After a busy spring, June isn’t the time to slow down. There’s still plenty to do to keep your garden healthy and thriving throughout the summer. June’s warm soil means it’s still time to plant heat-loving veggies like squash, corn, and herbs like basil or thyme. Keep new plants shaded and w…
Jack Fritts prepares customers lunchtime orders at Kate's Cafe in the Village Mall in this December 2007 file photo. The eatery, one of three businesses left at the time, was trying to keep the word out that they were still open.
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The Villa
Heather Joyner, an esthetician with The Villa in the Village Mall, waits for some traffic to flow through the almost-empty building in this December 2007 file photo.
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Village Mall
This photo from June 1999 shows preparations for the opening of the Village Mall. To see more from our archives, visit herald-review.newspapers.com.
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Kate's Cafe
In this April 2006 file photo, Richland Community College second-year biology student Heather Joyner, 30, right, takes advantage of the wireless internet access that Kate's Cafe, Bagel and Deli owner Nancy Fritts, left, had installed recently at the cafe, to do some homework.
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Christmas 2004
This December 2004 ad shows businesses that inhabited the Village Mall at the time. To see more from the Herald & Review archives, visit herald-review.newspapers.com.
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Village Mall Halloween
In this October 2006 file photo, the shops of Village Mall celebrate Halloween early with costumes, food and special sales. Village Mall workers from left to right, Kelli Kuzel and Corinne Stickle watch Nancy Frittz of Kate's Cafe Bagel & Deli get a quick touch up from Merle Norman's Marilyn Melvin.
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Kate's Cafe
Nancy Fritts prepares a meal for a customer during the lunch hour at Kate's Cafe and Bagel in the Village Mall in this October 2004 file photo.
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April 2002
Kate's Cafe
Nancy Fritts serves a customer a bowl of chili during the lunch hour at Kate's Cafe and Deli in the Village Mall in this October 2004 file photo.
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