During my young life on the planet, I’ve called several places “home.”
Born in Raleigh before it got too big for its britches.
Lived in Apex the first five …
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BY BOB WACHS, Columnist
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5/11/23
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I’m more than familiar with small town festivals.
My dad works for Southern Bank in Mount Olive, N.C., and we always would spend the last weekend in April attending the Pickle …
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BY TAYLOR HEEDEN, News + Record Staff
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5/10/23
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PITTSBORO — The crowd selfie has become a staple of many artists and performers. They fire up their smartphone on stage, point the front-facing camera toward the crowd and click as the crowd …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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5/3/23
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President Biden recently kicked off his “Investing in America” tour with a visit to North Carolina. It’s no wonder why the state was selected as a showcase: already a regional …
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4/19/23
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The three most-trusted social institutions in North Carolina are the military, the police and small business. Make of that what you will. I made the following column.
Last month, the polling unit …
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BY JOHN HOOD, Columnist
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4/19/23
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What do the late Mildred “Mama Dip” Council and Vivian Howard have in common?
Both owned restaurants that served popular regional food to appreciative patrons: Mama Dip’s in …
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BY D.G. MARTIN, Columnist
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4/19/23
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“I walk, all day, across the heaven-verging field,” wrote poet Mary Oliver. If “all day” is perhaps poetic liberty, her understanding of heaven in the world is not. …
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BY ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN, Columnist
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4/19/23
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My next-door neighbors are my son, daughter-in-law and their brood. They bring us much pleasure, partly because the little folks still think I hung the moon. The adults, of course, have figured out …
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BY BOB WACHS, Columnist
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4/19/23
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Almost every week we see another positive comment or ranking about the North Carolina economy. For example, recently North Carolina surpassed 5 million people in the labor force, which includes …
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BY MIKE WALDEN, Columnist
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4/19/23
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