With cooler weather and kids back in school, fall is the perfect opportunity to read a book, indoors or outdoors. Lake Wylie resident Doreen Kowalczyk recalls reading habits among her extended […]

Something magical happens when a child gets to see farm animals up close and personal. Experiencing the sheer size of a cow, the soft fleece of an alpaca, and the […]

Solar panels help Clover Middle School students learn about renewable energy For the past few years, sixth-grade students at Clover Middle School have had a new kind of teacher—the sun. A solar […]

Drive up to Mr. Jack’s Tree Farm, and chances are you’ll be greeted enthusiastically by Dakota and Fanny, two of the friendly farm dogs, or by one of the equally […]

Farm-to-Table or Farm-to-Fork is the popular movement inspiring us to eat locally-grown foods and especially local organic or sustainably-grown foods as well as locally grown hormone-free beef, pork and chicken. A […]

As the weather changes and the trees along the shores of Lake Wylie turn brilliant red and orange, the lake returns to calm after a summer of boating and wakeboarding. Watching […]

Ask any of the 4,000 seasonal employees at Carowinds theme park to point out Jerry Helms, the park’s vice-president of operations, and they’ll tell you he’s the one walking the […]

As the summer sun sinks low in the sky, the ballfields around Lake Wylie and Clover are filled with kids sliding into second, stealing third base, and slapping high fives […]