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Breeding Success

Breeding Success

Saving heritage farm animals with an eye to the future September 2024 [gallery order="ASC" title_position="none" main_size="full" tile_size="full" style="random"...

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Where Life is ‘Just Peachy’

Where Life is ‘Just Peachy’

Welcome to Fruit Hill Orchard in Palmyra, Va. August 2024 by Laura Emery, Staff Writer “Just peachy” perfectly describes life at Fruit Hill Orchard in Palmyra, Va., from July 2 until shortly after Labor Day. That’s because it’s peach season, and there are peaches...

A Showcase of Safety and Skill

A Showcase of Safety and Skill

Lineworker rodeo promotes camaraderie, development, peace of mind July 2024 by Jim Robertson, Staff Writer A lineman receives a phone call on a stormy night. The power is out. The kids are asleep. His wife nervously smiles as she tells him goodbye and to be safe. She,...

Called to Serve

Called to Serve

Smith Point Sea Rescue celebrates 50 years June 2024 by Audrey T. Hingley, Contributing Columnist Nonprofit groups are often borne from need, and Reedville’s Smith Point Sea Rescue in Virginia’s Northern Neck is no exception. In 1973, a father and his two young...

Down on the Farm

Down on the Farm

Say Cheese: Special Edition May 2024 by Laura Emery, Staff Writer Double the Fun on the Farm [gallery order="ASC" itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd" columns="1" link="post" size="full" style="no-strip" caption="desc" thumb_width="75" thumb_height="75"...

A Green Light to be Tickled Pink

A Green Light to be Tickled Pink

Winchester celebrates 100 years of star-studded Apple Blossom Festival April 2024 [gallery itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd" columns="1" link="post" size="medium" caption="desc-title" thumb_width="75" thumb_height="75" fx="slide" controls="show" timeout="4000"...

‘Before Broadband Was Cool’

‘Before Broadband Was Cool’

MBC celebrates 20 years of fulfilling a need for speed March 2024 by Laura Emery, Staff Writer For the past two decades, Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation, a nonprofit based out of South Boston, Va.,...