From an early age, parents and teachers tell children about Community Helpers and the ways they help. Kids often dress up in red pint-sized firefighter ...
Timothy Jarman’s one-year anniversary as chief of Badin Volunteer Fire Department is one month away, but he’s celebrating early. A 2022 Pierce Saber Custom Fire ...
“Christmas comes sooner every year!” It is a perennial sentiment echoing through the aisles of big box stores from late September on. By now, Christmas ...
On a recent Sunday morning, about 150 members and guests of Salem United Methodist Church in Millingport spread quilts across hay bales arranged under tents ...
They met at a picnic in 1952. He had graduated from Albemarle High School the previous year. She still had four years to go. He ...
Badin Library Children’s storytime and crafts takes place Oct. 11 and 25 at 10:30 a.m. An adult fall crafting get-together is Oct. 18 at 10:30 ...
“Addiction is real,” said Brittney Teague. “It kills so many people.” Teague knows firsthand. Though she lost her mother to a heroin overdose, she’d rather ...
In 1962 basketball players wore short shorts and cheerleaders wore knee-length skirts, as pictured in the New London High School yearbook, “The Londoner.” That was ...
From coastal Wilmington to West Jefferson in the mountains, and scads of towns and counties in between, women (and a few men) gather at least ...
On Albemarle’s North Second Street, a few blocks south of U.S. Highway 52, sits an old, nondescript brick building with a few out-of-the-way shops. Several ...