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What We Can Learn From Third Graders
/in UncategorizedWhat We Can Learn From Third Graders I’ve been reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book Team of Rivals about President Lincoln and his cabinet. In every chapter, it seems, there is an account of a long speech by a public figure that drew a thousand people or more—often in towns no bigger than Boyce or Millwood. […]
The Natural Mane: Mind and Body Wellness
/in UncategorizedThe Natural Mane: Mind and Body Wellness By Ethan Vaughn This team of stylists has seen rock stars, red carpets, rollouts, and runways, but now they have their sights set on a new target: Berryville. “I decided on Berryville because there was no other salon and spa here,” said Romey Michael, owner of The Natural […]
The Red-Tail
/in UncategorizedBy Doug Pifer The crowd gasped as the released hawk flew strongly to a perch twenty feet up a tree. After looking around to get its bearings, it launched itself once again and flew away across the countryside. The group had assembled at Claytonville Farm, near Millwood , to witness the release of a red-tailed […]
Giving Locally A Great Holiday Gift
/in UncategorizedOne Christmas when I was in grade school, I received a letter from a local charity thanking me for a donation. I was more than a little puzzled because I hadn’t made a donation, and had no idea what the group did. Actually, I’d never even heard of giving to charity at all. This was […]
Before things start getting crazy around here
/in Health/WellnessBy JiJi Russell As the holiday season picks up momentum, I have been pondering many topics of health and wellness to find a nugget of advice that might help people find balance and ease during the “season of joy.” When I consider the landscape of copious social interactions, abundant food, busy shopping—and keeping pace with […]
Berryville Gets Two New Pharmacies
/in UncategorizedAfter several months of having no pharmacy in downtown Berryville, the town will see the opening of two in December and January. Both will be pharmacies in the traditional sense: rather than operating as small grocery or general stores, each will focus on prescription services, patient care, over-the-counter medicines, and health-related products. First to open […]
Nature The Teacher At Oak Hart Farm
/in Uncategorizedby Annie Young When is a farm more than a farm? When it’s a classroom! At Oak Hart Farm the fields, hoop houses, kitchens, and streams are all places where learning happens. “Let nature be your teacher” is their mission. The whole family brings the philosophy into everything they do at the farm. Shawna Hartsook, […]
Ennobling Energy Of The Fire House
/in BannerIn the three short years since the Fire House Gallery opened in the old fire house on Berryville’s Main Street, the gallery has already become a vital arts and economic engine that many people can’t imagine life without. This meteoric rise from neat idea to regionally known craft and art space might surprise some people, […]