Ethel Winslow’s Story Archive

Amber Waves Strikes Hopeful Note for Rural Future

The family farm has never been an easy place to raise a family or earn a living. Always at the not-so-tender mercies of weather, commodity prices, and rising taxes, the people who work the land and put food on our tables have to be dedicated and resilient. The Olsons, stars … Read More

A Doll’s House, Part 2 Explores Truth and Consequences

The IRT’s latest offering, A Doll’s House, Part 2, explores what happens after Ibsen’s master work, A Doll’s House, ends. Lucas Hnath’s play isn’t a sequel as much as a continuation of the conversation between Nora and the family she left behind. Fifteen years after Nora slams the door on … Read More

Ten Years and Counting!

The first issue of the Eastside Voice was published March 13, 2009. Sometime during that day, the four owners raised plastic glasses of sparkling cider and cheered the accomplishment. We were pretty proud of ourselves — it is no easy task to create a newspaper from scratch in the middle … Read More

Irvington Churches Observe Lent With Soup Suppers

The six weeks before Easter Sunday is Lent, when many Christians abstain from certain foods or activities. In Irvington, the Irvington Association of Ministers host “round robin” style Soup Suppers at participating churches, sharing fellowship among denominations and building a stronger community. The churches have created this tradition over the … Read More

A Possible Way Forward for Irvington Plaza

A national panel of experts in urban redevelopment offered their assessments and recommendation regarding Irvington Plaza and the Ford/Visteon property on Friday, Feb. 15 at the Bona Thompson Memorial Center in Irvington. Department of Metropolitan Development officials and an overflow audience of Irvington business owners and residents were on hand … Read More