One on One: A Rare and Precious Apple
When H.G. Jones died on October 14, our state lost a key connection to its history as well as a...
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D.G. Martin
One on One: NC’s Most Iconic Eatery
I am looking for iconic North Carolina eateries for a new book. The dictionary defines...
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One on One: Good News for New Bern
Last month’s flooding from Hurricane Florence brought such bad news to New Bern and its...
Read MoreOne on One: Miss Potts, Me, and FBI investigations
“You’d better be careful,” my wonderful seventh grade teacher, Miss Winifred Potts, preached to my class more than 65 years ago. Miss Potts had a set of strategies to encourage us to behave, in and out of class. To discourage...
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One on One: Atticus Finch and I. Beverly Lake
What explains the staying power of Harper Lee’s book, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and the film that...
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One on One: Florence’s Floods and Puppy Love in Kinston
Like all North Carolinians, I am worrying about the flooding causing heart-rending damage...
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One on One: Literary Leader Champions Heritage Foods
How did Carrboro writer and teacher Georgann Eubanks become the leader of the North Carolina...
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One on One: Raleigh or Ralegh?
Anna Beer could cost North Carolina taxpayers millions of dollars, but how in the world could this...
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One on One: A Once-Beloved Guest Who Overstayed His Welcome
He is like the houseguest who stays too long, and then when he’s finally gone, you miss him a...
Read MoreOne on One: Will the 60th be the Final Reunion?
“This may be the last time we get together like this.” We hoped he was wrong. But my classmates and I knew that Charles Holland, the organizer of my North Mecklenburg High School Class of 1958’s 60th reunion, might be right....
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