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October 22, 2025 2 minute READ

Columbia is Mast Store's partner for the Share the Warmth Coat Collection

Layer Love with Share the Warmth in November

Each year, Columbia Sportswear teams with Mast General Store to gather gently loved coats and jackets for our neighbors who need them for the coldest part of the year. Columbia kicked off this year’s collection by making its own donation of new jackets. ...read more

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February 20, 2025 9 minute READ

The Carolina Chocolate Drops play at the Music Fest n' Sugar Grove, ca. 2012

Banjos & Beyond

Have you ever thought you had a pretty good idea how something came about only to find out that, well, it’s complicated. That is the story of bluegrass music – which, by the way, wasn’t even referred to as “bluegrass” until well into the 1940s. This music, most associated with the Appalachian Mountains and the working class, is a long tale of shared influences, forks in the road, and happy reunion gatherings. ...read more

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February 4, 2025 5 minute READ

Be a Sweetheart - candy for your sweetheart provides food for our neighbors

A Time Like No Other to be Sweet to Neighbors

Mast General Store’s Be a Sweetheart campaign has provided neighbors in need with healthy meals for 22 years, but few winters in the past two decades have seen a greater demand for food than this one. ...read more

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April 18, 2024 6 minute READ

Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer. Smog, N.Y.C. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress and Afif Ramdhasuma (from pexels.com)

Earth Day: Making the Planet a Healthier, Happier Place to Live

What a difference a few decades make! The images of New York City were taken in 1970 (Bernard Gotfryd, Library of Congress) and in 2018 by Afif Ramdhasuma (from pexels.com). Earth Day has been celebrated on April 22 since it was established through grassroots efforts in 1970. It was a response to increasing concerns caused by smog (intense air pollution caused mainly by exhaust fumes), Great Lakes at risk of dying from pesticide runoff and waste dumping, and rivers that caught on fire (the Cuyahoga River in Ohio famously caught fire in June of 1969). It was also the year when monumental legislation was enacted to address all kinds of environmental concerns. ...read more

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March 21, 2024 8 minute READ

Fresh Fashion for Spring

The calendar has flipped from the cold, drab colors of winter to a fresh new palette for spring. If you feel like you are seeing a lot more kelly greens, ice blues, and peachy colors now, there’s a reason. All of them are trending for the new season and are part of the Pantone Color Palette for Spring 2024. ...read more

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June 29, 2023 7 minute READ

Summer School Class: Mixology 101

It’s summertime – a time when cookouts and gatherings bring families, neighbors, and friends together for fun and to celebrate Independence Day. Alongside the hamburgers and hotdogs, chips, watermelon, and apple pie, you may want to serve up a refreshing drink or two. We visited with a Mast Store employee who’s also tended bar for more than 15 years for a few tips and tricks. ...read more

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