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Serving piping hot pizzas and other Italian favorites since 1988, Arturo’s Pizza Kitchen feels like a local secret that, once you discover it, you need to share with others.
The Toledo Zoo recently announced the birth of a healthy male elephant calf, born to African elephant, Renee. The new 280 pound calf joined the Tembo Trail exhibit on February 17, 2024.

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Toledo Area Easter Brunch Roundup

As morning light fills the streets of Toledo this Easter, the quest for the perfect brunch spot begins. But fear not, for we've done...

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Childcare & Preschool Guide

Various locations  Is your curriculum play-based, academic-based or something different? We use Creative Curriculum, which is play-based. What age groups do you serve?  We serve infants through school...

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Family Matters

Project ER Aims to Help Families in Toledo’s Ironwood Neighborhood

Mary Wilson was a teacher and a mother, raising her child in the same Ironwood neighborhood of Toledo where she had spent her entire...

Mindfulness in Parenting and Teaching 

Jenn McCullough, a mother of two, aged 19 and 24, has been interested in yoga and mindfulness since before she had children. As a...

Taking Care of Business: Celebrating Toledo’s Black Mompreneurs

Being a mom is tough. I don’t know if anyone would disagree. Add being the owner of a business on top of that, and...

Getting Teens to Read: Local Teacher Weighs In

As a kid, I would spend my summers sitting outside reading book after book. I remember arriving at the bookstore the day the latest...

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Is Cocomelon Harmful for Kids?

By Chelsea Convis and Laurie Bertke Many parents would like to avoid having their young child watch TV at all. But those parents might also...