by Madeline Kopiecki | Feb 1, 2021 | Education
“… technology can’t get in the way of student learning …” Before online learning became a pandemic necessity, Christine Kudelka, professor emeritus, (MBA faculty, College of Business and Technology) has been teaching remotely for over a decade as part of...
by Ava Diaz | Feb 1, 2021 | Style
Nikki Steele Style empowers clients through inclusive fashion. With inclusivity as the forefront of her business, stylist and blogger Nikki Steele has a unique business moto: Be like a pineapple. Stand tall. Wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside. As owner of Nikki...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2021 | Drinks, Entertain, Noteworthy, Recipes
February 13. A Saturday. Galentine’s Day. Here we have the perfect mix for a weekend brunch celebration (Zoom or otherwise) with your favorite gal pals. We’ll handle the opening cocktail for you. Who doesn’t love ice cream? What about Champagne? They say opposites...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Feb 1, 2021 | Photo Contest
‘Be ready to spot those special moments …’ The Tranquility of Winter Walks, taken by Matthew Prior, placed second in the Pets category for our annual Picture Plymouth photo contest. The photograph was taken on the ice of Gleason Lake. “It was a cold January afternoon...
by Madeline Kopiecki | Feb 1, 2021 | Giving Back, Shops
Former pastor works to increase accessibility to clean drinking water through a community-focused company. When Plymouth native Mitch Reaume founded his first company, Fight for Something, roughly six years ago, his objective was to create a company that looked beyond...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2021 | Recipes
Fill your bowls with a healthy dose of warmth and comfort. By now, even the most fervent cooks have grown a bit weary as the holidays and high entertaining season begin to fade into the distance. As with nature, cooking has its own seasons—enter the time for comfort...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Dec 1, 2020 | Gift Guides
It’s easier than you think to come up with green alternatives to traditional giftwrap and boxes. Keeping a lid on refuse over the holidays takes extra and creative efforts with the increased volume of mailing boxes, packaging and giftwrap. It’s easier than you think...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 1, 2020 | Local Makers, Recipes
Sue Kakuk, owner of Kakookies, shares one of her holiday-time favorites – pecan pie cookies. Traditional baked goods find themselves popping out of ovens in little bands of sweetness throughout the year, but December is arguably go-time for holiday baking. While...
by Nina Raemont | Dec 1, 2020 | Community, Outdoors
This year, Old Fashioned Christmas will not be as traditional as its name implies. Concluding a year of uncertainty, the Old Fashioned Christmas event that the city of Plymouth knows and loves, like everything else, will not be as traditional as its name implies. With...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Dec 1, 2020 | Ingredients
Don’t wing it when it comes to your holiday dinner. There are a few holiday meal camps, including the Tried and Trues and the Let’s Do Something News. (There’s no shame in sampling from both plates.) For those interested in traveling the culinary road not taken, we’ve...
by Renée Stewart-Hester and Angela Johnson | Dec 1, 2020 | Gift Guides
Plymouth residents and businesses have you covered when it comes to unique hostess gifts, holiday presents or stocking stuffers. Plymouth residents and businesses have you covered when it comes to unique hostess gifts, holiday presents or stocking stuffers. We culled...
by Madeline Kopiecki | Dec 1, 2020 | Wellness
Self-Alchemist and E Squared Health have fresh takes on how to reach 2021 wellness goals. There’s something undeniably alluring about a new year. The future’s unwritten, and, often, you’re able to fill in the blanks. But with that blank slate of 2021 on the horizon,...
by Nina Raemont | Dec 1, 2020 | Wellness
Studio owner prides her business as being welcoming and inclusive. When yoga comes to mind, some might imagine a yogi balancing in a headstand on the tip of a mountain, intense daily regimens and 110 degree yoga studios determined to desiccate its devotees. For Nicole...
by Nina Raemont | Dec 1, 2020 | Drinks, Recipes
Big batch cocktails are the season’s best guests. The countdown starts now—a month or more of eat, drink and be merry—with December holidays and New Year’s all in the mix. Speaking of mix, how about hosts gift themselves with big batch beverage recipes, which add...
by Jim Magnuson | Dec 1, 2020 | Book Club, Noteworthy
Minnesota native Peter Geye has been called “the poet laureate of snow.” In Northernmost, he lyrically reveals the bleakness and beauty of winter while braiding together two remarkable stories of love and survival. In 1897, Norwegian fisherman Odd Einar Eide makes a...
