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Building on a tradition of success By Lee Pace Pinehurst is where the golf architectural genius of Donald Ross sprouted. It’s where thousands of visitors in the 1910s and ’20s were first exposed [...]

The secretive, beautiful green heron finds a summer home in these parts By Susan Campbell Think of a heron and a tall, lanky wader comes to mind. However, the green heron is quite a different [...]

Is anyone really there? By Deborah Salomon I like knowing how things work. Knowledge is power . . . right? This comes from watching my father — a hobbyist handyman/fixer — repair stuff: a [...]

POETRY Proof, by Murray Dunlap With the release of Proof, local author Murray Dunlap celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the car accident that left him immobile and with a severe brain injury. [...]

Even the best of rides can throw a rod once in a while By Tom Bryant In 1959, the summer before my first year of college, my dad bought me a 1940 four-door deluxe Chevrolet. It was the finest car [...]

Longleaf Symphony What could be finer than wine and cheese and The Carolina Philharmonic under the pines? “Serenade in the Pines” features four musical destinations and takes place June 16 from [...]

And the learning curve of sweat By Jim Moriarty My two older brothers and myself all matriculated at the same institution, the Widget Factory. It’s the place we worked during the summers of our [...]

It’s off to work we go Illustrations by Laurel Holden We’ve all had ’em, those odd jobs we’ve done along the way. Maybe it was behind a cash register or in front of a deep fat fryer. It could [...]

The perils of a talking head By Bill Fields Once in a while when checking the time, I go back in time. It’s 4:15 . . . The current time brought to you by Bulova . . . Bulova available at The [...]

Living on the lake fulfills a fantasy By Deborah Salomon   •   Photographs by John Gessner Houses often represent milestones: a new baby, job promotion, retirement. Once in a while, there’s a [...]