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April – May 2025 Issue
Within each issue of Heartland LIVING, you’ll find heartwarming stories about the people and businesses that are part of our amazing community. We cover Arts & Culture, Local Businesses, Food, Fashion, Fitness & Health, and Agriculture.
We create Heartland LIVING for you, our readers, and especially our dedicated advertisers, and we appreciate every one of you for your support. We hope you enjoy these stories!
noteworthy STORIES
Twelve Days of Christmas
Art Design by Bridgette Waldau ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME... A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE It resurfaces every holiday season, along with gingerbread cookies and mistletoe. The classic carol, the "12 Days of Christ- mas” is a Yuletide tradition
Clowning Around
By Christy Swift It’s one of the things that makes Lake Placid so special—Toby’s Clown Foundation. This not-for-profit clown school, museum, and community has been making people in the Heartland smile for 30 years now. One of only a handful of functioning clown schools in the U.S.,
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