
Highland senior receives honor
See Jane Style:
Picnic Wear
Car Chase:
Where do We Go from Here?
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Happy 4th of July!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Linda asks-where is the Ohio Chautauqua?
Sound Check:
Rundgren fans rejoice!: Second night of AWATS at The Civic added
HRLite House:
Morscruethal Behaviors or Just Lip Service?
Akron Gamer:
Hot link: Best of Nintendo at E3
Jewell Cardwell
Tuesdays are special for 7 friends
Tuesday Social Club still meets every week
They're endured their share of life's big storms. Like the rain of tears that threatened never to end when their husbands died.
Jewell Cardwell: Vinnie was faithful until the end
Akron pastor mourns clever dog who co-wrote weekly messages
If you've had the pleasure of reading any of the sermons Vinnie co-wrote with his human owner, the Rev. Joseph Kraker, pastor of Akron's St. Vincent Catholic Church since 1994, you know he was full of faith.
Gardening volunteers are growing
Kids Wish Network delights Akron girl
This is one of a series of columns about what folks are doing to ''Make a Difference'' in these economically challenging times.
Jewell Cardwell: Employees are making a difference
This is one of a series of columns about what local folks are doing to ''Make a Difference'' in these economically challenging times.
Jewell Cardwell: Job trainer gives much of herself
This is one of a series of columns about what local folks are doing to ''Make a Difference'' in these economically challenging times.
Cousins volunteer for elderly
For love of the game; cellphones get new life
This is one of a series of columns on what local folks are doing to ''Make a Difference'' in these economically challenging times.
Jewell Cardwell: Toy charity closes shop after long run
Hospital bed available to a person in need
This is one in an occasional series of columns on folks ''Making a Difference'' in our community. It's been a few weeks since I sat down to the sad news that the local chapters of the Telephone Pioneers of America are closing the book on their stellar and historic reign as the area's largest distributor of toys at Christmas for low-income children.
Jewell Cardwell: Let us know who makes a difference
In challenging times like these, many good folks are hurting financially — through no fault of their own — because of job loss, lack of health benefits and/or foreclosures.
Centenarian in tune with times
Montrose woman shares joys of life with family, friends
Note: This is the last in a series of columns on women turning 100. Looking through a prism on her 100 years on the planet, amazingly Maurine Shuler has determined there's been much more laughter than pain.
Jewell Cardwell: Akron woman keeps days full as 100th birthday nears
Note: This is the second in a series of columns on women turning 100. To hear Angelike Bellios tell it, she's always been one of those sunup to sundown kind of folks.
Jewell Cardwell: Celebrating 100th milestone
Tiara and special meal for brand-new resident of Akron Canal Pointe
Note: This is the first of three columns about local women who are turning 100. Ethel Bowden's life has always mirrored the words of that old spiritual.
Jewell Cardwell: United Way volunteer day is Friday
United Way of Summit County's 14th annual Day of Action (formerly Day of Caring) Friday is expected to be its largest event, with 56 local businesses and organizations taking part.
Jewell Cardwell: Lemonade fundraiser has sweet ending
Hats off to Kent's Rick and Maureen Huscroft and their four children, who have really been in the vanguard of raising funds for pediatric cancer research.
Jewell Cardwell: Proposed autism center is ray of light for families
Copley facility to be named for Goodyear CEO, offer hope to those dealing with dark diagnosis
As I sat listening to the BIG announcement, rolled out Friday morning in news conference style at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn hotel, lyrics from West Side Story began to flood my soul. It was all I could do not to sing along:
Autism center plans unveiled
As I sat listening to the BIG announcement, rolled out Friday morning in news conference style at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn hotel, lyrics from West Side Story began to flood my soul. It was all I could do not to sing along:
Jewell Cardwell: Woman gets help with home
There is good news involving Gaynelle Pidcoe, the subject of my June 3 column. She's the 81-year-old whose house, overrun with stuff, was condemned by the Akron Health Department. She received a massive outpouring of labor from members of her church, Akron's Church of the Master United Methodist.
Jewell Cardwell: The other side of adoption
She has ventured where few have gone, and done what few have dared to do. She has shined the spotlight on the other side of adoption: women who say they were forced to give up their children.
Jewell Cardwell: Church lends a hand
81-year-old member of congregation gets help decluttering Akron home after it’s condemned
Going to church is one thing. But being the church to others is the ultimate blessing. Just ask Akron's Gaynelle Pidcoe, an elderly woman whose home was recently condemned by the Summit County Health Department.
Robinson's honorable students
Shirts for change; Girl Scout event
Kelli Crawford — Akron City council representative, Ward 10 — is singing the praises of the students at Akron's Robinson Elementary, and for good reason.
Jewell Cardwell: Dinner benefits daughter of restaurant worker
Lovers of Papa Joe's Italian restaurant food are being asked to sit down for dinner between noon and 4 p.m. Sunday to help a child who is battling an illness that prevents her from being able to eat.
Jewell Cardwell: Donation of lift chair is a blessing
Akron's Arlene Mauk is the lucky recipient of a lift chair mentioned in a recent column. Mauk, who has congestive heart failure and arthritis in the knees, said the lift chair ''already has been a blessing to me. I'm just shocked and amazed.''
Jewell Cardwell: Lemonade is cool idea for charity
Kent's Huscroft family and friends remain in the vanguard of the fight against childhood cancer. That's why they're hosting their fifth annual Alex's Lemonade Stand Grand Stand from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6 at 650 Beechmont Place, Kent.
Jewell Cardwell: Party suits ladies, gents to a T
Kindergartners steeped in good manners sip beverages in tea room
Jewell Cardwell: Grad makes his way after 12 years of PB&J
Humble sandwiches made by mom sustain college-bound teen
The news — particularly in these unsettling and complicated times — is so consumed with stories of war, the downturn in the economy, foreclosures, mind-numbing job losses, senseless crime and other cruelties, intolerance and talk of future pandemics.
Jewell Cardwell: Hope Walk & Reunion is Saturday
Stewart's Caring Place is hosting its third annual Hope Walk & Reunion picnic Saturday, with registration getting under way at 9:30 a.m. at Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron.
Game, set, inspire: Student drives past disability to succeed
Teen tennis player is class act on, off court
Jewell Cardwell: 'Rain Man' inspiration to appear at benefit
Remember Kim Peek? He was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning movie Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman.
Jewell Cardwell: Paralyzed teen returns to Miller South School
Casey Miller is back in the rhythm of life! And his artistic and academic family at Akron's Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts, many of their arms adorned with colorful ''Courage4Casey'' bracelets, couldn't be happier.
Jewell Cardwell: Schools rally for student and family
Akron Public Schools are doing more than just rolling out the red carpet today for returning student Casey Miller, who was recently and mysteriously paralyzed from the neck down.
Man, 72, fulfills vow to late wife
Man, 72, fulfills vow to late wife
Thomas Jones always kept the promises he made to his wife. The first one he made when he married Alma ''Betty'' Nash 50 years ago — ''to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do us part.''
72-year-old gets degree to fulfill promise to his wife
Thomas Jones always kept the promises he made to his wife. The first one he made when he married Alma ''Betty'' Nash 50 years ago — ''to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do us part.''
Motherhood means more than a card
One young mother battles the odds
When I called Alesha Hartle's room at the Cleveland Clinic Thursday morning, Joe Hartle answered, telling me his wife had taken a turn for the worse.
Photos: Jewell Cardwell
Photos: Cardwell
Photos: Christina undergoes plastic surgery
Photos: A story of Easter salvation
Photos: Volunteers to the rescue
Photos: Jewell Cardwell
Photos: 100th Day Celebration
Photos: Jewell Cardwell
Photos: Dr. Bonyo
Photos: All aboard the CVNP Polar Express
Photos: Service to others emphasized at Vacation Bible School
Photos: Community takes couple on "land cruise"
Photos: This is the house that Jill built
Photos: Quilts are a KISS from home
