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The following resolution was presented to Mary Pemberton on Feb. 16 in recognition of her long-time contributions to Highland Community Center:

By Mark Scott, director, Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • Local businesses are desperately seeking quality workers. Local high school seniors will graduate and need work in a few months. There are many others in the area looking for work. What can be done to...

By Bob Tedder • Some book reviews deserve to start by recalling the movies of our youth. I remember when our fathers, young men 20 years removed from their own World War II experiences, would pack kith and kin into their secondhand automobiles and head uptown to the...

Editor's note: The author, Mark Scott, was hired May 9, 2016, to be the joint director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism and the Montgomery Tourism Development Authority. In October 2017, the TDA and Mark were told that he would no longer direct that agency....

By Bob Tedder • Although my reading tastes tend to be eclectic I have never immersed myself in the mystery genre. I have sleuthed with Sherlock, conundrumized with Christie and pondered the poetic puzzles of P.D. James. Yet I rarely find myself haunting the mystery...

Caption: The chamber of commerce-member sneak peek of the Speckled Paw just prior to the 2018 grand opening. By Mark Scott, director, Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism 1 True or false: There have been more than four different county seats for Montgomery County?...

By Hallie Sikes, owner of  Therapy for Living • In the midst of February it is hard to avoid the abundance of pink and red hearts that bedeck stores and offices all around. The month of love is also the month that the American Heart Association (AHA) wants to get...

By Bob Tedder • “Westminster Abbey” by Trevor Beeson is another in a series of little books perfectly suited for coffee shop perusal. The book’s 63 pages are graced with 96 gorgeous, full-color photographs. Considering the images were made inside a poorly lit...

The issue: A group of private citizens in Mt. Gilead aims to have a series of murals painted on buildings around the town, all funded through donations. One of those murals will honor Mt. Gilead native Julius Chambers. In last week's newsletter, Patty Almond, former...

By Mark Scott, director, Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • Psychology Today says, “We tend to get attached to our initial impressions of people and find it very difficult to change our opinion of them, even when presented with lots of evidence to the...

By Bob Tedder • I suppose there are few folks associated with the Woodstock Generation who are not familiar with the graphic art of M.C. Escher. His work was often prominently displayed in local head shops and hazy dorm rooms where appreciative critics intoned a...