The Dayton Daily News is launching a new series by columnist Ray Marcano. 🍷 From the column: “I plan to explore, at least a couple of times each month, Fine Wine & Dine options. The Dayton region is blessed with a bevy of wine expertise that stands, pound for pound, with any place in the country. Wine friends who move away always tell me the same thing without prompting: “I’ve never been able to find anything as good as I had in Dayton,” and when they come back to visit, the first stop certainl

Readers of the Dayton Daily News helped generate more than $600 in proceeds, which was donated to The Foodbank Inc., from the sales of Twisted River Coffee Roasters “First Report Blend” at the end of 2025. The coffee was sold in December as a fundraising collaboration between this news organization the Dayton-based local coffee roaster. Five dollars from every bag sold was set aside to be donated to The Foodbank, Inc. | Dayton Daily News

Miami Valley Meals is bringing back its Pierogi with a Purpose fundraiser, offering handmade pierogi through a limited online pre-order to support hunger relief across the Miami Valley. The pierogi fundraiser is available by preorder only. Orders open Feb. 4 and run through Feb. 18, or until sold out. Miami Valley Meals email subscribers will get early access to the sale. The pierogi are priced at 15 dollars per dozen, are vegetarian and lent friendly, and come frozen. 🔗 in bio to read the whol