by Jeff Feldman
 
The Eastern Panhandle was flush with green events last month in honor of the 40th Earth Day. Films, lectures, and festivals brought crowds to parks, town centers, and community gathering spots throughout the area, all in recognition and celebration of the relationship we have with our planet. If you somehow missed out, or simply didn’t get your fill of such events, there are more opportunities to come: Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22 bring us the second annual Building for a Greener Future Conference and Eastern Panhandle …

By Davic Lillard
West Virginia was once a leading producer of maple syrup. Today, even though 80 percent of the Mountain State is covered with hardwoods—about 110,000 square miles of them—West Virginia barely registers in syrup production. Neal Super’s Mountain State Maple is starting a homegrown sugarin’ renaissance here in the relative flatlands of Jefferson County. In February, when the days are warming but the nights are still cold, it’s sugaring time in our region. Unlike many sap tappers, solitary figures working sugar stands in a secluded hollow, for Super it’s …