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Nov 26, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Robin Sutton Anders |Jill Lucas |Leah King |Jo Grey
SPONSORED BY Kimberley Jochl doesn’t remember the details, exactly — she and her twin sister were just 2 years old — but she knows how her first time on skis went down. “We lived in western Massachusetts and were bundled up in big, warm coats and ski pants,” she says. “We had these red pom-pom hats that had a strap under the chin.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Alan Hodge |Jill Lucas |Leah King |Jo Grey
For more than 50 years, a dazzling chandelier has hung in the dining room of the Executive Mansion in Raleigh. Only recently has its remarkable backstory been fully illuminated.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Emiene Wright |Jill Lucas |Leah King |Jo Grey
The foyer of Margo Scurry’s home in northeast Charlotte is a portal into a kid’s Christmas dream. Four-foot-tall nutcrackers stand at the entrance to the living room, just the right height to look a child straight in the eye. A glowing tree twinkles nearby. And the entire room, anchored by a two-story brick wall, is festooned with hundreds of Santas — caroling, golfing, riding scooters. She even has a huggable, life-size Santa.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Leah King |Lynn Wells |Hannah Lee Leidy |Brad Campbell
What does it mean to put your neighbor before yourself? Sometimes it looks like jumping into your personal vehicle, meeting a group of friends and neighbors at a fire station a few miles away, donning protective gear, boarding a 40,000-pound fire engine, and driving or riding headlong into an emergency.
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May 27, 2024 | 
yadkinripple.com | Leah King
The annual NC Trail Days Festival begins this Thursday with events planned in Elkin, Jonesville and beyond. North Carolina Trail Days celebrates the many outdoor recreation opportunities found in small towns throughout the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills. kAmpE E96 ;F?4E:@? @7 E9C66 DE2E6 EC2:=D[ t=<:? :D 2 ECF6 EC2:=D E@H?] }r %C2:= s2JD 92D 8C@H? E@ 2 7@FC\52J 6G6?E[ 2=:8?:?8 H:E9 }2E:@?2= %C2:=D s2J @? E96 7:CDE $2EFC52J @7 yF?6 2?5 :?4=F5:?8 ?6:893@C:?8 y@?6DG:==6[ ;FDE 24C@DD E96 *25<:?
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
ourstate.com | Leah King |Andrea Weigl |Katie King |Katie Kane
At least twice a day, Tim Brooks walks from his farmhouse, past his pond and garden, and across his gravel driveway to a 300-foot chicken house. Stella, his golden retriever, follows close behind. When he reaches his chickens, he makes sure that the automatic feeder came on as scheduled and that the birds have water. He checks the lights, then sits down at the end of a conveyor belt and flips a switch. The belt rolls, moving light brown eggs toward him. He intercepts them and places them in a tray.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
yesweekly.com | Leah King
ELKIN, N.C. – Step up to the bar at Christian Paul Vineyards and embark on an international excursion. The tasting menu at Elkin’s newest winery, which held its grand opening in early November, leads customers through Italy, France, Australia and California using grape varietals and winemaking techniques representative of each region. Owners Christian Ercolani and Andrew Weyl had two requirements when looking for a location: excellent soil and proximity to an interstate.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
ourstate.com | Lynn Wells |Katie Kane |Leah King |Rebecca Woltz
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
ourstate.com | Hannah Lee Leidy |Katie Kane |Leah King |Rebecca Woltz
SPONSORED BY On September 10, 1804, John C. Stanly completes a business transaction in New Bern. He buys Donum Montford, an enslaved man, from the Cogdell mother and daughter widows for $500. Tomorrow, he will sign a deed officially emancipating Montford — who is among the first of 40 people Stanly helps liberate over his lifetime.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
ourstate.com | Katie Kane |Leah King |Rebecca Woltz
Stories are the bedrock of human nature. Before we could speak, we sang. Before we could write our stories down, we painted them on walls. When many of us could not read our tales, we sewed them into quilts to tuck around our beloveds, to fold and to pass down to people who might be born long after we’re gone. Caitlin Cary is a storyteller in the truest sense. Before she crafted her tales for walls, she sang them to crowds.
