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Overthrow the overflow: Protect your home’s foundation and avoid a damp or flooded basement
September was a rainy month, and when it rains, the phone at the locally owned The Gutter Boys starts ringing. “People don’t often think about their gutter system until they’re home during a rainstorm, and they see first-hand the water overflowing their gutters and seeping into their basements,” says company founder Anthony Alberino...
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A Final Thought: Well, Isn’t Fall Sweet
The day before this column was due to our production department, a co-worker told me, “Be sure you don’t write about how much you dislike fall.” I replied, “How did you know I was going to do that?” It turns out everyone knows I hate fall. But first, you have to understand what a strong statement that is. In our family, we...
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ABC Equipment Rental & Sales sells and rents almost anything a professional contractor or industrious homeowner needs
The delays that hounded the construction equipment industry in 2021 have continued this year, so according to Alan Zatik, “If you want your equipment by the end of the year, you better order it now.” Alan owns ABC Equipment Rental & Sales in Brunswick and Avon, along with co-owner Jamie Terpay, and thanks to strong relationships with...
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Here’s how local pressure washing powerhouse Pristine Clean turned a mythological creature into a metaphor for solving one of Northeast Ohio’s biggest problems for homeowners
Although the mythological Kraken goes back to a 12th century Norwegian legend (perhaps rooted in sightings of giant squid)—the sea monster has been recently popularized in comic books and in the 1981 movie Clash of the Titans, when it appears as a pet of Poseidon. Zeus orders the creature to destroy Argos to punish Acrisius, the king of...
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A Final Thought: Cleveland’s Calling
My wife and I met in 1982 while attending Columbus College in our hometown of Columbus, Georgia. The school is now called Columbus State University, but back then we called it UCLA—the University of Columbus ’Longside the Airport. One of my wife’s college friends was a Jewish girl named Rosie who impressed me because she was so...
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