Sweet Ride
Bike race named after waffles has more to do with Belgium than brunch The Belgian Waffle Ride may sound like a high-carb amusement-park feature. But for…
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Accent on Literature
English tea room reflects its owners’ love of books (pollinators, too) The Book & Bee Cafe and Tea, an English-style tea room with books,…
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Old Graves, New Chapter
Celebrating Juneteenth in Henderson County Indián Jackson remembers the worn floors and smoking woodstove of Mount Zion Baptist Church, a small clapboard building in the…
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They’re Pulling it Together
It’s tractor-pull season in apple country They arrive in the morning, on custom trailers hitched to trucks. Painted red, green, or orange, they are…
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Hello Kitty
Bears in Western North Carolina are frequent visitors at trash cans and backyard bird feeders, but the chance bobcat sighting is much, much less…
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Little Schoolhouse in the Big Woods
Administered by FIND Outdoors and known as “the birthplace of forest management,” the Cradle of Forestry in America is just off the Blue Ridge…
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Grafting and Expanding
Flat Rock vineyard makes its mark Henderson County’s wine scene is continuing to boom, with four wineries opening just in the past year. A…
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An Ocean of Inspiration
Hendersonville’s homegrown aquarium expands its legacy Many kids who grow up in and around Henderson County are missing something. It’s the same thing Brenda J….
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Tapped to Fill a Need
New brewery opens despite the era’s obstacles Last November, Madeline Magin and Cody Noble took the helm of 185 King Street, a long-standing Brevard…
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Where the Neighbors Drink
Barn Door Ciderworks keeps it in the backyard Barn Door Ciderworks, a backyard bar in Fletcher that uses locally farmed and foraged apples, was…
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