Coal Cracker Sessions Train Young Journalists

Coal Cracker Sessions Train Young Journalists

Young people are the future of our communities. Their ideas and input can help to shape our small towns and neighborhoods in meaningful ways, but their voices are often underrepresented in the media. To address this need, Coal Cracker Magazine, a project of Heron’s Eye Communications, will host a series of four free workshops to train young journalists in exploring their sense of place through interviews, writing and photography. The series is open to young people ages 12 – 18,

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Upscaling Old Sweaters

Upscaling Old Sweaters

Fiber festivals are filled with fascinating and fabulous things. One of the coolest we’ve come across at the recent Endless Mountains Fiber Festival in Harford, PA is the upscaling work of twins from Delaware. Julia and Sarah Robinson gather up old sweaters from yard sales and thrift stores. premier Julia, a self-described “yarn-a-holic,” sets to work carefully deconstructing their finds, wetting the yarns to take the kinks out, wrapping them around the legs of a table and hanging them to

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Website Launch Party for HeronsEye.com

Website Launch Party for HeronsEye.com

Friends, colleagues and family celebrated the “official” launch of www.HeronsEye.com our new website. We celebrated during a festive reception at Harmony Presents in the Hawley Silk Mill. Special Thanks Thanks to Danielle and Jennifer at www.NaturalContents.com for the delicious treats—mini muffins, bilberry hemp bars & Java Love brownies! And to instructors and students at the Black Bear Conservatory of Music for sharing their talents—Executive Director Ryan Weber, guitarist extraordinaire Jason Brian Merrill and star students Rowan Lynch and Kristian Sonsteby.

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