On the Inside
July 29, 2020It was going to be an unusual year for Toledo Pride anyway, even before COVID-19. Lexi Hayman-Staples, the executive director of Toledo Pride, has been part of each local Pride festival since its inception in 2001. However, this year Hayman-Staples is expecting a baby in mid-August, scant days before this year’s festivities were scheduled to
Curbside service now available at Toledo Library branches
June 2, 2020The Toledo Lucas County Public Library recently announced that library materials are available for curbside pickup beginning June 1. “We know the community is eager to return materials and check out new material,” said the Library’s executive director Jason Kucsma. “We recommend that you continue to reduce unnecessary travel and defer returning your materials as
No More Free Lunch (Parking)?
June 4, 2019Controversial proposal seeks to eliminate free parking downtown
A Day of Discovery
May 22, 2019If you spend any time at the Renaissance Hotel Downtown Toledo, you will learn one thing very quickly— this hotel LOVES Toledo. From locally-sourced ingredients on the Brim House menu to all the artwork by community artists decorating the walls, their work as Toledo cheerleaders seems to know no bounds. Recently, the Renaissance hosted the
Toledo City Podcast Episode 3
March 14, 2019Three Shots at the Truth with The Basement Geekeasy’s Nerd-tastic Founders Continuing our mission of sharing very important conversations with some of Northwest Ohio’s most interesting people, the Toledo City Podcast is back for Episode Three! Toledo City Paper Assignment Editor Athena Cocoves travels to The Basement, Toledo’s underground geekeasy, for an emotionally gripping gameshow
Special Election February 26
February 13, 2019Two controversial Toledo City charter amendments put to a vote Two much-discussed and hard-fought-for amendments to the Toledo City Charter will be put before voters as part of a special election on February 26. The initiatives on the ballot include efforts to Keep the Jail Downtown Toledo, which if passed would require that any new