Over the past twenty-four years, clients of the Kennedy Center enrolled in the award-winning art therapy program, have discovered a vehicle by which to exhibit their artistic visions to a larger audience. The art work these artists with disabilities have created has become the ‘unique perspective’ for each of the twelve months of an annual [...]

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow [...]

Newtowners are fearlessly creative, close to nature homeowners and gardeners. Some build their homes on hilltops, others prefer “just a farm”’ and some are romantics with historic or castle-like homes. As much as their homes reflect their passion for the distinct and unique, they still stay up close and personal when it comes to Mother [...]

If anyone had told Fred Monahan back in 1989 that 20 years later he would spend $30,000 for vegetable seeds, he would have laughed.  That’s because Fred had no intention of farming vegetables, except for personal consumption.  The ‘89 graduate of State University of New York, with a degree in animal husbandry, was intent on [...]

Walking into the historic Beardsley House, home to the Monroe Historical Society, children between the ages of 8 and 13 have the hands of time turned back to colonial and Victorian days. It was a time when children learned the self-sustaining lessons of life: cooking, sewing, spinning wool and the decorative arts. Children were also [...]

If anyone had told Fred Monahan back in 1989 that 20 years later he would spend $30,000 for vegetable seeds, he would have laughed. That’s because Fred had no intention of farming vegetables, except for personal consumption. The ‘89 graduate of State University of New York, with a degree in animal husbandry, was intent on [...]

An hour and a half before the start of this day’s game, Masuk high school’s varsity softball players are on the field doing warm-ups.  This is the time when they begin to focus on the game they’re about to play.– It doesn’t matter that they’ve already qualified for the Class LL tournament, nor that pitcher [...]

It’s not surprising that many Americans have misunderstood the Mediterranean/Middle Eastern dance known as belly dancing. Often seen as a great way to exercise or depicted as an exotic pleasure, there’s more to belly dancing than most assume. There are theories about the history of the dance that link it to the Middle East and [...]

Imagine giving birth to a beautiful healthy baby girl and finding out about six months later that your daughter had one of the rarest medical conditions in the world.  This is a remarkable story of how 4-year-old Ciara changed the lives of her adoring parents Lori and Liam O’Driscoll of Monroe and her one-year-old little [...]