The Edge

All's well that ends well

December 7, 2025

The purple finch: less common than before

A male purple finch, in the words of naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, is a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.” While found in Kentucky, purple finches have become less common over the past decades as the population of house finches (next week’s feature) has grown. The National Audubon Society’s

December 7, 2025

Meet Your Municipality

Growth happens. She ensures it follows the plan

Codes & Planning Administrator Amanda Haney knows where everything goes

December 5, 2025

Berea City Council

Council donates 5K to Berea food banks, City plans a night to ask 'How can we help?'

CITY HALL – City Council has voted unanimously to offer a one-time donation of $2,500 each to two food banks that serve Bereans. The vote occurred during the first regularly scheduled meeting of December. Per Resolution 20-2025, the City will purchase $5,000 worth of food from Lexington-based God'

December 3, 2025

Opinion

What in the world?

A new column from Professor José Mora, PhD

December 1, 2025

Birds of Berea

Tufted titmice are storing up for winter

As winter approaches, the tufted titmouse harvests the last berries of the season and transitions from a summer diet of primarily insects to a winter diet of primarily seeds. Common visitors to backyard birdfeeders, tufted titmice prefer sunflower seeds. They tend to choose one large seed and fly to a

November 30, 2025

No exploding turkeys!

Deep frying your bird? Dry it first.

November 27, 2025

Postmortem

Behind the scenes at The Edge

'Postmortem' is an informal chat about the week that was; in this issue, juicy bits from the campaign trail

November 23, 2025

Birds of Berea

Mallards rest easy this week

Male mallards sport a variety of colors, most notably iridescent green heads. While the mottled brown female mallard is not as colorful, she does typically get the loudest say in the relationship, as quacking is the purview of the female mallards while male mallards make quieter rasping or rattling sounds

November 23, 2025

Berea Community KDE scores show significant improvement

Also, Hackett steps down from Board of Ed, replacement sought

November 21, 2025

Saint Joe on solid footing

As some EKY hospitals falter, AI and other efficiencies will keep Berea facility strong, according to leadership

November 19, 2025

Birds of Berea

The snowbirds are coming!

Unlike many birds that leave the area in the winter, the dark-eyed junco returns to Kentucky in October and November to spend the winter. This sparrow is one of the most common birds in North America. You are likely to see small groups of them foraging for seeds on the

November 16, 2025