Crafting a community one class at a time

SUPPLIES AND SCHOOLING: Maureen van Herpe is the owner and operator of Wood Items & More in Smithfield, where she sells various craft items and teaches sewing, decorative painting, crocheting and quilting classes. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
SUPPLIES AND SCHOOLING: Maureen van Herpe is the owner and operator of Wood Items & More in Smithfield, where she sells various craft items and teaches sewing, decorative painting, crocheting and quilting classes. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For more than three decades, Maureen van Herpe has built Wood Items & More into both a craft store and a classroom. At her shop in the Greenville neighborhood of Smithfield, customers can browse two floors of merchandise spanning 57 departments, from fabrics and paintbrushes to clock parts and sewing supplies. But for many of

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