Lemons Brook Farm: Lens, Pen, and Place

Lemons Brook Farm: Lens, Pen, and Place

Do you love where you live? Have you thought about why? The particularities of a place—its notitia—spark the fire of our interest in the places we love. Discovering what is special about a place increases our devotion to it, awakening a love that can lead to outcomes lasting beyond our lifetimes. In 2014, Heron’s Eye Co-Founder Sandy Long was given the opportunity to photograph the notitia of Shenandoah National Park—beloved by millions—as its first Artist in Residence. A year later,

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Water Choices Matter

Water Choices Matter

How “water aware” are you? Have you ever given thought to how the choices we make in our everyday lives affect the quality of the water upon which our lives depend? A new opportunity to learn more and to raise awareness of the many ways in which we can make a difference in protecting this precious resource is now available on the Clear Choices Clean Water website. The educational website is filled with useful tools, links and tips. It focuses

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Smart Phone Photo Editing

Smart Phone Photo Editing

Smart phone photo editing is the topic that Coal Cracker youth-led news reporters will explore on January 30th. The free training session will be led by Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Pierre-Pierre, a multi-media and entrepreneurial journalist. Coal Cracker reporter Ashley Stetson (at center in the above photo) will act as a youth trainer for the session, lending her smart phone photo editing expertise to the conversation. Ashley is a seventh grade student at Mahanoy Area Middle School. She has been a

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