Festival plans to raise money for girl's kidney transplant

..."Last year's Village Fest completely paid for a van with a wheelchair lift for a girl who needed it," said Benjamin Ezra, the founder of Village Fest and local musician.

"Everything's changed for her family since last April." After hearing Nunez-Torres' story, he was interested in helping her.

But it was after speaking with her for the first time that he really got invested.

"She's the sweetest girl in the world, and she's an incredibly sharp girl.

Her family needs an advocate, and I'm hoping that the Village Fest will inspire others to create change," he said.

The headliner at this year's festival will be Georgia singer/songwriter Bill Mallonee.

Rock 'n' roll guitarist Mallonee was voted by Paste Music Magazine as the 65th Best Living Songwriter, and has a raw acoustic sound that transcends time.

Mallonee has played with Georgia natives REM, toured with the Dave Matthews Band and Ryan Adams, and had major success with his old band, the Vigilantes of Love, and as a solo artist.

"We're ready to step it up, and we hope that each year, the concert will get bigger and better.

The local music community has been incredibly supportive," Ezra said.

The first band to play will be this year's Battle of the Bands winner, Oh Discretion!

, which will open the festival at 4:30.

Last year's festival began at 4 p.m.

and didn't end until nearly 1 a.m.

Ezra is hoping that this year's concert will go even longer into the night.

"People in the area shouldn't have an excuse not ...

Brown and Cameron Bid for Sympathy

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Gordon hopes it shows people his soft side.

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Spurred by daughter’s life, Dundalk native advocated for ban of ...

...“I’m glad my mom did not let me die.

It’s a good law.

It saves babies.”Donna wants to go to London, meet actor Hugh Laurie (TV’s House M.D.) at Buckingham Palace and be declared a princess.

“She’s a little self-promoter,” Vance said.

“Her agent won’t have to work too hard.”Vance and her daughter were both signed last week by Ambassadors, a Nashville-based talent agency.“Donna was talking to her agent on the phone, flipped her hair like an actress would and said she wanted to do TV work as soon as possible,” Vance said.

“She’s such a ham.”Having spent the past 10 years in the public spotlight, it’s no surprise Donna shows media savvy.Mother and daughter testified before Congress in 1997 and 2003 in favor of bills banning IDX, as a counter to the argument that the procedure could be a medical necessity.“No one can refute the fact of Donna Joy’s life,” Vance said.

“She told Congress that doctors recommended she be aborted, but look how she turned out.”Vance said she and Donna visited the offices of every congressman — many of whom refused to see her —...

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