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Today's Features

  • Helping Hands: Students give neglected cemetery some TLC

    The annual Pewee Valley Cemetery Cleanup project began when a student from Covenant Classical Academy noticed two things while walking along Maple Avenue: the Confederate Cemetery across the street was immaculate, but the other cemetery, known as “the Black cemetery” was grossly neglected.

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  • 'Singing in the Rain' opens at OCHS tonight

    Oldham County High School's production of "Singing in the Rain" premieres tonight at OCHS.

    Show times are 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday), Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

    Admission is $5.

    OCHS is located at 1150 North Ky. 393 in Buckner.

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  • NOHS to present 'Our Town' this weekend

    This weekend, students at North Oldham High School will present the Pulitzer Prize winning
    play, "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.

    This play chronicles life, love and loss in a small town in the early 20th century. Performance dates and times are 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday (May 19 and 21) and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (May 21 and 22).

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  • Pageant to benefit Red Cross food pantry

    The Miss Heart of America Pageant is coming to Oldham County later this month.
    The pageant takes place at 4 p.m. May 21 at Soiree, 1228 Market St. in La Grange. It is a food drive for the American Red Cross.  
    Miss Heart of America is proud to partner with the  Oldham County chapter of the American Red Cross.

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  • Dine is Gallery 104's artist of the month

    After relocation to Kentucky in 2006, Darlene Dine discovered a new and wondrous subject matter.  
    While living in Florida for 15 years, she was primarily involved in the photographic and portrait retouching industry.  
    Now living in the quaint, historic town of La Grange, she has found a new love for painting horses and scenes from our very own Oldham County.

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  • St. Francis celebrates students’ good deeds

    Students at St. Francis School in Goshen were rewarded for their good deeds with a celebration and concert Friday.
    Students gathered in the school auditorium and watched as their schoolmates gave presentations about their class service projects.

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  • Churches resurrect clinic

    By Danna Zabrovsky
    Staff Writer, The Oldham Era
    A group of local churches plan to pool resources in order to revive a community clinic for uninsured residents.

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  • Magazine keeps kids 
on their toes

    Children throughout the state are benefitting from a new magazine that teaches them that healthy living is fun.
    FIT4FUN is a colorful magazine that encourages creativity, critical thinking and a healthy lifestyle for children in kindergarten through third grade.

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  • Folding 1,000 cranes for a cause

    Sixth-grade students at St. Francis School in Goshen are spreading their wings, and some paper, to reach out to Japan in the country's time of need.
    This past fall, students read two books, "Hiroshima" and "One Thousand Paper Cranes," as part of a study about the atomic bombings of Japan by the United States.

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  • Exploring a playground of natural wonders

    By Janell Oliver
    special to the oldham era
    Saturday morning may have been chilly and wet but that didn’t stop dozens of adults and children from attending a wildflower open house at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve in Goshen.
    The event included two Wildflower Walks led by flower expert and executive director, Tavia Cathcart.

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