Posted in History, tagged charlotte observer, conagra, garner nc, jack betts, new york times disunion, north carolina collection gallery, slim jim on May 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
– Jack Betts, the Great State’s foreign correspondent in Raleigh for the past two decades, debarks more suddenly than but just as gracefully as his positively-addicted readers would expect. Jack will dispute this — of course! — but it was his unrelenting editorials and columns that took the lead in sparing Eastern North Carolina the [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged asheville nc, charlotte nc, covered wagons, eagles, flash mobs, garner nc, lexington nc, moonshine, new washington indiana, pawn stars, pillow fights, rowan county nc, slim jim sausage on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
– How Charlotte got to be CHARLOTTE (while somehow retaining an amazing microhabitat or two). – How Asheville came to host its first flash mob pillow fight (while still honoring its more traditional pastimes). – How a covered wagon from Rowan County ended up on the second floor of a restaurant in New Washington, Indiana. [...]
