Akron Ohio Home Owner's Springtime Checklist       There’s nothing like being able to bask in the warm glow of well-being a Akron, Ohio homeowner gets after finishing a thorough spring cleaning. It's especially true when you realize how important the annual ritual can be in protecting your greatest asset: your Akron Ohio property.   That warm glow results from doing more than just cleaning your home's interior, though. It involves maintaining the property in the ways that will prevent having to take more costly steps later. There are three different tasks you can complete to get your home ready for the warm weather that's on the way. If you follow these basic tips, your home will be looking its best – and the resulting beauty will be more than skin deep.   One of the most overlooked a... 05/12/2012

  On April 18th, 1775 the midnight ride of Paul Revere took place. Dr. Joseph Warren instructed Revere to go to Lexington, Massachusetts to let Samuel Adams and John Hancock know of the British approach. As he rode he shouted out warnings to the patriots that "the British are coming". After delivering his message Revere was joined by William Dawes and Dr Samuel Prescott. These three riders decided to continue their warning ride to Concord where weapons and supplies were hidden. All three were arrested by British Patrol. Dawes escaped right away, Prescott soon after and Revere was finally released after some time.   Arts / Theatre / Music 4/16/2012 Woodridge Art Show Peninsula Library 4/16/2012 Monthly Workshop Summit County Songwriters Circle 4/16/2012 Faculty Tubist Tucker Jolly Schoo... 04/16/2012

Akron Ohio Homes is happy that;   The Akron Aeros are Back for Another Exciting Season of Baseball!     Home Opening Day Thursday, April 12 7:05 p.m. Canal Park, 300 S. Main Street Stay after the game for fireworks! Opening Night Fireworks sponsored by Time Warner Cable/Magnet Schedules courtesy of Albert Guarnieri and Co.   Buck Up Thirst Quenching Thursday sponsored by Ohio Lottery - $1 draft beer and soda through the end of the 7th inning. Don't miss your chance to win great fan appreciation prizes throughout the game. Click here for a game schedule and to order tickets.                             Arts & Culture First Wednesday Book GroupAkron-Summit County Public LibraryWednesday, April 4, 7 p.m.   Downtown Akron Book ClubDowntown Akron PartnershipThursday, April 5, 12 p.m.   Film... 04/03/2012

  Lots to do in Akron, Ohio and Summit County, Ohio as always. That is one of the great things about our town! No excuse for not finding something to do every day.     Arts / Theatre / Music 3/26/2012 Just Plain Folk Show 647 (featured event) Mountain Rose Concerts 3/27/2012 Frisch Marionettes Akron Public Schools - Firestone High School 3/27/2012 Molly "The Unsinkable" Brown Akron-Summit County Public Library-Goodyear Branch 3/27/2012 Enameling with Carol Adams Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 3/27/2012 Celtic Woman Akron Civic Theatre 3/28/2012 Frisch Marionettes Akron Public Schools - Firestone High School 3/28/2012 Glass Fusing 1 at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 3/29/2012 Amadeus Weathervane Playhouse 3/29/2012 Fresh & Springy Exhibit Summit Artspace 3/29/2012 W... 03/28/2012

  On March 22, 1894, the first championship series for Lord Stanley’s Cup is played in Montreal, Canada. The original trophy donated by Lord Stanley was retired in 1962. Since then only one trophy has served in its place, making this the only major sports trophy that is not reproduced each year. The winning team is allowed to hold on to the trophy for one year. It is inscribed with the name of each player, coach and front-office employee. Each person is given 24 hours in which they can take the trophy anywhere they would like, along with its full time escorts provided by the Hockey Hall of Fame.    Arts / Theatre / Music 3/19/2012 Academy Award Movie Night Twinsburg Public Library 3/19/2012 Celebrate National Craft Month Nordonia Hills /Akron-Summit County Public Library 3/20/2012 Ename... 03/21/2012

  Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Downtown Akron Downtown Akron's second St. Patrick's Day celebration happens on the actual holiday with specials throughout Downtown all day long! 3 Point 45 E. Market Street 4 p.m. Enjoy $3 Guiness and $4 Jameson   Barley House 222 S. Main Street 6 a.m. Kegs and eggs special in the morning starting at 6 a.m. Enjoy a 48 oz pitcher of beer for $9.99 and a plate for the buffet. Also, $3.75 Coors Light aluminum pints and $4 Bud/Bud Light aluminum pints. Enjoy outdoor festivities as well.   Brubaker's 373 S. Main Street 5:30 a.m. Enjoy the live WKDD remote from 6 a.m.-10 a.m., green beer, corned beef and Irish stew. Jump on the Brubaker party buses to take you around to all the Brubaker's Pubs! Serving Specials with Coors Light: $3 Pints and $8 Pitchers, $5.... 03/15/2012

  Did You Know?...On January 13th, 1964 the Beatles’ first single in the United States "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was scheduled to be released. Because of popular demand, the release date was moved up to December 26th, 1963 by Capitol Records and sold one million copies in the first three weeks.   I still remember exactly where I was in my Akron Ohio Home when I first heard this song on my "transistor radio"!Here is what’s happening this week in our Akron and Summit County Ohio area.     Arts / Theatre / Music 1/9/2012 Battle of the Bands 2012 Akron Area YMCA 1/9/2012 Fused Glass Jewelry at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 1/10/2012 Stitch Clique Nordonia Hills /Akron-Summit County Public Library 1/11/2012 Glass Fusing 1 at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 1/12/2012 ... 01/09/2012

    Arts / Theatre / Music 12/19/2011 Battle of the Bands 2012 Akron Area YMCA 12/19/2011 SCSC Monthly Workshop Summit County Songwriters Circle 12/20/2011 Enameling with Carol Adams Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 12/20/2011 Church Ladies Akron Civic Theatre 12/21/2011 Glass Fusing 1 at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 12/21/2011 Words & Songs of Christmas Green Valley United Methodist Church 12/21/2011 It's a Wonderful Life Weathervane Playhouse 12/22/2011 Kaleidoscope 2011 Summit Artspace 12/22/2011 It's a Wonderful Life Weathervane Playhouse 12/23/2011 Kaleidoscope 2011 Summit Artspace 12/24/2011 PAA Fiber Cafe meetings Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 12/24/2011 BluesNite at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 12/27/2011 Enameling with Carol Adams... 12/20/2011

Why are Firestone Park Ohio homes unique? Many of Akron Ohio's communities were formed and built in the early 1900's to accommodate the many workers in the rubber shops busily making tires for Henry Ford's new invention, the car! Ford was a good friend to Harvey Firestone. We had Firestone, Goodyear, Sieberling and General Tire among other smaller ones that were absorbed or disappeared. This story is about Harvey Firestone's vision. Firestone Park Homes!  This is the "Heart" of Firestone Park Ohio, the park, naturally! If you look at the center, it is shaped in the likeness of the well known brand, the "Firestone Shield." You can see it is surrounded by well cared for, Firestone Park homes. The plant itself is walking distance from here and all of Firestone Park residents, which is what... 12/14/2011

Enjoy the beautiful Akron and Summit County weather at these great events! Arts / Theatre / Music 11/14/2011 Comprehensive Arts City of Macedonia Parks & Recreation Dept. 11/14/2011 Fused Glass Jewelry at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 11/14/2011 UA Jazz Ensemble School of Music 11/15/2011 Twini Mini Film Festival (featured event) Twinsburg Public Library 11/15/2011 Enameling with Carol Adams Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 11/16/2011 Peninsula Plein Air Show/Sale Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 11/16/2011 Glass Fusing 1 at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 11/16/2011 Miracle on 34th Street Walsh Jesuit High School 11/16/2011 Michael Sonata Akron Civic Theatre 11/17/2011 Miracle on 34th Street Walsh Jesuit High School 11/17/2011 Joseph...Dreamcoat ... 11/19/2011

  For a "small" town, we sure have a lot of free events each week!   Arts / Theatre / Music 10/10/2011 Fused Glass Jewelry at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 10/11/2011 Members Only! Wine Tasting Akron Art Museum 10/11/2011 Stitch Clique Nordonia Hills /Akron-Summit County Public Library 10/11/2011 Enameling with Carol Adams Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 10/11/2011 Open Mic @ Red Fox Lounge Summit County Songwriters Circle 10/12/2011 Bidwell Lecture: Jen Davis Akron Art Museum 10/13/2011 Akron Society of Artists Summit Artspace 10/13/2011 Art Show and Reception Keep Akron Beautiful 10/13/2011 Shakespeare in Hollywood Weathervane Playhouse 10/13/2011 "Elephant's Graveyard" Akron Public Schools - Firestone High School 10/13/2011 Shipwrecked! An Entertainment Coach H... 10/10/2011

Sure you can if you know what you're looking for. What do you look for? Or a better question, what should you look out for? There are risks involved when purchasing a home at a sheriff auction and here are just a few: you're buying "as-is" so you won't be able to inspect the home, in fact - you might not even be able to enter the home until it's yours, and then you might find some uninvited guests or "squatters" or even the old homeowners that you'll have to evict after you close. Does the home even have copper plumbing? It get stripped out of some of higher end homes too. Just a lot of unknowns. Does that mean you should walk away or run from a sheriff auction? Not necessarily, you just have to do your homework. You might have to run to the bank, however. Remember, bad things happen to... 09/02/2011

Father's Day: 54th Annual Classic, Antique & Collector Car Show Car Show The theme for 2011 is “Year of the Chrysler" and the “Inner Circle” features Chrysler Town & Country cars from the 1940s. One of the oldest car shows in America, the 54th Classic, Antique, & Collector Car Show at Stan Hywet is an annual Father’s Day tradition and takes place on Sunday, June 19 from 9am – 4:30pm. This show features classic, antique and collector cars –more than 350 automobiles manufactured between 1896 and 1978 will be on display in 25 separate classes. Judges will award prizes in each class for first, second, and third place. The “Inner Circle” cars are Full Classic® cars and the manufacture of each car is documented, including the original owner. This year, the Inner Circle features Town & Countr... 06/17/2011

The top 100 student rocketry teams nationwide have been announced and three of those teams are from St. Vincent St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio.   What is Rocket Team? The STVM Rocket Team is a group of students who use engineering, math, science, and problem solving skills to construct, maintain, and launch rockets with the hope of reaching the National America Rocket Challenge Top 100 competition.  At this competition, the 100 schools qualifying will compete for over $70,000 in prizes. Teams Alpha, Delta & Echo were named national finalists and will compete for top honors on May 14, 2011 outside of Washington, DC in Manassas, VA.  Only 5 teams from all of Ohio qualified and 3 of them are from STVM. The finalists include teams from 33 states who qualified after months of preparatio... 04/19/2011

This is nothing new for the boys basketball program at Akron' St. Vincent - St. Mary High School as they won their sixth state crown and second in the last three years.  Saturday's victory (57-46) over Dayton Thurgood Marshall led to their Division II title at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. By winning title No. 6, St. Vincent - St. Mary is just one behind Middletown in Ohio boys high school basketball history. CONGRATULATIONS ST. VINCENT - ST. MARY. GO IRISH!   03/26/2011

At Akron's St. Vincent-St.Mary High School boys basketball is a very high profile sport, mostly because of the three titles they won in four years during the LeBron James era a decade ago.  But these days the current edition of the team is forging their own legacy as they are about to play for their second state crown in three years. On Thursday the Fighting Irish of St. Vincent-St. Mary outplayed the Columbus Bishop Hartley Hawks by a score of 49-44 and charged into the the Division II state championship game. The Irish, who have won 8 straight and 12 of 13 improved their overall record to 18-9 and now move on to the state title game on Saturday morning at 10:30.  They will be facing Dayton Thurgood Marshall (22-5) a 68-66 winner over Toledo Rogers in Thursday's second semifinal. This ... 03/24/2011

Mike and I recently joined Keller Williams Chervenic Realty in Fairlawn and just finished holding our first Millionaire Real Estate Investor's Workshop. The material is great for beginner investors and even experienced investors can get some good info from the book. We kind of threw the presentation together at the last minute so it was nice that Keller Williams provides a strong PowerPoint presentation. The best selling book by Gary Keller is a great "take away" piece and the accompanying workbook makes a good place for the guests to jot down notes, contact info, etc. We put a lot of our preparation off till the last minute, and then had a major snow storm last night, so we were scrambling to get organized. We couldn't find a screen for the PowerPoint and had to present on a small wall... 02/22/2011

If you know a University of Akron Student looking for work please pass this along. StraighterLine is looking for students from The University of Akron to promote and implement marketing initiatives on their campus. This position allows you to set the hours and amount of work you are able to do while still going to school full or part-time. It is an opportunity to use your innovative ideas and marketing techniques, while also helping your friends and peers find a more viable and cost effective way to a college degree. You can also make some good money and get work experience in the process. We are hiring Campus Representatives right now to start promoting StraighterLine courses on The University of Akron campus. Compensation is generous and there are many opportunities for additional bon... 02/06/2011

It's funny how the more things change, the more they stay the same, isn't it?  And, of course, it's infuriating!  Four months ago I met a wonderful couple needing to sell their home as a short sale.  I listened as they related the nightmare they'd been through with their lender, SunTrust Mortgage.  Having learned that many homeowners color themselves as victims when they may not quite fit the description, I chose to adopt a "wait and see" attitude as I'd not yet had the pleasure of dealing with this company. Ah, let the games begin.  My first indication of how special an institution they are, came when they told me, afgter having sent the complete package repeatedly, that I was missing the "arms length affidavit."  I explained that we were shorting an FHA loan, did not need to have an o... 08/13/2010

Upcoming July festivals and events will close some Downtown streets:   Click here for festival details including live entertainment Lock3Live   4th of July Rib White & Blue Food FestivalThursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday: July 1, 2, 3 & 4 Free Admission Street Closings: Wednesday, June 30 @ 10 a.m.Main St - from Bowery to StateUniversity Ave - from High to MainChurch St - from High to MainEvenings only - Main St - from Bowery to MillReopens Monday, July 5th @ 4 a.m.  63rd Annual Italian-American Council Festival Friday, July 9th: 11:30 a.m. - MidnightSaturday, July 10th: 11 a.m. - MidnightSunday, July 11th: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.Free Admission Street Closings: Thursday, July 8th @ 10 a.m.Main St - from Bowery to StateMain St  - from Exchange to State (except for valet at Exchange)University... 06/30/2010