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Jan 18, 2025 | 
dailyadvance.com | Rebecca Stiles
Living in Hertford for 23 years and working with Museum of the Albemarle for 10 of those years, you learn a lot about the area you weren’t born and raised in, especially when you’re asked if you live in Durants Neck and receive mail occasionally addressed to Durants Neck. Although I’m not far from the peninsula in Perquimans County, I still live in Hertford.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
chicagohealthonline.com | Rebecca Stiles |Cathy Cassata |Rita Colorito |Kirsten Lambert
America’s weak gun control laws mean guns are everywhere. That’s where four unique local groups play a vital role. The groups operate separately and use different methodologies, but all four have the same fundamental goal: to stop violence from happening. Whether they do that by deploying people to de-escalate situations on the streets, by lobbying for more legislation, or by supporting victims of violence and their families as soon as injuries occur, depends on the organization.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
dailyadvance.com | Rebecca Stiles
Nestled in the mountains of McDowell County, North Carolina, is a town called Old Fort. Before the arrival of European settlers, the area was once populated by the Catawba and Cherokee, but it wasn’t until the mid-1700s that English and Scottish colonists would arrive.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
chicagocaregiving.com | Rebecca Stiles
Fact checked by Derick WilderImagine your phone rings, and your grandchild or another close relative tells you they’ve been in an accident, perhaps even arrested; they need financial help. They may hand the phone over to “their lawyer,” who emphasizes the situation’s urgency. Your relative will probably request secrecy. “Don’t tell my parents,” they will beg. “I’ll be in so much trouble.” With the best intentions, you call your bank to wire money or cryptocurrency to bail them out.
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May 9, 2024 | 
augustametrochamber.com | Rebecca Stiles
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Augusta Metro Chamber Launches Talent2Work, a unique regional workforce solutions technology platform designed to provide employers a more efficient means of finding talent as well as provide job seekers an opportunity to connect with top employers.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
dailyadvance.com | Rebecca Stiles
During their prominence in the United States between the 19th century and the late 1950s and early 1960s, boarding houses were a typical temporary residence in most cities. They were a vital part of local economies, providing lodging for many travelers and locals on a nightly basis and sometimes for extended periods — like weeks, months, and even years. For many of those who patronized them, boarding houses were the only safe place they could find to stay.
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Feb 24, 2024 | 
dailyadvance.com | Rebecca Stiles
Did you know that more than 350,000 women across the United States have served in the military? Or that more than 7,000 of those women were from North Carolina? There’s an abundance of media featuring stories about men who served in the military as far back as the Revolutionary War, but why aren’t there more media about the women who served? kAm(@>6? D6CG65 2D ?FCD6D[ 4@@<D 2?5 =2F?5C6DD6D 5FC:?8 H2CE:>6[ 2?5 5FC:?8 (@C=5 (2C x[ E96C6 H2D 2 8C@FA @7 H@>6? <?@H?
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
dailyadvance.com | Rebecca Stiles
The museum has a wide variety of artifacts in our collections, and one of my favorites is the permanent wave machine. Have you ever heard of or seen a permanent wave machine? If not, it’s a hair-curling machine with multiple electrical cords and clamps hanging from a top circular panel, which is an extension of an arm attachment for the main body of the device. In other words, it looks like a medieval torture device. kAm(@>6? 92G6 =@?8 366? 5C6DD:?8 E96:C 92:C :?
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Oct 21, 2023 | 
dailyadvance.com | Rebecca Stiles
What’s your favorite scary movie? What’s your favorite spooky story? It’s the spookiest time of the year, and while it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, for those who enjoy a little creepy and scary, there are bound to be stories passed down over the years that give us a little bit of a shiver. We’ve all heard the story of Nell Cropsey countless times, and while the mystery surrounding her untimely death still haunts us to this day, this column is about a lesser-known mystery.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
chicagohealthonline.com | Rebecca Stiles
