Let’s Make a Note

Let’s Make a Note

SEWING, CRAFTING, learning to play a musical instrument, voice lessons, art, painting… whatever your passion — you can find it at Let’s Make a Note Music, Art, and Enrichment Center in Winchester. Owner Jenifer Howland has assembled a team of gifted artists and...
Finding hope at HorsePlay

Finding hope at HorsePlay

AS A toddler, 7-year-old Hope Smith babbled like others her age, then, on the autism spectrum disorder, and became non-verbal. When Hope and her adopted sister Allie, who has cerebral palsy, began taking therapeutic riding lessons at HorsePlay Inc., a miracle took...
Walking the Walk & Talking the Talk

Walking the Walk & Talking the Talk

THE FAMOUSLY KIND and good-hearted television host, Mister Rogers, often spoke about the importance of helping each other. For over 30 decades he came into our homes each day through his show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and showed us all the ways we could be kind...
Someone Has Your Back

Someone Has Your Back

WHEN THE SMELL of warm caramel coffee lingers in the air of your vehicle on the way to work, you don’t have to think about watching your back. While not every driver on the road is aware of their surroundings, and accidents do occur, there is always someone just a...
Literacy along the lake

Literacy along the lake

RECENTLY UNVEILING a unique reading experience for children and readers of all ages was the Franklin County Library with their latest project, the Stand Tall Trail Tale, that opened to the public in July at the Winchester City Park. The trail is a series of...
Love, you are not alone

Love, you are not alone

ON A rainy Wednesday in August, over 200 people packed into the quaint Christ Church in Monteagle. They sat shoulder to shoulder in pews and stood elbow to elbow alongside the walls. Each was there to celebrate hope for local children. Children who are removed from...