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View from the rails

View from the rails

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad offers excursions Story by Jane Beathard Photos courtesy of Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Story by Jane Beathard Photos courtesy of Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Chugging along on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, passengers hardly realize they are just miles from some of northeast Ohio’s busiest urban areas. All around are the […]

Carving the past

Carving the past

Highland County man expresses creativity with wood Story and photos by Tim Colliver Story and photos by Tim Colliver In a little woodworking studio just north of Buford, Dwight Thomas can take an ordinary chunk of wood — maple, black walnut, hickory — and in a matter of weeks he’ll transform that lump of lumber […]

Prisms of the past

Prisms of the past

Ohio Glass Museum features museum, studio Story by Sarah Allen Photos courtesy of Ohio Glass Museum Story by Sarah Allen Photos courtesy of Ohio Glass Museum The past can be a delicate thing — and nowhere is that more true than at the Ohio Glass Museum. The museum was originally created when the area’s visitors […]

Delaware County home to self-proclaimed cradle artist

Delaware County home to self-proclaimed cradle artist

Story and photos by D. Anthony Botkin Story and photos by D. Anthony Botkin Despite being an internationally acclaimed and award-winning heavy metal sculptor, Mac Worthington doesn’t intentionally seek to convey messages, themes, nor bring causes to attention with his art. Worthington is more focused on the space, color and design of his pieces. “People […]

Recognizing Ohio’s presidents

Recognizing Ohio’s presidents

Trail makes it easy to visit sites Story by Jane Beathard   Virginia calls itself the “mother of presidents.” But Ohio has fathered nearly as many of our nation’s chief executives. For anyone who doesn’t remember grade school history, presidents Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft and […]

Four generations of family baking

Four generations of family baking

Warnock sisters say it’s a legacy of love for Mom Story by Tim Colliver Savannah and Hannah hard at work in their kitchen bakery, putting the icing on their latest cake creation. When Teresa Warnock caught sight of the old milk house that wasn’t being used on the family farm, she saw more than a […]

Feather your nest

Feather your nest

Robin’s Nest Flowers & Gifts Story and photos by Jennifer Woods From the time she first opened the doors to Robin’s Nest Flowers & Gifts over 26 years ago until today, Robin Beekman has been actively involved in Fayette County and has kept the shop in the same Jeffersonville location. Beekman worked for other businesses […]