Updated 12:00 a.m., Thu May 23, 2013
PHOTO BY: Eilish Palmer

Amanda Sellers, left, chats with Brenda Parry while she shops at the Conway Farmers Market.

Parking woes force market move

When the Conway Farmers Market moved three years ago from the YBMA Fairgrounds to a downtown parking lot, it was hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread. However, because of a conflict with the city’s need for parking, the market moved again and opened May 11 in the Antioch Baptist Church parking lot near Interstate 40. “The city kind of kicked us out,” said Tom Green of Atkins, president of the Conway Farmers Market Board. ... READ MORE

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    Those of us who grew up watching Saturday Night Live like to quote Gilda Radner’s crazy-haired character Roseanne Roseannadanna, who said, ‘It’s always something.” It is. Always. Something. My husband and I were meeting our younger son and his girlfriend for dinner to celebrate her college graduation and her new job. We got there, and as we waited for a booth to be cleared, we wondered what was taking them so long. I got a phone ca... READ MORE

FRONT & CENTER

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RIVER VALLEY OUTDOORS

    Smoking fish a time-tested method

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FLAVOR

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CALENDAR

    This week's events-RVO

    May 25 Pool Opening RUSSELLVILLE — The M.J. Hickey Pool will open for the season on Saturday. Daily admission is $4 for adults 18 and older, $3 for children 7-17 and $2 for children 6 and younger. Individual season passes are $75 and are available at the Hughes Center, 1000 E. Parkway. Pool hours are 12:30-6:30 p.m. every day. May 28 Audubon Society Meeting CLINTON — The Little Red River Audubon Society will meet at Western Sizzlin... READ MORE