“Was Noah real?” one on my grandchildren, then in pre-school, asked. It should be an easy answer. Yes. His story is in the Bible. But, someday the grandchild will confront hard facts about the i...
Poison Control Pointers Poison Prevention Week starts March 14th and runs through March 20th. This annual observance was started in 1961 and is designed to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. ...
How to avoid GARDENER'S BACK! With gardening season just about here, many eager “green thumbs” find themselves unexpectedly nursing back pain as the weather starts to turn. Providing you have a healthy spine Garde...
Holistic Veterinary Medicine In our westernized society, alternative forms of therapy and medicine are often viewed with suspicion and occasionally, outright disbelief. Practices like acupuncture, acupressure or even homeopa...
Making financial sense out of lifestyle decisions I’ve often marveled at how many folks spend their hard earned money on external lifestyle products and services. They commit themselves to joining the health club, organic foods, bottled water, su...
Thank-goodness the torture is over. My true, blue Carolina heart doesn't have to suffer through another disappointing ACC regular season or tournament game this year. Georgia Tech took care of that...
Harold Kattman,one of the original W-P residents, has returned to his fourthfloor penthouse overlooking beautiful Varina Country Club, following a 7-week vacation at Devon Hall where he was pampere...
The local library has been an intricate, if not an essential, part of my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up in small towns across Eastern, North Carolina, the libraries’ parking lots d...
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column asking people to tell us their wedding stories for our upcoming bridal edition. We have had some fun responses and I am really looking forward to seeing more ...
We are looking for the family that dressed up like the characters from Alice in Wonderland for the Day in Downtown on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The Shoppes on Main family is planning an event that...
Dear Editor, While rehearsing for our wedding, we didn’t realize that we forgot to go down to the Register of Deeds office to obtain our marriage licenses. We were getting married the next day a...
Dear Editor, I began this letter with "Dear Editor" but actually it is a "Dear John" letter. Dear John Tedesco, you say you are listening to the parents in Wake County, but are you really? Your o...
Letter to the Editor: October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As America recognizes this month, domestic violence continues in the lives and homes of Americans of all ages. Victims...
After following the national debate concerning the proposed Healthcare Plan, I have come to a conclusion: for the first time in my life, I fear the government of my beloved country. I fear the Dem...
Imagine this: A state agency is looking to buy ovens for a cafeteria, and a North Carolina company in your hometown is competing for the contract. But an out-of-state company comes in with the l...
On Ocracoke Island they still talk about pirates. In fact, the first thing I saw as I got off the ferry that brought Bob Anthony and me across Pamlico Sound to Ocracoke was a historical marker th...
Until recently, most people could only guess as to their pet’s ancestry. The American Kennel Club recognizes more than 150 breeds of dogs and 62 more are considered Foundation Stock. About 400 ...
Bet I have your attention now! What could I possibly be talking about this week? Well, let’s read on as I have a little story to tell you. Once upon a time, there was a little town called Drugv...
Who is going to take Erskine Bowles’s place as President of the multi-campus University of North Carolina (UNC)? The easy answer is “whomever the 32-person Board of Governors of the university se...
This month, skiers, skaters, hockey players and other athletes are in Vancouver for the Winter Olympic Games. As spectators, most of us can only dream of duplicating the feats of these world-class ...