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Friendly Beasts Cider Co. — B-town Home of Hard Ciders
As owners of Friendly Beasts Cider Company, Fatima Carson and her husband, Ben Romlein, enjoy creating hard ciders that they…
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CASA Has New Eyes & Ears To Check on Welfare of Kids
Due to an increase in abuse and neglect cases in Monroe County, more than 100 children have been waiting for…
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Vance Music Center Celebrates 70 Years
After 70 years, Vance Music Center is still a local, family owned business—and still going strong.
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Jerry Smith: An Artist of Many Mediums
Until he was nearly 30, Jerry Smith had never painted, but he wondered what it would be like to be…
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Review: Hive—Healthy Comfort Food and Pie
Start with the pie. Really. It’s all good at Hive but if you don’t save room for the Hive Pie…
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Converted Grain Bin is Now an Artist’s Studio
Monique Cagle—painter, photographer, fabric artist, and jewelry maker—knew it was time to find a dedicated studio space when her work…
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‘The Essential Plant-Based Pantry’
Maggie Green, a Louisville-based chef and dietitian who has written several cookbooks of her own, has had the distinction of…
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Loren Wood Builders: Where the Unusual Is Now Usual
Like a lot of people, Loren Wood, a native of Danville, Illinois, originally came to Bloomington to attend Indiana University,…
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‘Stories of Monroe’—A Play Presenting Local History from African-American Perspective
BY OLIVIA DORFMAN Local history takes the stage October 11–14 in Resilience: Stories of Monroe. The play, which highlights significant…
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The Lowdown On Organic Wines
As a member of an older generation that grew up with conventional farming techniques and chemical usage, I am skeptical…
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