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The Monday night announcement puts Gerard Madrinan in the running to become Florida’s top teacher.

An idea to give back around the holidays by one Constantine restaurant owner has grown into a movement involving many people — some of whom she has never met.

Alston-Bailey Elementary School partnered with the Nexton Hilton Garden Inn for the second time this past Thanksgiving to provide a meal giveaway to students’ families and community members. This year,

At the library not too long ago, I came across Fix Me a Plate, a glorious dip into family recipes by Fort Worthian Scotty Scott from the blog Cook Drank Eat. I wondered why I didn’t notice before that he had compiled some of his blogospheric favorites all in one place. Turns out it made NPR’s Top 10 cookbooks of

Threadgoode Vintage, Mt. Airy Curated Tours, GENERALly Fit and Perry County Brew all took home prizes in the entrepreneurial program.

Threadgoode Vintage, Mt. Airy Curated Tours, GENERALly Fit and Perry County Brew all took home prizes in the entrepreneurial program.

Local News Briefs AAA Region 9 offering HEAP  CAMBRIDGE - The Area Agency on Aging Region 9 via the Ohio Development Services Agency is offering a Home Energy Assistance Program for those at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for payment of heating bills. Applications will be accepted through May 31 and benefits can be applied to heating bills after Jan. 1. Applications and more information are available at energyhelp.ohio.gov. One must provide most recent utility bills, l...

Climate change means smaller strawberries, higher costs for farmers ThuThursday 15 updated 16 Warm nights are reducing the size of strawberries.  ( Print text only Cancel Being able to eat large, succulent strawberries may become a pleasure of the past, as the popular fruit is the latest victim of a changing climate. Key points: Smaller strawberries are more expensive to pick Consumers may need to adapt to buying smaller fruit Its not cold weather causing the strawberries to shrink, but rath...

The smoked chicken salad from Carpenters Cafe in Fort Worth goes great on a croissant. Photograph by Daniel Vaughn When Lady & the Pit closed in Fort Worth in 2019, I lamented the loss of owner and pitmaster Natasha Smith’s fried pork chops, pineapple cream pie, and that smoked chicken salad. The rest of the barbecue was fine, but the tender strands of smoky pulled chicken, barely held together by a sweet dressing, was the best of the smoked meats. A New Year’s Day announcement from the re...

SOMERSET — Want to read about just what kind of dirty activity is taking place right under our Perry County noses? Would you like to know who has dirt on their hands no matter how many times they wash them for 20 seconds? Want to identify every slug in the county that crawls through slime to get their fair share no matter what stands in their way? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you should be aware that a new, and free, Perry County publication has become available to area s...