Poppy has been adopted. Yay, for finding your forever home. Introducing the survivors from Highway 243: Catnis, the Maltese, Peeta the brown and white...

Past Tense: May 21, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 The Town Crier, which first saw the light of day in the Maxwells’ attic, moved into the rock building at Fern Valley Corners. &nbs...

Off the Main Roads: The mountains are calling …
“The mountains are calling and I must go,” wrote John Muir in a letter to his sister. Now, good old John Muir didn’t say, “The mountains are calling, ...

Past Tense: May 14, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Mildred Thorn, Theda and Bob Simpson and Emsy Dunn were selected as leaders of the Chamber of Commerce’s July 4th celebration. Th...

Journal from the James: Spring at the James …
It is that time of the year again, the time we typically call springtime. For those of you who follow the annual trip of the Earth around the Sun, you...

Creature Corner: May 14, 2015
Poppy has been adopted. Yea, for finding your forever home. Introducing the survivors from Highway 243: Catnis, the Maltese, Peeta the brown and white...

Before Our Time: Strawberry Plaza’s birth was controversial …
I appreciate the walkable convenience of one-stop shopping at the post office, food markets, bank, pharmacy and library, all situated in and around St...

Fire and Forest: Buy local firewood — keep pests off the Hill …
Around the house we can always find pests that are more of a nuisance in our everyday lives than they are damaging — irritants like ants on the kitche...

Creature Corner: May 7, 2015
Introducing the survivors from Highway 243: Catnis, the Maltese, Peeta the brown and white, and Rue, the Chihuahua-mix. For days the community and ani...

Past Tense: May 7, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 Trout season opened and eager anglers stood shoulder to shoulder at Lake Fulmor. 60 years ago - 1955 A two-man snowshoe par...