6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (149+ words) MANSFIELD — The unofficial end to summer rolled east along Park Avenue West, turned left at Walnut Street, and finished at the Carrousel in downtown Mansfield on Monday morning. Sunny skies and pleasantly mild temperatures greeted the traditional Labor Day Parade…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (704+ words) BELLVILLE — Tami Robinson doesn’t know what the next call for help will be. It could be a veteran who needs help paying a utility bill. It could be someone moving into a new home who needs dishes and furniture. Sometimes…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (783+ words) What fruit-bearing tree I would grow in my garden if I had space for only one? My choice has always been the Serviceberry, or Shadbloom, or Amelanchier, which is a tall shrub or small tree. This plant has been one…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1193+ words) LEXINGTON — Joanna Halfhill never set out to become the third-ranked graduate in West Point’s Class of 2025. She simply wanted to keep learning, push herself and become a better leader. That mindset carried the Lexington High School graduate through four demanding…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (531+ words) MANSFIELD – Food pantries are designed to make lives easier. Scanning the sparse-at-times shelves of HOPE Food Pantry, however, the pantry itself doesn’t have it easy. So, the sponsors of last weekend’s Coney Fest at Richland Carrousel Park – Richland Source, Coney…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (451+ words) It’s been something like 50 years since Ann Sabri invited a few of us to come to a dance put on each month by the Greek church in Mansfield. Ann’s then-husband Saf was Iraqi. All the ‘Mid-eastern folks’ in Mansfield … there…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (779+ words) When turning onto Walker Woods Boulevard, the noise just stops. It’s peaceful, still and calm, away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. No highway hum or stoplights. Just wooded surroundings, a pond, and sidewalks that give way to…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (413+ words) MANSFIELD — One might come for the food, or the dancing, or the music. Those have all been good reasons to attend the traditional Mansfield Greek Festival over the past 46 years at Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church. However, according to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1063+ words) MANSFIELD — Pieces of Charles Kelley King’s original vision are coming back into place at Kingwood Center Gardens. Restoration work is bringing historic details back to the landscape nearly a century after King created the Formal Gardens. The Formal Gardens has…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (915+ words) MANSFIELD — Some traditions are measured in years. Others are measured in the people who keep coming back. For 46 years, Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church has welcomed Mansfield residents and visitors to its annual Greek Festival, where homemade food,…...