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BY ERIN COGGINS | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY Amatevi tutti gli uni gli attri. Love one another. L’amore vince. Love conquers all. These phrases are prominently printed on two signs that adorn the property of the newly opened La Famiglia Vineyard and Winery. And love and family are what owners Tom Fitzgerald and his wife, Bev Massa, put into opening
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STORY BY BOB LABBE | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY |Living 50 Plus Simply put, Suzanne Swift has had a life like no other. She feels there’s nothing else she wants to do with her life and is happy where she is both emotionally and physically. She’s had heartache, headache and happiness all wrapped into 56 years, and in some ways,
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BY KADIE TAYLOR | LIVING 50 PLUS Huntsville Botanical Gardens hosts pet-friendly days for visitors who want to explore the garden with their leashed furry friends. “Our mission is to connect people to plants,” said Huntsville Botanical Garden Visitor Program Coordinator Sharon Singletary. “It kind of naturally flows — your dog is observing things differently, and it just helps you
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BY ERIN COGGINS | LIVING 50 PLUS Dr. Sara Harper is an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science in the Kinesiology Department in the new newly renamed College of Education, Sport and Human Studies. She joined the staff at UAH in August 2023. Her PhD is in exercise physiology, with additional training in geriatrics, exercise medicine, skeletal muscle adaptations, and ergonomics.
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The Huntsville Museum of Art (HMA) will reopen to the public on Sunday, Aug. 31, following several months of closure for facility upgrades. To celebrate the occasion, the museum will host the Betsy and Peter Lowe Community Free Day, offering free admission to all visitors from noon to 5 p.m. The closure allowed for the installation of a new HVAC
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Retirement is often characterized as a carefree time in life when adults who spent years in the workforce get to enjoy the fruits of their labors. But upon retiring, many retirees find themselves fighting boredom. A recent study from Indeed found that, as of March 2022, 3.2 percent of workers who retired a year earlier had already reentered the workforce.
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STORY BY KADIE VICK | LIVING 50 PLUS The Huntsville Adventurer is a social media account and website run by David Parham that covers local hiking trails and outdoor spaces for community members to explore. The Huntsville Adventurer Instagram account now has around 150,000 followers and began because Parham saw a need for an online space with information on local
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