By Melissa Wagoner Tasha Huebner feels every bomb that falls on Ukraine like a physical blow. A second generation American of Ukrainian descent, she has long maintained ties to her heritage through extensive travel, a study abroad in the 1990s and even a stint living in the capital city of Kyiv. Photos of the time feature a younger, more carefree […]
By Melissa Wagoner When 22-year-old Nicole Serrano moved to Silverton with her parents and brother she never could have imagined the immediate notoriety she would receive thanks to the family’s group of miscreant pets. “The first day we were here all the dogs escaped,” Serrano said – whose four dogs took advantage of the temporary lack of fencing around the […]
By Melissa Wagoner Historical objects really speak to Tasha Huebner. So, when she came across a listing for a home that dated all the way back to 1890, she just had to check it out. “This was the only house I looked at in Silverton,” Huebner – who relocated out of Portland six years ago – recalled. “It had all […]
By Melissa Wagoner “If there’s a zombie apocalypse, my friends know whose house to run to,” Tasha Huebner said of her “jam cellar of terror.” As with most old-time cellars, Huebner’s resides in the unfinished basement of her 1890’s farmhouse where the walls are lined with last year’s bounty. The cellar became part of a running joke last year when […]
