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Free school meals for students to end

news@greenecountymessenger.comPublic schools have provided free lunches and breakfasts to students during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that will end on June 30.The U.S. Department of Agriculture implemented free meals nationwide in March 2020 to help with food insecurity during the COVID-19 ...

Master Gardener: ephemeral wildflowers of spring

Spring ephemerals are woodland wildflowers that live their brief but sublime life – sprouting, blooming, being pollinated and setting seed- in a few-week interval between snowmelt and the tree canopy filling out. This is when their seeds tubers and corms lying dormant in the forest soil ...

Double the fun: First cousins born same day, in same hospital

news@greenecountymessenger.comBritanie Housel, of New Freeport, Greene County, was scheduled for a C-section June 2 at Washington Hospital. So when her husband, Jarrod Corwin, opened a text message several days before that telling him that Housel’s water had broken, he was surprised.Even more ...

High flyin’ adored: Museum honors local aviation enthusiast

news@greenecountymessenger.comA tribute to late businessman and aviation enthusiast John Brodak was cleared for landing last Sunday, when The Brodak Museum opened its doors to the general public after a ribbon-cutting ceremony.Guests didn’t need a passport to check into an afternoon of fun ...

Tire recycling events scheduled for June 21-22

The Greene County Conservation District is holding a second tire recycling event at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, June 21 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday, June 22 from 8 a.m. to noon.Registration is required, and tires will only be accepted from Greene County residents. A maximum of ...

Harvesting the garden

You’ve planned, shoveled, tilled, mulched, seeded, planted, watered, weeded and now it’s time to reap your harvest! Ah, fresh tomatoes, zucchinis that were only ‘so big’ just yesterday. Beets bulging out of the ground, pepper plants straining to stand because they are weighed down by ...