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Outdated Law Shields Unsafe Drivers from Accountability
It’s illegal in North Carolina to have sex in a motel room if you’re not married.
Seven Gardens You Can See Soon
When we moved into our mid-century house about 25 years ago, we couldn’t even see Eastwood Lake because the backyard was so overgrown.
The Upside of Inflation
Those of us with a certain amount of gray hair remember sitting around dinner tables in 2006-7 talking about how unreal the valuations of our houses seemed.
Carefree, Car-Free Destinations: Ft. Worth and St. Louis
Airfares are significantly higher with travelers flocking back to the air, but the serious price pain is for rental cars.
Comfort Foods – Vegan Style
It is said that food is medicine. But food also brings with it powerful connotations and memories that may be unrelated to health.
In search of fitness
In a discussion the other day at the gym with my personal trainer, I asked one very obvious question: What am I doing with a personal trainer? What are any of us doing with a personal trainer?
Field Hockey Team Caps Off Dominant Season with Regional Championship
After a strange 2020 season that was played later than normal (in November and December), with a condensed schedule of games against just three different opponents, as well as mask requirements for players, the East field hockey team was ready to get back to normal this fall.
Alaska’s Great Horticultural Export
Quick: Can you name the one plant we have in our garden that may have come from our coldest state, Alaska? If you guessed the peony, you are correct.
John News Episode #92: 5/13/22
Direct from his Chapel Hill home, it’s “John News,” a video podcast written, produced and performed by local youth John Wortman. The Local Reporter is proud to present “John News” to help, in John’s words, “bring some happiness to people during these trying times.”
Movie Night! British Capers, French Weepies, and American Sorcerers
Every other week, our Movie Night! column previews the best upcoming films showing in Chapel Hill theaters – for those who still like to go out to the movies.
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market (the CFM) is one North Carolina’s classic farmers’ markets, and Maggie Funkhouser, the general manager, is one very big reason why.
Price Reductions and Financial Considerations in a Red-Hot Market
Given all we read and hear related to how hot the current real estate market is, one would assume there to be few instances of contracts under asking price and financial concessions given by sellers.
Hummers and Bugs Tooling Around Town
The title of this month’s column might lead older readers to expect a treatise about old cars being used for an afternoon outing.
Honoring our Spirit Mother, Martha Flowers, 96
When Martha Flowers passed, I bet there was a band of heavenly angels out there at the Pearly Gates to welcome her to the heavenly chorus.
Vegan Table for Two
If you are vegan, as I am, you may have felt that little pang of anxiety when going to dine at a restaurant. Will they have something on the menu you can eat?