How three small-town women are thriving despite family’s history with drug abuse By Kelsie Rinard The Dunn family has overcome more adversity than most. Despite drug abuse and incarceration surrounding their family members for years, the family’s three core women continue to lead extraordinary lives regardless of small-town stigmas. […]
Bodhi Tree offers an unlikely form of meditating in a sensory deprivation tank to the region by Sarah Weingarten Bodhi Tree Guesthouse and Studio, located in Athens County, is the only studio in Southeast Ohio that offers float meditation. The wellness retreat’s owners, Liz and Russell Chamberlain, […]
An innovative new program promotes job creation and collaboration in Appalachia By Wesley Ratko Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty program began with a speech delivered in Athens, Ohio. While addressing a crowd on Ohio University’s main campus in May 1964,President Johnson kicked off his push to pass the […]
Bernie Evans pursues stained glass to encourage community creativity By Paige Bennett New Beginnings Bernie & Max Stained Glass is a studio in Chillicothe, run by former factory worker-turned-artist Bernie Evans. During a medical leave from his 28-year career at the local paper mill, Evans found a passion […]
Don Maloney isn’t a typical corn-and-cabbage farmer; rather he’s testing Fairfield County waters with some fishy aquaculture. By Alex Warner “If you like shrimp, then you’ll love prawns,” is a phrase Don Maloney is accustomed to saying now. On this fall day, stationed at Maloney’s prawn sorting table is 8-year-old Zoe […]
