Penny for Your Thoughts: We Will Survive Posted by Penny Rich | Aug 26, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square Back in May, Dead & Company announced their “What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been” tour opening... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Everlasting Summer Posted by Penny Rich | Aug 5, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square Summer lasted forever when I was a kid. Growing up in the northeast, we didn’t get out of school... Read More
Penny For Your Thoughts: We Love To Read Posted by Penny Rich | Jul 1, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square January 2020 was the first time I heard the words “essential workers.” In early meetings with... Read More
Penny For Your Thoughts: History Exists Outside Textbooks Posted by Penny Rich | Jun 3, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square On September 1, 2020 the Orange County BOCC voted on a resolution designating Juneteenth (June 19)... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Inching Our Way To ‘Normal’ Posted by Penny Rich | May 4, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square Do you remember the first time you rode a Chapel Hill Transit bus? My family landed in Chapel Hill... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Pollen Season Posted by Penny Rich | Apr 13, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square “The sky was yellow, and the sun was blue”– “Scarlet Begonias,” Written by Robert... Read More
Penny for Your Thoughts: Queen of the Streets Posted by Penny Rich | Mar 30, 2021 | Columns, Penny for Your Thoughts, Town Square March 13, 2020 I signed an order that virtually put Orange County, NC in “lockdown.” Only... Read More