Even though he’s a broom maker, Chris Nibbe’s creativity can’t be swept under the rug. Based in Rochester, Nibbe’s Sweet Corn Brooms makes more than just sweeping tools. Though Nibbe insists that ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — When you see a simple broom, you might connect it with cleaning, chores, or even witches and wizards playing their magical sport. At Bluegrass Brooms, Shannon Lewis puts his ...

PINE RIVER — Balsam Moon Preserve is offering Broom Making 101 using traditional materials of broomcorn, twine, and wood 1-5 p.m. Feb. 8 at Balsam Moon Preserve, located 10 miles west and south of ...

This story is part of the Black Joy Christmas Advent Calendar series, which celebrates Black entrepreneurs. Exercise the power of your dollar by supporting these businesses. In less than two weeks, ...

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Which angle broom is best? Standard brooms use the same natural or synthetic bristles as modern brooms, but they’re aligned in a straight configuration, affecting how many bristles actually come into ...

LARAMIE - The days were long, the work repetitive and the conditions rough. But for prisoners, the opportunity to work in the Wyoming Territorial Prison's broom factory was probably better than ...

KIRBY, W.Va. (AP) - In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer. The story ended with a question: would ...

Berea College’s broomcraft program carries on an American craft tradition that’s rarely practiced today Liz Logan - Contributing Writer The brooms that are made at Berea College, in the Appalachian ...

No one makes brooms by hand anymore. Well, almost no one. More than a century ago Jack Martin’s maternal ancestors, the Hockadays, began growing broomcorn alongside more conventional crops on the ...