ESI Staff
[Letter received by reporter Becky Gillette last weekend]
We lived a mile from the DC beltway and traffic noise was horrible, 24/7, but after midnight the motorcycles raced for that added high-pitched...
Council reviews 2021 legislative audit findings
Most of Eureka Springs City Council’s Monday, July 10, meeting handled business previously brought to the table with relative expediency, although discussion lingered on...
Imagine celebrating 2,000 kids quietly reading
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Carroll County has enrolled just over 2,000 children from infant to five years in its reading program since 2017,...
Dog adoptions slowing, paralleling a national trend
No one knows for certain why, but adoptions of dogs from animal shelters across the country have declined in the past year. Cole Wakefield,...
Missin’ the rhythm of the falling rain
A year ago, pastures, cropland, forests and home gardens were suffering as the Carroll County area experienced a string of days with temperatures more...
HDC OKs buildings’ demolition
The Historic District Commission needed only 10 minutes for the July 5 meeting, and an application for demolition of some outbuildings was approved.
Paul Johnson...
Keeping neighborhoods residential
Editor,
The Planning Commission will soon be considering whether to end or continue one of several moratoriums on new Bed and Breakfast businesses in neighborhoods.
For...
The Dirt on Nicky
Bear with me, I’m bean serious
If a gardener planted pole beans after the final spring frost, the vines would be producing by now. Rains...
Hello Again
A letter to Hippies and Comrades from my past – A message to dear old friends I haven’t seen in 20 years or so.
“Hello...
HavingREELFun
I hope everybody had a wonderful week and got to get out and enjoy some of these milder temperatures. My daddy always told me...