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Melanie McGee Bianchi

Ten Truths Brought Home from the Mountain State Fair
CommunityOctober 1, 2022

Ten Truths Brought Home from the Mountain State Fair

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

Increased signage at this year’s NC Mountain State Fair revealed some fascinating agricultural facts about the area (as stated in items number 2 and…

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Bright Lights, Big City, Big Score
Art, Arts+Culture, Books, History, News, ObsessionsDecember 1, 2021

Bright Lights, Big City, Big Score

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

Fletcher’s vibrant multi-vendor market Garage on 25 recently celebrated five years in business, bringing in a new crop of local makers among whom fashionable,…

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Rocking Around the World
Art, Arts+Culture, CommunityAugust 1, 2021

Rocking Around the World

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

This fun, fancy little rock, painted a tropical green and decorated with a panda and bamboo-shoot stickers, was found next to the cash register…

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It’s Never Too Late for Lavender
Community, News, OutdoorsJuly 1, 2021

It’s Never Too Late for Lavender

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

“Where have all the flowers gone?” was a fair assessment to be made last month, with hordes of tourists at Craggy Gardens seen grumbling…

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Art, Arts+CultureFebruary 3, 2021

Another Way Over the Mountain

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

At the turn of the year, the Arts Council of Hendersonville County announced the winner of its annual “Bring Us Your Best” competition, a…

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“All Maia’s Training Gets Put to the Test”
PeopleJuly 2, 2020

“All Maia’s Training Gets Put to the Test”

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

Maia is certified through the national organization “American Mantrailing, Police, & Working Dog Association (AMPWDA)” as both a live-find trailing dog and a Human…

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Food ReviewsJuly 2, 2020

The Lost Art of Lingering

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

The idea of a secret restaurant is storybook charming. Not that Newman’s Restaurant at The Orchard Inn & Spa in Saluda, set inside a rambling vintage resort, is some kind of speakeasy or private club. Quite the opposite.

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Food News, Food Reviews, Food+DrinkApril 30, 2019

Taking Wing

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

Raynard Walker is running a cottage industry in wings at DreadLife Kitchen in Edneyville. The Hendersonville native started with a home-based catering company and…

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Swimming Through the Trends
Food Reviews, Food+DrinkSeptember 28, 2018

Swimming Through the Trends

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

Industrial pendant lamps have become trendy in vacation homes and rustic-décor gastropubs — thick-rimmed, steel, hanging low over kitchen islands and bars like pocket…

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Apples for Days (Even Years)
Food News, Food+Drink, OutdoorsJuly 30, 2018

Apples for Days (Even Years)

By Melanie McGee Bianchi

  The record spring rain that prompted mudslides and evacuations in Henderson County apparently didn’t hurt the all-important apple crop at Sky Top Orchard,…

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