Trailing Into 2024
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources designated 2023 as the Year of the Trail, recognizing not only the abundance of our…
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Buster’s Boiled Peanuts perfects the iconic Southern snack
Six years ago, when retired general contractor Buster Porteus moved to Hendersonville and tried his very first boiled peanut, it wasn’t love at first…
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Centenarian heroes tell their war stories
As part of “A Walk Through WWII History,” a two-day event hosted by the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas, visitors will have a…
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Murder, Stage Left
Written in 1606 by the pre-eminent dramatist of the day, Macbeth may seem a smidge archaic for anyone but hardcore Shakespeare enthusiasts. After all,…
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Flourishing Porsche club hosts year’s biggest event in Brevard
“Life is too short for boring cars,” declares Dr. Diana Bradley, a member of the Appalachian Region Porsche Club of America. Bradley, a family-practice…
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Ten Truths Brought Home from the Mountain State Fair
Increased signage at this year’s NC Mountain State Fair revealed some fascinating agricultural facts about the area (as stated in items number 2 and…
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Winning Combination
Mountain Stair Fair hosts a different kind of livestock show The midway is fun for all, but agriculture is the core of a country fair….
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Unboxing a Legacy
Agudas Israel Congregation Turns 100 Planning the centennial celebration of Agudas Israel in 2022 was a daunting task, but Zsa Lobel knew just where…
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Getting to the Point
Colored-pencil artist spends hours doing realism right During more than 30 years as a teacher in the Columbia, South Carolina, school system, Stephanie Eastwood…
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Wireless Networking
Primitive-technology festival teaches skills and connection in Horse Shoe Marissa Percoco doesn’t identify as a “prepper.” Meaning she’s not the type to stockpile canned…
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Mad for March
By: Jarrett Van Meter “The British Tar Heel” got hooked on college hoops in Hendersonville When George Harmer was offered a job as a…
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Growing Hemp in the Isothermal Belt
Bobby Gibbs and Jes Shick’s romance is the stuff of edgy romcoms. In 2016, while Shick was traveling through California, her Subaru blew a…
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