This holiday season, we’re highlighting local businesses as part of our #StayLocal2020 campaign. Scroll to the bottom for more information. It’s been quite the year in storytelling: here are 18 stories that inspired us and made us feel hopeful this year, and we hope they can inspire you too. Local Photographer’s Front Porch Project Leaves the Light on for Shelter Pets –

by Joey PhoenixImages by Lindsay Parker When Social Distancing Guidelines went into effect in March, photographers around the country took inspiration from Massachusetts’ photographer Cara Soulia and started photographing people on their porches. The widespread movement has created thousands of images of diverse families standing or sitting on their stoops or front lawns, presumably having been captured by a photographer