Retro Fest Flashes Back Through the Decades and Celebrates Nu-Hope’s 50th Anniversary

Retro Fest flashes back through the decades and celebrates Nu-Hope’s 50th anniversary

Nu-Hope Elder Care Services’ Retro Fest transported the audience through various decades of music, activities, wardrobes and other memorabilia as they celebrated their 50th anniversary Saturday at the Bert J. Harris Jr. Agricultural Center in Sebring.

Carbondale Farmers Market celebrates 50th anniversary

Morning light spills across the parking lot of the Murdale shopping center, as the first murmurs of the Carbondale Farmers Market begin to rise. Vendors lift the flaps of their canopies, unfolding tables with the ease of muscle memory. A breeze carries the scent of basil, fresh bread and summer peaches. By 8 a.m., the lot hums with life. Dogs tugging at leashes, toddlers peeking out from beneath straw hats, and old friends greeting each other li…