The gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee.

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Annual Festival of Fruit goes for the exotic

Persimmon grower Jim Bathgate handed out tiny yellow peaches to others at the California Rare Fruit Growers' annual Festival of Fruit and watched with anticipation as they bit into the sweet and juicy flesh. The fruit grew on a peach tree that sprouted... Fruit - Persimmon - Peach - California Rare Fruit Growers Association - Tree

Winery buys acreage

Dalton “Duke” Bixler, owner of Breitenbach Wine Cellars, knows “a lot of people are wondering” about his plans after buying nearly 70 acres that were the former Alpine Hills entertainment resort off Old Rt. 39 NW between Dover and Sugarcreek.

Mango season kicks off

LAURENCE O’REILLY fondly recalls the halcyon days of mangoes when his roadside stall in front of their house in Johnston Street, Casino, would pull in serious pocket money.

Eat local, give local: Gardeners grow tons of produce for food pantries

Linda Joranger likes to get out first thing in the morning to harvest vegetables at the Middleton Outreach Ministry food pantry garden. “That way, when the food pantry opens, there’s fresh produce right there,” says Joranger, a laid-off state worker who turned to the food pantry — and the pantry garden to feed her sense of purpose — while looking for work this summer.