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A Steinway & Sons piano is displayed at Steinway Hall, the manufacturer's showroom in New York, on Monday, June 21, 2004. Steinway & Sons is a unit of Waltham, Massachusetts-based Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. and has been manufacturing pianos in New York since 1853. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News

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Four teens win WDPR classical competition, will perform at Dayton Arcade

Juiquetta Harmon, who cuts hair under the name KiKi the Barber, stands behind the chair in her South Locust Street shop. JARRED WATKINS/CONTRIBUTED

Barber to offer free haircuts to Talawanda elementary students before fall picture day

Aerial view of Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay. CONTRIBUTED

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WORTH THE DRIVE: Have fun in the sun at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville

The Red Barn Loft is a bed and breakfast in Marion, Ohio.

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WORTH THE DRIVE: Explore the family-friendly country charm of Marion, Ohio

Hydrangea paniculate species include the popular Vanilla Strawberry, left, and Limelight, right, cultivars. CONTRIBUTED

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GARDENING: Hydrangea season is here

OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers can provide all kinds of information about your plants including that that black spot is a common disease of roses. CONTRIBUTED

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OSU Extension has answers to your gardening questions

Poison hemlock stem with purple blotches. CONTRIBUTED

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GARDENING: Poison hemlock and wild parsnip in bloom - beware

Participants partake in Tri-State Antique Market on Sunday, May 1, 2022. CONTRIBUTED

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WORTH THE DRIVE: Tri-State Antique Market offers vast collectibles this weekend

"Every Cloak Rolled in Blood" by James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke has just published his greatest novel

“Candles” on a pine tree are found at the tips of the branches; the candles can be cut by about half

GARDENING: Time to prune pines if needed

"The Island" by Adrian McKinty (Little, Brown, 375 pages, $28).

‘The Island’ will have you rethinking your vacation

$The Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

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4 new retail stores open at Mall at Fairfield Commons

"The Murder Rule" by Dervla McTiernan (William Morrow, 292 pages, $27.99).

Irish novelist could become the next big name in the thriller genre

Early, mid, and late season daffodils should be planted in the fall and will bloom in the spring. Bill Lackey/Staff

GARDENING: Add spring color to your landscape

"A Childhood - the Biography of a Place" by Harry Crews (Penguin Classics, 176 pages, $16)

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BOOKS: Searing memoir, brilliant first novel by Harry Crews reissued

A suggestion marketed this year by Kentucky Fried Chicken. They’re calling it a “buckquet,” and it consists of a glass vase containing a dozen roses along with eight wooden skewers on which the Colonel’s tenders can be impaled.

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Husbands get stuck on the mother of all dilemmas

Let’s go beyond only Mother’s Day

Fertilize according to the label recommendation to keep containers looking great.

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GARDENING: Happy Mother’s Day

Third Eye Brewing Company opened in June 2020 on Chester Road in Sharonville. The brewery offers a full service kitchen, indoor and outdoor seating with a second floor balcony and a wide variety of beer options. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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Third Eye Brewing to open location in Hamilton

Charm at the Farm Vintage Market. CONTRIBUTED

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Popular vintage market returns next month in Lebanon

New Heritage Hall already proves to be ‘spectacular’

Victory Gardens are returning across Ohio this year through a partnership with the Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Department of Agriculture. CONTRIBUTED

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Victory Gardens returning, expanding

"Northern Heist" by Richard O'Rawe (Melville House, 262 pages, $17.99)

BOOKS: Crime novels focusing on criminals can be just as captivating as any murder...

Freeze injury to young tender leaf buds on a Japanese Maple.

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GARDENING: Come on Mother Nature. Stop playing around!

Rosettes of poison hemlock beginning to show up in landscapes.

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GARDENING: Time to eradicate these poisonous plants

More than a dozen venues are hosting Easter Egg Hunts beginning today and going through next weekend. Bill Lackey/Staff

Where to join an Easter Egg Hunt in the Miami Valley

Fast facts about Kings Island history

Kings Island turns 50: New season kicks off this weekend

A well-used copy of "The Best of It's Simple!'' by Ann Heller. The Dayton Daily News published the cookbook in 1992.

5 of Ann Heller’s favorite recipes

"The Echoes" by Jess Montgomery (Minotaur, 276 pages, $27.99)

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BOOKS: New Jess Montgomery mystery investigates vanishing baby

Nimblewill is a perennial grassy weed and is late to green up in a lawn. CONTRIBUTED

GARDENING: Perennial grassy weeds in lawns are noticeable

Newcomers upset neighborhood plan

"What Waits Ahead is Way Better and Way Worse Than You Imagined" by Rebecca Rine (Rebecca Rine, 230 pages, $20)

Books: Waynesville author uses humor to bridge gender gap

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