Last week we, the Riverbend News, turned one year old. On July 29, 2020, our very first edition hit the streets in order to serve the residents of Suwannee County, Hamilton County…
Category: Editorials
Deeper Wells: Look ahead, not back
“The ride tends to be a little smoother if we spend more time looking through the windshield than we do at the rearview mirror.” I’m not sure exactly who quoted that but…
Around the Banks: What I love
The title of this article is “Around the banks” and I have been asked by many people, most of whom don’t live in our area: “What is it about the place you…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Happy Anniversary to us!
This coming Thursday, July 29, one year ago, Cheltsie and I found ourselves as the proud new owners of the Riverbend News, a newspaper that we “gave birth” to in a short…
Finding hope in rural Florida: What I learned from conversations on climate change
Lacey Lingelbach Over the past few months, I have been talking with groups of people in small-town North Florida about the impacts of climate change and how they might get involved in…
Around the Banks: Water, water
Rain! Lately, we have been blessed with an abundance of it. The earth and our bodies require a certain amount of water. Water is necessary to sustain life; life here on planet…
Deeper Wells: Know before you judge
How many times have we mistakenly counted someone out because we looked at them and compared their ability or lack thereof to someone else? Or, a better question…how many times have we…
Around the Banks: Freedom and the red, white and blue
The Fourth of July is approaching and our nation will celebrate her 245th birthday. While we all have different opinions about various issues, let’s agree there are some wonderful commonalities we share…
Emerald’s Gem Box: We want to tell your stories
Here at the Riverbend News we take pride in our work. We work hard to bring the citizens of Suwannee, Hamilton and Lafayette Counties the local news, to the best of our…
Around the Banks: Southern similes and colloquialisms
Not too long ago, I was sitting in a restaurant with a friend when a man, who was lunching in the restaurant, asked one of the waitresses if the sweet tea was…
Emerald’s Gem Box: The Front Porch … where the tea is sweet and the talks are long
It’s back! The newest edition of The Front Porch magazine; the magazine that features stories and spotlights about your neighbors in North Florida. Last week, all of our newspaper subscribers in the…
Deeper Wells: Not bitter. What a fool calls a stumbling block a wise man calls a stepping stone
Sounds like the back of a fortune cookie doesn’t it? I promise it’s not! I’ve often pondered the thought of what the purpose is for all these struggles we face each day…
Around the Banks: Thoughts of father
Here are thoughts of Father’s Day, as it will arrive on Sunday, June 20, which is also the first day of summer. There’s a big difference between being a father and being…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Happy Father’s Day
With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to write about my father, Tommy Greene (affectionately still known as Daddy, to me.) When life, in general, is…
Around the Banks: Some things might soon become a thing of the past
Some things might soon become a thing of the past, like the writer of this column. Well, at some time, we all will. As my aunt often said, “Baby, we are all…
Emerald’s Gem Box: The Pledge of Allegiance
I write this column in honor and recognition of the upcoming Flag Day holiday. Flag Day is celebrated each year on June 14 in recognition of the stars and stripes. It commemorates…
Emerald’s Gem Box: Respect for parents and adults – and the lack of it
It totally amazes me the lack of manners being taught to our youth. Manners that I so affectionately call “home-raising.” I have always teased by saying that I learned how to say…