Credit Michelle Colandrea

I should have known better than to criticize my Aunt Jenny’s taste in Christmas presents.  In my last post, I discussed the law covering store return policies, and I implied that I m...

Credit Colin McEwen

Although there are always a few remarkable souls who finish their holiday shopping before Thanksgiving, most of us will still be out there jamming the stores during the last week before C...

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Not only is A Christmas Story a holiday classic, but it's a Cleveland favorite.  The original movie was filmed in Cleveland featuring the former Higbees department store and the home...

Credit Kaye Spector

The funny thing about warm weather holidays is that people tend to forget that they’re Holidays. The angst and anxiety of Christmas and New Year’s takes about 10 weeks from ramp up t...

Credit Justin Cox

The Powell family, of Davis, California, took Patch's national Deck the House contest seriously. And thanks to Patch, some children will have more learning tools at their school to b...

Credit Ward Kaminski

Thank you Ward Kaminski for submitting the entry of your decorated home in the Patch Deck the House contest. You're the Cuyahoga Falls semi-finalist. Tonight we'll find out if you ar...

Credit Colin McEwen

It's Christmas morning and the last box to open must be the Xbox you've been waiting for. After tearing off the paper, you dig in and realize the contents are light and squishy. And—...

Credit Kasha Legeza

The Akron Beacon Journal is featuring "The Cleveland Creep" and "The Strange Death of Father Candy," books by Stow author Les Roberts, as two of the best local books of the year. "I ...