
How to keep stink bugs at bay
EDITOR’S NOTE: Need some reinforcements in the battle of the stink bugs? Here’s a story from March 2016 written by former Beacon Journal home and garden writer Mary Beth Breckenridge. I’ve had it with stink bugs. Like lots of Northeast Ohio homes, my house has become a haven for the creepy crawlers for the last few winters. Apparently, Chez Breck is the Sarasota of the local insect population. A day doesn’t pass that I don’t spot one someplace — buzzing around a lamp, crawlin

Nine red flags to watch for when buying a fixer-upper home
Photo credit: Shutterstock Avoid making these rookie mistakes. COLEMAN MOLNAR - SEP 1 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin WhatsApp Email Reality television makes buying a fixer-upper home look like an easy, breezy walk in the park that the property backs onto. Gut the entire thing, happily knock down a few walls with a sledge hammer, rebuild the walls and maybe throw on a new roof, all thanks to the magic of television editing. But the reality is that buying a fixer-upper and