The First Dot Com
Opening up the gift of intellectual communication to sight-impaired people everywhere, 19th-century French musician/educator Louis Braille, blinded in a childhood accident, was only a…
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Community-Powered Christmas Tradition
For more than 30 years, Christmas in Hendersonville has included the annual Christmas Day Bounty of Bethlehem, an outreach of the city’s Immaculate Conception…
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A Real Santa’s Workshop
Imagine a room overflowing with 1,500 toys, but not a Disney face or bit of plastic in sight. Everything from wooden hippos to handcrafted…
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Got You Covered
As much of the perhaps-too-civilized world is gearing up for holiday shenanigans, the thoroughly original “Mossin’ Annie” Martin is still talking gardening. After all,…
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Strength in Shadows
Photojournalist José Galvez seeks out people and places that reveal the complexities of life across cultures. For more than 40 years he has documented…
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It Takes a Village Hero
Homelessness is hard to see in Hendersonville. It’s not apparent driving down wide, picturesque Main Street, where even the traffic lights are hung low,…
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Area Collector Helps Keep Artisan Legacy Alive
Put Tryon resident in a time machine, and he wouldn’t waste time hemming and hawing about which past date to visit. “I’d go back…
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Retiring Teacher Leaves a Ringing Legacy
After 28 years directing the music program at Hendersonville High School, Fran Shelton handed off the baton on August 1. Needless to say, it’s…
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Hendersonville Adopts a New Sister City
At first glance, it may seem like North Carolina and northern Italy have little in common. We speak different languages, celebrate different holidays, and…
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Mills River Tomato Guru is Sought for the Fruit of His Knowledge
“It takes a lot of work to grow tomatoes,” Dr. Paul Shoemaker says as he examines his tall, staked rows on a quarter-acre plot…
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