If you’re craving a sweet treat from Liebermann’s Bakery in downtown Massillon, you’d be wise to arrive early. “Especially on Fridays and Saturdays, you best get here by 9 o’clock,” said Sue Liebermann, a 33-year bakery employee. “We open up at 6. The glazed donuts and creamsticks are usually the first things to sell out.”
There’s one thing that hasn’t changed in the more than 70 years MaryAnn Donuts Cafe has been around—the recipe for the cream that fills the shop’s chocolate, vanilla and maple creamsticks.
Had it not been for two friends who wouldn’t take no for an answer and a third friend who was kind enough to make an introduction, Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge Frank Forchione might never have met his wife.
Don Dixon’s life always has been filled with music. The singer-songwriter, bassist and producer got his start in junior high playing with a professional dance band.
East Canton Elementary School Principal Becky Carter has never strayed much from the area where she was born and raised. “I’ve always lived in Osnaburg Township,” said the daughter of Denny and Brenda Griffith and the wife of Kacy Carter. “We live a couple of blocks away from my parents.”
“I’m a stay-at-home mom,” Keitha Brown said. “It sounds old-school, but I spend my time during the day schooling my three boys. It keeps me very busy.”
Last school year was among the most heartbreaking and frightening nine months in Stark County school history. School leaders buried 25 students or recent graduates, including roughly a dozen of them who died by suicide. One student plotted to kill his fellow classmates before deciding to turn the gun on himself. Threats of violence bombarded nearly every local school district, and more than 1,500 Stark County children were taken to nearby hospitals for mental health concerns. School leaders and staff didn’t know what to do.
Looking for a holiday gift for a kid or teenager? How about giving them the opportunity to burn off their wintertime adrenaline? SkyMax Trampoline Arena, at 7585 Freedom Avenue NW in Jackson Township, offers nearly 27,000 square feet of high-flying activities for all ages, shapes and ability levels.
You can give the gift of knowledge on Christmas morning—even though the Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum will be closed on the holiday.
What greater joy could a fan of football feel than at the moment he or she opens a gift on Christmas morning and discovers that you have given … the entire Pro Football Hall of Fame?
