Royal Oak Farm doesn’t do any of the usual Bedford County kinds of farming, and that’s why it’s the focus of the county’s annual farm tour next Saturday.The tour is a one-stop experience. It’s free, family-oriented and located nine miles south of New London. Even the lunch is free.

Teacher Sarah Swain is all about going green, and she wants her students to be, too.

A 55-acre site on a gravel road in Forest held a lot of promise 10 years ago for the eco-friendly lifestyle that Bob and Makanah Morriss wanted to live when they retired.

A boarded-up brick warehouse on Rutherford Street is a faint shadow of its industrial past — the roof sags, vines slink through broken windows and the air smells faintly of chemicals.