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Early mornings are my favorite time of day. I’m the only morning person in my household, so it’s just me and the dog to start the day. I put the kettle on and stretch my body while it boils. I make a big mug of tea and find my... — Updated 9/8/2021

Silvermont Opportunity Center will be hosting new Ageless Grace Classes beginning on Tuesday Oct. 5. Ageless Grace, Body and Brain Fitness classes will start take place from 1-1:45 p.m. and also at 2-2:45 p.m. The class... — Updated 9/8/2021

Little River Community Center A music jam will be held at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 11. The evening starts with a potluck followed by the music jam at 7 p.m. Bring your instrument to join in or just stop by to enjoy the music. Music jams... — Updated 9/8/2021

Sharing my hiking experiences through the ages: I was 21 when my college roommate and I were stuck at a car race in southern France. We had taken the train from Paris and had to hike 5 miles to get to the event. No way did we want... — Updated 9/8/2021

The Western North Carolina Chapter of Project Linus is currently seeking volunteers to make children’s blankets. The chapter creates and donates handmade blankets to children in crisis thus providing a sense of security and... — Updated 9/8/2021

Silvermont Opportunity Center will be hosting Robbie Mann, DPT, from Fyzical Therapy and Balance Centers, to teach a workshop at noon, Thursday, Sept. 23, on “Balance Is Core To Your Wellness.” The goal of this workshop will... — Updated 9/8/2021

Pardee UNC Health Care announced that Jennifer Dukowicz, M.D., a board-certified internal medicine physician has joined Pardee Fletcher Medical Associates, located at 2695 Hendersonville Rd., Suite 200, in Fletcher. Dukowicz... — Updated 9/8/2021

Balsam Grove Community Playgroup The community playgroup is a group of local families who meet up once a week to play and learn together. We are a mobile program, featuring the Family Place’s curriculum in partnership with... — Updated 9/8/2021

When Mountain Heritage Day returns to the campus at Western Carolina University on Saturday, Sept. 25, so will the presentation of the annual Mountain Heritage Awards, which honor an individual and an organization for... — Updated 9/6/2021

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) recently approved grants totaling $195,363 to nonprofits across the region. The awards were made in CFWNC’s Early Childhood Development, Food and Farming, and Natural... — Updated 9/6/2021

The Cedar Mountain Rotary is planning a “Road Rally for Saturday, Oct. 9, as part of a fundraiser for Rise & Shine. The objective of the rally is for a team of two, a driver and a navigator, to use a set of clues to reach... — Updated 9/6/2021

St. Baldrick’s of Transylvania County, a local chapter of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private, nonprofit fundraising organization dedicated to childhood cancer research, has organized two more fundraisers to... — Updated 9/6/2021

The following briefs are from the Thursday, Sept. 9, 1971, edition of The Transylvania Times. •There will be a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Transylvania Community Hosptial at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 19, on the site north of... — Updated 9/6/2021

Western Carolina Community Action, Inc., a non-profit human services agency administering local, state, and federally funded programs for low-income, the elderly and children, will hold its Board of Director’s monthly meeting on... — Updated 9/1/2021

Award-winning writer, naturalist, and western historian Mark Warren will present “The Ancient Ways of the Cherokee and How We Can Use Them Today” at the outdoor pavilion at Pisgah Forest Elementary School at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 9.... — Updated 9/1/2021