Local Features

GREENFIELD – Several local organizations and churches are offering a helping hand to families faced with back-to-school shopping this month.

I ran into a friend recently who asked if I knew she had “quit” a year ago. She said she simply knew it was time and went “cold turkey.”

“Glow in the Park” scheduled

Some rolled light paint onto the walls in the church hallway.

King’s Brass to play Aug. 4

St. James Lutheran Church, 6-8 p.m. Thursdays (remaining date is July 21) at 1741 S. State St., Greenfield. Theme: “Monumental: Celebrating God’s Greatness.” Registration: VBSpro.events/p/events/stjamesmonumentalvbs

Services take place Sunday unless otherwise noted.

Hope is an interesting thing, isn’t it? The Oxford dictionary defines hope as “a feeling or expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.”

CUMBERLAND – Food trucks and live music in a family-friendly setting is growing in popularity, as Beer, Blues and BBQ continues in Cumberland this summer.

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