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The Stray Who Stayed: How One Dog Found a Home and a Place in Local Literature

Leave a Comment / Archives, Arts and Entertainment, Citizen Spotlight, Featured / The Stray Who Stayed: How One Dog Found a Home and a Place in Local LiteratureBy / October 14, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

Vernon Earl wasn’t supposed to stay. But after one sip of water and a nap on his new owner’s bed, he never left. Now, decades later and after his passing, local author Robert G. Pettegrew has turned their true story into a five-part children’s series celebrating the “coolest dog” he has ever had.

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August Curb Appeal Winner: Mary Lou Greim’s Yard, Decades in the Making

Archives, Arts and Entertainment, Citizen Spotlight, Community, Featured / August Curb Appeal Winner: Mary Lou Greim’s Yard, Decades in the MakingBy / September 9, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

For Thrive Excelsior’s August Curb Appeal Award, longtime community member and avid gardener Mary Lou Greim shared her favorite spots to relax and shop, helping to shape the prize-winning yard she has spent decades making beautiful.

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Pedockie Yard Takes the Prize in Thrive Excelsior’s June Curb Appeal Contest

Archives, Arts and Entertainment, Citizen Spotlight / Pedockie Yard Takes the Prize in Thrive Excelsior’s June Curb Appeal ContestBy / June 30, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

It’s not every yard that combines beautiful bloom, balance, and a bit of engineering. The Pedockies’ does, and it just won them June’s Curb Appeal Award, organized by Thrive Excelsior and sponsored by Hightower Heritage.

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