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Valentine's Day

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Chicken Manor Celebrates 60 Years in Business: Photo of the Day

The family restaurant celebrates 60 years in the North Canton community, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Stark County

For the management and staff at Chicken Manor, it's not just Valentine's Day — it's a milestone. In fact, the family restaurant can call itself one of the oldest in the county as it celebrates 60 years in the community today. “It always saddens me to see longtime local establishments go out of business, but we (Chicken Manor) have been able to hold our own through some of the most challenging of times” said Dan Mastroianni, second generation owner, in a news release posted on Patch. “I strive to keep true to my father’s premise of giving people a great meal at a reasonable price. A place where families can come and not break the bank. A place were seniors can come and fits into their budget. A place where people can feel like home.” Want …

Diane Carroll Smith

5:19 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013

hey Paula....what would you need me to do?....Diane   more ›

Listen: Valentine's Day Dedications Playlist on Spotify

Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours! If you're viewing this on a mobile device, please switch to desktop to see the playlist.

Sniff, sniff... Yep, love is in the air. Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Last week we asked you to send us your Valentine's Day love song dedications and promised we'd create a Spotify playlist for your listening pleasure.  Click here to see who dedicated the songs to their loved ones.   To listen to the playlist above, click the "play" button in the widget. If you already have Spotify open, it will starting playing the playlist right away. If not, it will launch your Spotify application and you might have to click play again. You must be a Spotify user to listen to this playlist. We hope you have a great, romantic evening with your loved one!

Happy Valentine's Day to Patch's Cutest Couples

Find out who won our Cutest Couple contest and a little about them and our runners up.

Patch is excited to share with you the cutest couples of Northeast Ohio -- according to you. We'll be delivering the $100 Legacy Village Gift Card to the winner.  And the winner is.... Krissie W. & Alex N. of Ohio City Q: How did you meet?  A: Through friends. We started dating on New Years Day in 2011. Q: Tell us about the photo you entered. A: This photo was taken at the 2012 Cleveland Tweed Ride that happens every spring. Alex and Krissie are both avid cyclists, and Krissie loves fashion/getting her photo taken. Alex owns a bike shop. We both have these beautiful 1940s bicycles that were made in Cleveland that were brought out special for the Tweed Ride. Q: Any tips for keeping a relationship romantic? A: Still figuring that out.  We …

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Classic Books to Share with Your Children for Valentine's Day

From Charlotte's Web to Where the Wild Things Are, share these classic books with your children and encourage their love for reading.

“Where’s Pa Going with that Axe?” The Enduring Quality of Children’s Classics By Anita Silvey    Courtesy of James Patterson's Read Kiddo Read Foundation The opening line of E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web— “Where’s Pa going with that axe?”—has now been read by adults to eager young listeners for more than 60 years. Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time and Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day have been picked up with enthusiasm for more than 50 years. For 75 years, parents have shared The Hobbit, and this year Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are turns 50.      These books and others like them (Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Virginia Lee Burton’s Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables) …

Ken Palosi

2:51 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013

I would like to recommend the poetry of Shel Silverstein. My granddaughter has been reading them since she was six years old and she loves them. I have purchased almost all of his books for her for various present occasions and I always read them before I give them to her. Great books for young or old.   more ›

Monday, February 4, 2013

$100 Legacy Village Gift Card Up For Grabs in Cutest Couple Contest

Are you and your partner the epitome of cute in Northeast Ohio? Enter our contest to win a $100 gift card from Legacy Village!

Friday, February 1, 2013

Enter Patch’s Cutest Couple Contest and Win a Legacy Village Gift Card

Are you and your partner the epitome of cute in Northeast Ohio? Enter our contest to win a $100 gift card from Legacy Village!

Do you and your spouse still hold hands after all these years? Do you exemplify commitment, loyalty and friendship? If you and your partner would even make St. Valentine go "Awwwwww," enter your photo in Patch's Cutest Couple Contest and you could win a $100 gift certificate to Legacy Village.  Just upload your photo between Feb. 1 and 13 and don’t forget to include your names in the tagline. (You need to be a registered Patch user, log into the site, click on this story, then select "Upload Photos." If you win, we'll contact you through your email address.) The winner will be selected based on readers making positive comments about the couple (by naming the couple) they like in the comment section of this article through midnight Feb. 13 …

Thursday, January 31, 2013

North Canton Public Library Wants to Send You on a 'Blind Date with a Book'

Grab a wrapped book from the library. You won't know what's inside, and that's part of the fun!

Who doesn't love surprises — especially when it comes to Valentine's Day? The North Canton Public Library wants to give you a little surprise in light of the holiday with its new promotion, "Blind Date with a Book," which kicked off Wednesday and runs through Valentine's Day. The books, located on the first floor of the library, are hidden within Valentine's Day wrappings, and patrons only get one small clue at knowing what's inside. "All have a label on them that gives you an idea of what you’re getting," said Christina Weyrick-Cooper, the library's community relations manager. Once patrons read the books, they'll fill out a short survey (see what we mean in the .pdf section of the update). "We’re interested in how the blind date went," …

Kristina Bunnell

9:45 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013

Scored a date with a cute little Historical Fiction!   more ›

Monday, January 28, 2013

LOOK: 12 of North Canton's Cutest Couples — Now Where's Your Cute Couples Photo?

In light of Valentine's Day, North Canton Patch is gearing up for a rad cutest couples photo gallery — but we need your help. Add your photos of you and your special someone right here in this Patch update.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

GALLERY: Who is North Canton's Cutest Couple?

Have a cute couples pic? Upload it to this post!

Editor's note: The first 23 photos have been entered in a region-wide "cutest couples" contest, which launched Feb. 1. You can find that here. Up for grabs in that contest is a $100 Legacy Village gift card. If you enter your photo here, make sure to also upload it to the Ohio contest here. Right about now Cupid is hovering excitedly somewhere over North Canton, all atwitter and looking forward to his favorite — albeit busiest — day of the year. In the meantime, North Canton Patch is gearing up for a rad cutest couples photo gallery — but we need your help.  Add your photos of you and your special someone right here in this Patch update. The only thing we need from you is a photo of the lovebirds with both of your names. To sweeten the …

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Morgan Day

7:57 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

It is now, Kyla. Sorry — it's not always easy trying to transfer Patch photos from one place to another. Glad you told me that one didn't show up in our other gallery!   more ›

Friday, February 10, 2012

LAST CALL: Contribute to Patch's Valentine's Day Mix Tape

Tell us your favorite love song and we'll add it to a Spotify playlist.

Editor's Note: This is your last chance to send us a song for our Spotify Patch Valentine's Day Mix Tape. See the details below. Deadline is Monday 5 p.m. Love is in the air, the birds are singing, and Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Your special evening wouldn't be complete without a little romantic music, and we want to be your maestro. But we need your help. Tell us your favorite love songs in the comments, and we'll add it to a Spotify playlist that we'll share with you on Valentine's Day. So send us your Barry White, your Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra and, heck, even the Backstreet Boys. We'll add it to the list, but remember, this is a family website, so keep it PG. Prime time Patch has yet to be created. We can't wait to see…

Angela Bowen

6:13 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

My Valentine by Martian Mcbride !!! I love you Mike Bowen !!!!   more ›

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