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Blanche open house set for Sunday

TODD WILSON
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
The historically restored Blanche in downtown Lake City will be fully decorated for Christmas and open to the public from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, 212 N. Marion Ave.

Parkview Baptist providing cold weather shelter

NEWS STAFF
Monday, November 30, 2020
With the temperature dropping as December arrives, Parkview Baptist Church is rising to the occasion. The church is opening its fellowship hall through Wednesday night to provide a cold weather shelter for those in need.
The Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, dressed in splendor with Christmas lights during a previous Festival of Lights event at the state park. (JOHN STOKES/Special to the Reporter)

The Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, dressed in splendor with Christmas lights during a previous Festival of Lights event at the state park. (JOHN STOKES/Special to the Reporter)

Festival of Lights opens Friday with just lights

NEWS STAFF
Friday, November 27, 2020
The name will be fitting for the Festival of Lights this year. The annual Christmas festival at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park will be just lights and displays this year when it opens Friday. The festival, which will run Dec. 4-5, Dec. 9-12 and Dec.
The Matt Johns Band and Florida Gateway College Theatre students will perform concerts next weekend. (COURTESY)

The Matt Johns Band and Florida Gateway College Theatre students will perform concerts next weekend. (COURTESY)

FGC Theatre presenting holiday concerts

NEWS STAFF
Friday, November 27, 2020
Florida Gateway College is planning a pair of fun, safe and family-friendly holiday music concerts this season. FGC Theatre students and the Matt Johns Band will present the two concerts next weekend.

Hardin’s Kids Closet seeking donated clothes

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, November 26, 2020
It began small but Shannon Hardin’s vision for the Clothes 4 Kids Closet is much, much bigger. Three years ago, Hardin wanted to sponsor a school-age child that needed clothes. When she heard there was a list of 15 families at the school in need, Hardin started thinking bigger.

United Way awards $62K in grants

TONY BRITT
Thursday, November 26, 2020
The United Way of Suwannee Valley is looking to improve the education, health and financial stability of residents in the area during the global pandemic.