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Ann Farabee: Remember Hurricane Hugo?
By Ann Farabee If you knew immediately what the title referred to, you may have lived through it. Hurricane Hugo arrived in North Carolina in ...
By Ann Farabee If you knew immediately what the title referred to, you may have lived through it. Hurricane Hugo arrived in North Carolina in ...
By Ashlie Miller “Goodbye, Bathtub and Living Room. America’s homes are shrinking.” I read these words myself days after my husband mentioned cities like Charlotte ...
By Gretchen Witt Rowan Public Library RPL’s Edith M. Clark History Room often benefits from the generosity of its patrons. For instance, our large collection of ...
By Doug Creamer My sister hosted a family gathering at her house last week. The gathering centered around her children, who were home from across ...
By Laura Allen N.C. Cooperative Extension 4-H provides many opportunities for 4-H’ers to explore their interests and learn various skills. One of these opportunities is ...
By Sarina Dellinger For the Salisbury Post We’re excited to host our annual Monarch Butterfly Release on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m. at Hurley ...
By Doug Creamer I like going to church; it’s my Father’s house and I like being there. I have sat alone in many church sanctuaries ...
By Lyndsey Maloney Rowan Public Library Have you ever wanted to ask an author how they got their start, or learn more about their writing ...
By Laura Allen N.C. Cooperative Extension Rowan County 4-H is busy all year long providing opportunities to local youths, but summer time definitely takes the ...
By Ashlie Miller Together. It is such a lovely thought of a word. It has connotations of joyful union and shared closeness. The opposite of ...
By Ann Farabee Fatherhood can be complicated. Families can be complicated. But the two sure can become beautiful, especially when they go hand in hand. ...
By Doug Creamer My boss set up a field trip for the students to a museum that I didn’t know existed. This museum is located ...
By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Even though it’s so hot and all I can think about is finding shade and a cold drink, now ...
Rowan Public Library extends a huge thank-you to all the children, teens and adults who participated in this year’s “All Together Now” Summer Reading program. ...
By Doug Creamer Have you ever had more to do than time to get it done? We all have times when our calendar is so ...
By Shelby Carroll My name is Shelby Carroll, and I am Rowan County’s Cooperative Extension’s new natural resource and agriculture agent. Being a Concord native, ...
By Ashlie Miller Armed with the most adorable puppy-themed green Trapper Keeper, a zipper pouch of brand new pencils and crayons, I marched into the ...
By Doug Creamer I had lunch with a good friend this week. He doesn’t live nearby but we try to catch up twice a year. ...
By Paul Birkhead Rowan Public Library As we typically do in August, Rowan Public Library staff exhale deeply from all the exertion of Summer Reading. ...
By Ashlie Miller Beautiful routines have been developing in my home with my best friend. We occasionally meet on the front porch together, often with ...
By Sarina Dellinger For the Salisbury Post We’ve made it to August! Even with the hot days and sounds of cicadas still lingering, the sweet ...
Crabgrass is running rampant in our cool-season fescue lawns and shrub beds. The grassy weed is a warm season annual that thrives in hot weather ...
Rowan Public Library Calling all RPL Summer Reading 2023 participants! The time has come to say farewell to Summer Reading 2023 “All Together Now.” On ...
By Doug Creamer On Friday nights, we like to get some takeout food and watch a movie. This began because of the pandemic. We have ...
By Amy-Lynn Albertson For the Salisbury Post Did you know that 75-95 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators for pollination? North Carolina has a ...
By Toi Degree For the Salisbury Post Summer is officially here, but we have been experiencing summer-like temperatures even before. We have been in a ...
By Ashlie Miller Do you have a unique, odd or profoundly personal family tradition? It seems strange to consider family traditions when resting in the ...
By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Sept. 18-23 is “Fair Week” in Rowan County. The Spencer Jaycees sponsor the Rowan County, Agricultural and Industrial Fair. ...
Sun Belt teams will hit the court across five games on Thursday’s college basketball schedule. That includes the…
The Charlotte Hornets (8-27) visit the Los Angeles Lakers (20-16) after losing six straight road games. The Lakers…
When the Carolina Hurricanes face the Toronto Maple Leafs at PNC Arena on Thursday (the puck drops at…
The Carolina Hurricanes, including Andrei Svechnikov, meet the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7:30…
The Carolina Hurricanes, including Brent Burns, meet the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7:30…