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Debra Vandenberg baked and delivered this box of wildflower cupcakes as a surprise gift. Photo by Nicholas Cicale

Debra Vandenberg baked and delivered this box of wildflower cupcakes as a surprise gift. Photo by Nicholas Cicale

Debra’s Floral Cupcakes: An unexpected business post-retirement

Abbey Archer
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Sweet smelling roses, chrysanthemums, hydrangeas... wait, are those made of icing?“I really love to just show up at some place with a bunch of cupcakes for people who weren’t expecting it,” said Debra Vandenberg, owner of Debra’s Floral Cupcakes.Ms. Vandenberg loves gifting unexpected treats.
During her cancer treatment, Brooklynn Miller sits with a gift bag before giving it to a nurse at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin.

During her cancer treatment, Brooklynn Miller sits with a gift bag before giving it to a nurse at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin.

The Brooklynn Miller Foundation gathers gifts for childhood cancer patients

Abbey Archer
Friday, April 26, 2024
Williamson County resident Erika Spies founded The Brooklynn Miller Foundation to honor her daughter, Brooklynn, who passed away last October after battling osteosarcoma, an aggressive type of bone cancer.
From left to right, Raymond Gronross, Matty Monis, Justin Crow, Jeremy McCarroll, John Scalo, Edward Garza and Joel Moreno, not pictured, make up the Jeremy McCarroll band. (Photo courtesy Jeremy McCarroll)

From left to right, Raymond Gronross, Matty Monis, Justin Crow, Jeremy McCarroll, John Scalo, Edward Garza and Joel Moreno, not pictured, make up the Jeremy McCarroll band. (Photo courtesy Jeremy McCarroll)

Local band to release album a decade in the making

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Thursday, December 21, 2023
After 10 years of making music, writing songs and performing at local hotspots, the Jeremy McCarroll Band is releasing their debut album.
Justin Gibson is the co-owner of Florence Marketplace.

Justin Gibson is the co-owner of Florence Marketplace.

Vintage shop Florence Marketplace offers customers something new

Abbey Archer
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Florence Marketplace is a vintage store selling antiques and gifts in downtown Florence. Co-owned by Justin Gibson, the space is designed using a three pronged approach. The “Modern Mercantile” area sells giftable items like cosmetics, jewelry, candles, t-shirts and other drygoods.
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