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| By Jennifer Primrose | Photography by Jessica Bratton | Hidden just past I-540 on Highway 64, FigMINT Farms feels like a world apart, where twinkling lights, a long communal…

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Nov 2025

Features Home & Garden Travel

100 Years of Hands-On Learning: John C. Campbell Folk School

| By Page Leggett | Going to the John C. Campbell Folk School (JCCFS) is like going to a grown-up sleepaway camp. That is, if you were the kind of…

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Nov 2025

Features Pets

A Guide to Winter Pet Wellness

| By Dolly Sickles | For some folks, winter is a cozy season. Colder temperatures encourage layered clothing and snuggly evenings by the fireplace. Sound carries farther, the dew point’s…

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Nov 2025

Features Local Sightseeing Nonprofit People & Profiles

Apex Family’s Holiday Display Draws Visitors to Unique Tribute

| By Kurt Dusterberg| Eric and Mandy Rogers started out like lots of other couples with holiday spirit. “We both grew up loving Christmas,” Mandy says. “The first year we…

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Sep 2025

Features Travel

A Season to Stay: Blowing Rock Beckons

| By Dathan Kazsuk | When the air turns crisp and the leaves begin their slow, colorful descent, the call of the Blue Ridge Mountains becomes impossible to resist. Each…

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Sep 2025

Entertainment Features

Spooky Good Times in Kersey Valley

| By Mario Boucher | In 1984, movie fans met a man with knives for hands and seemingly cute creatures that turned nasty in a hurry. The next year, Tony…

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Sep 2025

Features People & Profiles Sports & Fitness

Former Apex, UNC catcher Tim Federowicz nearing return to majors as a manager

| By Kurt Dusterberg | For 13 seasons, he climbed the professional baseball ladder, often shuttling back and forth between Class AAA—the highest level of the minor leagues—and the major…

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Sep 2025

Features People & Profiles Sports & Fitness

Rod Brind’Amour: Reaching Milestones, Making Memories

| By Kurt Dusterberg | Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour spends most of his days living in the moment. For the past 37 years, his life has revolved around the…

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Jul 2025

Drink Features

The Blind Pelican’s Bloody Mary Revolution

From Brunch to Bucket List BY JENNIFER PRIMROSE | PHOTOS BY JESSICA BRATTON In Holly Springs, something wildly unexpected has been happening, and we had to get to the bottom of it—a…

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Jul 2025

Features People & Profiles Visual Arts

Cary artist Shalimar Waffa brings color, music and joy to her canvases

Artist at Work BY DOLLY R. SICKLES | PHOTOS BY JESSICA BRATTON A registered nurse by training, Shalimar Waffa was on track to become a nurse anesthetist when she became pregnant with…

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Jul 2025

Features Sports & Fitness

Bonus Baseball: The Holly Springs Salamanders Give Local Players and Fans a Hometown Summer Experience

BY KURT DUSTERBERG If you drive along NC Hwy 55 Bypass in Holly Springs on a summer evening, you might catch a familiar slice of Americana. On the east side of…

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Jul 2025

Family & Education Features Home & Garden

What Each Swim School Offers May Surprise You

What to know before you choose BY SARAH MERRITT RYAN When our son was 18 months old, my husband and I wanted him to learn to swim. We just chose the first…

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May 2025

Features Sports & Fitness

Carolina Hurricanes expand hockey’s reach with the Triangle’s first outdoor ball hockey rinks

Takin' It to the Streets BY KURT DUSTERBERG | PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOSH LAVALEE/CAROLINA HURRICANES On a warm, sunny afternoon in late March, more than 200 kids spread out across two street…

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May 2025

Features Food People & Profiles

Chef Scott Crawford’s Personal Journey

Brothers and Survivors Crawford Brothers Steakhouse owner learned tough life lessons with sibling BY KURT DUSTERBERG PHOTOS BY JESSICA BRATTON It is late morning at Crawford Brothers Steakhouse in…

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May 2025

Drink Features

Date Night Under the Stars in Holly Springs

Nightingale is Calling BY DATHAN KAZSUK | PHOTOS BY JESSICA BRATTON FOOD STYLING & PHOTO ASSISTANCE BY RACHEL DANIELLE It was a cool night in downtown Holly Springs—the kind of evening where the air…

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Mar 2025

Features Home & Garden

Treasure Hunting for Vintage Pieces

Sally Nicol, curator of The Cary Cottage, shares tips for finding high-quality vintage pieces at secondhand markets BY ELIZABETH BRIGNAC PHOTOS COURTESY OF SALLY NICOL EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED Sally…

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Jan 2025

Features Nonprofit People & Profiles

Local Towns Team Up to Fight Fires

BY JUDITH COOKIS RUBENS Morrisville firefighter Natasha Byrd rides a ladder truck in her second career. She worked eight years in pharmaceutical manufacturing before, at age 28, changing direction to…

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Jan 2025

Features Health & Wellness

Senior Living: New Ways to Experience the Golden Years

BY MARIO BOUCHER Senior homes are transforming their image just in time for a “booming” generation seeking high-quality health care while maintaining an active lifestyle into their golden years. Long-term care…

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Jan 2025

Features Visual Arts

Painting the Towns: The Murals of Western Wake

PAINTING THE TOWN: APEX TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DOLLY R. SICKLES For the last 10 years, the Town of Apex has focused on developing its Public Art Master Plan. The Apex Public…

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Nov 2024

Features Food Local Business

Having Their Cake—and Selling It Too

The often-maligned fruitcake has a loyal following thanks to a family business with a just-right recipe. BY KURT DUSTERBERG No matter how you approach Southern Supreme Fruitcake & More on your drive,…

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Celebrate by Starlight: FigMINT’s Dinner in the Pines

100 Years of Hands-On Learning: John C. Campbell Folk School

A Guide to Winter Pet Wellness

Apex Family’s Holiday Display Draws Visitors to Unique Tribute

A Season to Stay: Blowing Rock Beckons

Spooky Good Times in Kersey Valley

Former Apex, UNC catcher Tim Federowicz nearing return to majors as a manager

Rod Brind’Amour: Reaching Milestones, Making Memories

The Blind Pelican’s Bloody Mary Revolution

Cary artist Shalimar Waffa brings color, music and joy to her canvases

Bonus Baseball: The Holly Springs Salamanders Give Local Players and Fans a Hometown Summer Experience

What Each Swim School Offers May Surprise You

Carolina Hurricanes expand hockey’s reach with the Triangle’s first outdoor ball hockey rinks

Chef Scott Crawford’s Personal Journey

Date Night Under the Stars in Holly Springs

Treasure Hunting for Vintage Pieces

Local Towns Team Up to Fight Fires

Senior Living: New Ways to Experience the Golden Years

Painting the Towns: The Murals of Western Wake

Having Their Cake—and Selling It Too

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