Joe Tennis
Columnist and Features Writer at Bristol Herald Courier
Joe Tennis is an award-winning columnist and features writer for the Bristol Herald Courier in Bristol, Va.
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2 months ago |
blueridgecountry.com | Joe Tennis
Hendersonville, North Carolina’s ice cream trail has 13 stops. Danny McConnell slips nine pounds of strawberries into each five-gallon batch of ice cream at McConnell Farms on the outskirts of Hendersonville, North Carolina. “It’s pink – not from food coloring but the strawberries,” says McConnell.
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2 months ago |
blueridgecountry.com | Joe Tennis
Lance Hiatt loves the season-capping satisfaction of autumn at his Marked Tree Vineyard, when grapes are harvested and made into wine at Flat Rock, North Carolina. Of course, autumn also leads to the spooky season, when the winery’s “Ghost House” variety may be most popular — a wine that takes its name from a long-gone house on the winery property.
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2 months ago |
heraldcourier.com | Joe Tennis
Somewhere along the way, in the age of lent, you need to stand up and say thank you. Like paying attention to that special teacher you had in school. Maybe there was one who encouraged you to be a nurse or even another teacher. I had one in 11th grade, a teacher who loved a particular essay I wrote about the crabber who lived next door to me when I was growing up in the 1980s in the backwaters of the Elizabeth River in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Mar 29, 2025 |
heraldcourier.com | Joe Tennis
Members of the Washington County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to reduce the county property tax rate to $.43 per $100 of assessed value. The new rate is one penny lower than what County Administrator Jason Berry had recommended Tuesday would be needed for a balanced budget during the next fiscal year. That once cent equals $655,000. The vote came during a Thursday called meeting, following a motion by Supervisor Dwayne Ball.
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Mar 29, 2025 |
heraldcourier.com | Joe Tennis
All kinds of arts and activities are coming up in Abingdon, Virginia, over the next couple of weeks. And, while we’re on the subject of art, longtime arts promoter Ben Jennings wants you to know about the winners of the Arts Alliance Mountain Empire’s annual arts achievement awards: Nancy Fischman, Joyce Kistner, Kem Naegele, Derek Smith, and Barbara and Jim Street.
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Abingdon's big day is coming Saturday:: Farmers, Crafters, Writers and Recyclers unite! Find out more in Thursday's Bristol Herald Courier
Grab a copy of the Bristol Herald Courier on Wednesday for my "BRISTOL BITES" feature on JJ's in Abingdon - and discover the story of how this ever-growing and popular restaurant lost its lease and had to leave what is now THE FALLS!
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