This week on the Herbal Collections blog, Mary Colvin writes of the blessing and the nuisance called ground ivy.

My topic this week is about the state of the city’s budget.

Excerpt from the editorial Viewpoint in Monday's Register: 

It seems to us the question must be: Is shooting a dog and allowing it to die slowly the proper and appropriate way to respond to a loose dog call?

It's not.

The following real estate transactions were the highest for the week ending Feb. 15 in Ottawa, Erie and Sandusky counties. For a full listing of real estate transactions, pick up a copy of Sunday's Register.

The executive director of the Sandusky State Theatre Thomas Kazmierczak was our guest this week on Between the Lines. Check out the program to see if host Matt Westerhold can spell the director's last name without any help.

This week we are going to roll up our sleeves and do some basic number crunching in order to illustrate just how dangerous it is for small businesses, especially niche shops, to discount on a continual basis both financially and in an intangible "perception of your store" way.

Significant news on the campaign for gay rights this week.