More than 25 volunteers gathered on Saturday at the old Town and Country Appliance building in downtown Goshen to tear out the floor in preparing the showroom to become the future home of Better World…
Highlights
Where Coffee Rules, Pretzels Will Reign
By August, the cozy spot on the corner of Washington and Main will stop selling coffee and start selling pretzels. This past winter, the owner of Jo Jo’s Pretzels in Shipshewana, Levi King, heard the rumor that…
Dictation Aside, Granddaughter Picks Up Where Grandmother Left Off
Kathleen Yoder never expected to live in Goshen, let alone work in the same building in which her grandmother had worked. Yoder communicates with students, parents and colleagues through email and social networking, and uses…
Elkhart Native Stars With Tom Hanks on Broadway
Deirdre Lovejoy, an Elkhart native, is in a top-grossing play. Which is on Broadway. With Tom Hanks. Lovejoy has lived in Los Angeles, worked in New York and currently performs in “Lucky Guy,” the Nora…
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Preparing Showroom for Largest Independent Bookstore in State
‘Three Lifetimes’ (and a Couple of Miracles) in One
“I’ve always got my own path that I’ve always followed,” Jeremiah Hartsough said with a smile, punctuating the words with slow, precise hand gestures. At his elbow were three parchment-wrapped bundles—three copies of his most…
College Drops Coal in Favor of Wind, Solar Power
Goshen College will voluntarily purchase all of its electricity from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, reducing the college’s carbon footprint by about 45 percent. The college is the first major customer…
Canoeing the Boundary Waters: Goshen Pool Offers Test Run
Today is the last day I will be in Goshen before driving to Minnesota in the morning. Everyone in the group met at noon today to have their gear checked. Our group leader, Val Hershberger,…
Canoeing the Boundary Waters: Get the Gear!
I don’t get away from civilization terribly often, but I love to escape into nature whenever I get the chance. Especially as a college student, I find my time constantly consumed with assignments, technology and…