by Becca Roberts | Jun 11, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
THE LITTLE Farm, located at 228 McDougal Rd. in Fayetteville, runs on family. Tom and Lindsay Monks have cultivated a beautiful space for farming and family connection on the land that Tom’s father, Tommy Monks, farmed before him. His father still helps out running...
by Becca Roberts | Jun 11, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
SOPHIE BUCK let the small paintbrush glide across the tiny palette, blending lush green hues with turquoise blues to capture the Cantabrian Sea on a perfect Easter morning in Spain. Sophie, one of four homeschooled children raised in Fayetteville, had embarked on an...
by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney | May 14, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
THUMPER PIGG will tell you up front: “I’m old and hard of hearing.” He says it with a grin — the kind that signals both humor and humility. He was, as he puts it, “raised in a shop with my dad,” and has been “around this sort of thing all my life.” Sawdust, clamps,...
by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney | May 14, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
AFTER TWO decades in Florida education and athletics, a third-generation leader steps into his family’s oil business with gratitude and growth in mind. Small & Small Oil began in 1947, when Phillip Small’s grandfather, Phillip Small Sr., worked for Sinclair as a...
by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney | Apr 9, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
TOM DEAL began our conversation by talking about his daughter. For years, their family has navigated the long, uncertain road of spinal cord tumors together. They have endured surgeries, setbacks, and the everyday vigilance that comes with living inside medical...
by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney | Apr 9, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
THE WAY Brandi Thompson talks is precise — sharp, detailed, and without fluff. Even while describing a busy life with three children, one of whom had just participated in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day reenactment, she speaks, pauses, and lets the information settle....
