The Sandusky Library is hosting a program at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 on the Beatles’ 1964 and 1966 visits to Cleveland. The event is the 45th anniversary of the band’s first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

Last night, I covered a speech by ClearView Economics president  Ken Mayland at a BGSU Firelands event hosted by the Erie County Chamber of Commerce.

Last week, I wrote a story about a water pollution conference at BGSU Firelands, and I quoted a health department official who said sewage treatment in Berlin Heights is in bad shape.

Last year, when I wrote articles about the large number of home foreclosures in Erie County, every judge and lawyer I talked to said they have the same advice for homeowners in trouble: Get a lawyer and find out what your rights are before you let the bank take your home.

Travel in a Third World country can be very different from going on a guided tour in the U.S. or Europe.

Classical music fans will want to know that a well-regarded musical group is performing a concert in Elyria on Sunday. And it’s hard to argue with the price — free.

One of my favorite science fiction writers, Philip Jose Farmer, died on Feb. 25. He was never as famous are other vintage SF writers such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein or Arthur C. Clarke, but he had a devoted following.

OK, it sure isn’t this one. But my colleague Jason Werling has been nominated in the Associated Press awards for “Best Blogger” for newspapers our size.