Horizon student claims spicy victory

Horizon’s Madison Ashbaugh wins big at state, national levels in 4-H cooking contest FERNDALE — Madison Ashbaugh has loved cooking since she was 3 years old, but it wasn’t until ...

18th annual Chess Jam coming up this weekend at FHS

FERNDALE — The International Chess Jam K-12, feature a youth chess payday and tournaments, is coming up on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Ferndale High School. The tournament is for kindergarten ...
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State of the Arts: ‘The Imitation Game’ tells fascinating true story

Oscar-nominated film feels rushed, but satisfying Anybody who read my review of the first “Hobbit” movie a few years ago certainly knows that I’m a little harsh on needlessly ...

A passion for sugar — and volunteering

No one niche: Carol Bersch has found a baker’s dozen ways to plug into Ferndale FERNDALE — Carol Bersch has only lived in Ferndale for the past few years. Glance at her résumé, ...

Siblings look skyward

Ella, Jonathan and Benjamin Robbins have gone from RC planes to the real thing FERNDALE — The Robbins siblings like to see the world from a different perspective, and to them there’s ...
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State of the Arts’ best movies of 2014

We’re nearing the end of a great year for movies of all kinds. 2014 was full of surprises and disappointments, just like any year, but what really characterized the past year was ...