I’m heading out to the Hood family place at Ocean Isle again this weekend for some R&R — and to recover a bit of a family tradition.
A cousin of mine and her husband met years ago while working at the Alabama Theatre in North Myrtle. He’s still the bandleader there. [...]
It has become an annual Thanksgiving tradition for Dome to imagine what some of the state's politicos may be most thankful for during this holiday season.
For the full list, check out Under the Dome in print editions of The News & Observer. Dome online will be running a light [...]
President Barack Obama has pardoned a turkey from Goldsboro named "Courage."
For 50 years, the National Turkey Federation has been delivering birds to the White House. It was only 20 years ago that the tradition of "pardoning" the turkey entered into the tradition.
"Courage" was raised in Goldsboro [...]
There’s little dispute that our current economic mess was triggered by government policies designed to prop up the real estate and housing construction industry. Such policies coerced mortgage lenders into scrapping traditional underwriting standards, resulting in a major uptick in payment defaults and foreclosures. Most rational human beings would learn a [...]
