Early ‘Eccentric Interest’ Leads to Grammy for Folklorist Bill Ferris
By Randall Rigsbee, Chatham News + Record Staff When Bill Ferris, now 78, was a kid in...
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Chatham’s Varied Trails, Walking Paths Can Offer COVID-19 Reprieve
By Zachary Horner, Chatham News + Record Staff Some are short, some are long. Some are gravel,...
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Chatham Retailers, Restaurants Begin to ‘Re-Open’ as N.C. Moves Into Phase 2
By Zachary Horner, Chatham News + Record Staff By Monday, Carolina Brewery in Pittsboro was back...
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Chatham County Schools Meal Program to Take Financial Hit During Pandemic, but Continue Serving Meals
By Zachary Horner, Chatham News + Record Staff Starting on March 17, four days after Gov. Roy...
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Chatham Businesses Share How COVID-19 Has Impacted Them
By Zachary Horner, Chatham News + Record Staff As North Carolina begins to lift some of its...
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Online Residencies Offering Chatham Students a New Art Education Experience
By Zachary Horner, Chatham News + Record Staff Pittsboro’s Diali Cissokho said it’s “weird” to...
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Beloved Bynum Bridge Cements Historic Status
By Randall Rigsbee, Chatham News + Record Staff Sometimes a bridge is just a bridge, a utilitarian...
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Cleaning Jordan Lake — One Person at a Time
By Casey Mann, Chatham News + Record Staff Daniel Toben admits that picking up trash isn’t a new...
Read MoreLittering, Illegal Dumping at Jordan Lake Continue Despite ‘Stay-At-Home’ Orders
By Randall Rigsbee, Chatham News + Record Staff Since its formation 11 years ago, volunteers with the nonprofit group Clean Jordan Lake have removed 170 tons of trash — that’s 16,722 bags of garbage and nearly 5,000 tires — from...
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Good, Plentiful Crops Draw in Consumers at Jean’s Berry Patch
By Randall Rigsbee, Chatham News + Record Staff Jean Copeland has been in the strawberry business...
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