CN+R Columns & Opinions

LETTER: Thankful for the helpers

Last Tuesday, I was en route to Goldston on the Goldston-Carbonton road, about 10 yards from Robert's Chapel Road, when my car's engine died. I pulled off the road as best I could, albeit with …
Letter to the editor

CRAWFORD: VinFast is good for Chatham County

The VinFast choice to build its electric car plant in Chatham is proof that your board of commissioners has made wise economic development policy decisions. Here are the top four things that citizens …

WACHS: Chainsaw man cut to what’s important in life

We laid Charlie Brooks to rest last week. It was hot by the time we got to the grave site in the cemetery of the Pittsboro Baptist Church. We didn’t tarry; the preacher said what needed to …

TROUTMAN: Celebrating Juneteenth

While Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1845, in which the Union troops declared freedom for the enslaved people in Texas, its spirit of joyful liberty is far older. The newly freed …

WACHS: Urge to return home strong this time of year

If we’re having baseball games, weddings and graduation ceremonies, it must be June. Add to that, another feature of the times — church homecoming services — and we’ll …