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BJ DRYE COLUMN: Latest news on three Stanly County natives — Star Jones, Louis Cato and Lou Donaldson

We sure do have some talented people who are doing great things inside and outside of Stanly County. That ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Mayberry today

Sheriff Andy still lives in Mayberry, or does he? Last week’s Sunday’s CBS-TV’s Sunday Morning show featured a ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Crawdads — the African connection

Was “Where the Crawdads Sing” set in North Carolina — as both the book and movie assert — ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Should we use incentives to attract firms?

North Carolina recently received some outstanding economic news. Our state was named “America’s Top State for Business” by ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Old pictures

I went to my mom’s recently and she had a box of old photographs for us to look ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Meck Dec in fiction

Is the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence fact or fiction? “Meck Dec” is a shorthand term sometimes used to ...

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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Grownup grandkids? Hmm …

OK, I know, I’m always looking at the past. But then, I’m old. Unless I live to 150, ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Happy Anniversary to me

Thirty years ago this month, I went down to meet with the editor of The Stanly News & ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Cookbooks that tell stories

What North Carolina cookbook has sold the most copies? If you ask the folks at UNC Press they ...

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THE LIBRARY LOOKOUT COLUMN: Binging the books

So, you’re reading the newspaper, but are you really a reader? If you’re trying to broaden your horizons ...

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