A study in persistence
      All you have to do is watch the national news to see what a financial strain the USPS is under these days. Post offices across the country are set for closing, and Saturday mail delivery will likely be eliminated to save money. But thanks to a determined group of active citizens, one of the smallest post offices will remain open — in Williamsville.
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Pictorial
     Buckets on maple trees, like this one at Eagle’s camp in Doe Hill, may not have been filling fast last week before the first festival weekend, but by all accounts, visitors enjoyed fine syrup no
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Taubman a must-see on Roanoke Market
Museum Hopping
By Margo Oxendine
      ROANOKE – All of us find ourselves in Roanoke for some reason or other, usually either shopping or a show, or medical appointments, every so often. How about a novel destination? The pride of Roanoke, the Taubman Museum, is worthy of a trip all on its own.
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It’s official: Winter days to end
Moment in Time
By Mary Rekas
      As a new full-time resident of Highland County last fall, when the days began getting noticeably shorter, I started gritting my teeth and keeping a mental calendar on how many more days it would be before the solstice passed, when minutes would be added instead of subtracted to each day.
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