January ’17

Downtown Canton is nearly vacant as snow blankets the roads.

Mercy Service League held its 2016 Harvest Ball at the Canton Memorial Civic Center. Mercy Medical Staff president Aida Safar, M.D., served as honorary medical staff chair, and Julie Gill and Kathleen Prasnal served as Mercy Service League co-chairs. The event raised more than $250,000, with proceeds benefiting the Mercy Facility Transformation Project.

The Canton Museum of Art and the Massillon Museum collaborated to create a one-of-a-kind costume party, Art After Dark, held at Massillon Museum.

The Canal Tavern of Zoar is the perfect spot for a cozy getaway meal. The menu is packed with comfort food, and the dining area feels like a home—our experience was more similar to being at a large Thanksgiving dinner than being at a restaurant.

The second of the HelloFresh meals went better than the first, but it still wasn’t completely smooth sailing. I was tasked with making roasted pork tenderloin with potato cauliflower mash, caramelized apple pan sauce and snap peas.

Part of the major expansion and remodeling of the Holiday Inn Canton in Jackson Township included a new bar-restaurant called Twenty/20 Taphouse.

They are our visionaries, our elected officials, our mentors. They lead capital campaigns, advocate for the underserved, serve on our boards and speak out against injustice.

A popular and generously portioned entree at Grinders Above & Beyond is the Sky High ($6.95), which starts with a slice of garlic bread, topped with your choice of either pot roast or meatloaf, a mound of garlic mashed potatoes and smothered with savory homemade gravy.

Almost 6,650 troll dolls “live” at The Troll Hole Art Emporium on Main Street in Alliance. The combination museum and art gallery also is the home of almost 19,000 pieces of troll memorabilia and troll-related art and clothing, said Sherry Groom, who owns the establishment with her husband, Jay Groom, and leads tours dressed as Sigrid the “Queen of Trolls.”

How often does Google update its popular street view maps? This is a great question, and one that should not be confused with Google Maps. Google Maps are updated through a satellite imagery service many mapping companies use.