Matthews Alive Labor Day Festival Sept. 1-4 Come for the food vendors, Kids Connection area, games, rides and multiple entertainment stages. Don’t miss the parade at 9:30 a.m. Saturday! Location/Cost: Stumptown Park, 120 S. Trade St. Free admission. Individual tickets for rides and games are $2 and are also available in sheets of 25 ($35) and
Read MoreFor yet another summer, volunteers of all ages hopped in kayaks and canoes to remove European frogbit, a non-native invasive plant species that spreads rapidly in bays and wetlands if given the opportunity. In 2007, Lewis Creek Association initiated the “Water Quality Stewardship Program” and has since worked annually to manage the invasive plants and
Read MoreBefore any discussion of the town’s budget or the tax rate, selectboard chair Jim Faulkner wanted to get something straight, right off the bat. At a special meeting of the selectboard on Aug. 22, Faulkner responded to suggestions he’d heard that the selectboard was going to add some amount to the budget. “I just want
Read MoreCarpenter brings sculpture skills from D.C. to Charlotte Like so many days this summer, it was a rainy day. The kind of day we’re getting pretty used to around here. After a drive up a steep and winding gravel road, it would be but a short dash from the car to Jay Carpenter’s home off
Read MoreMILES FROM CHARLOTTE: 877 TRAVEL TIME: 2-hour, 7-minute flight to Miami; 1-hour, 9-minute flight to North Eleuthera Airport Shenika pipes up from the back seat. “Ormond, dumb question that’s actually kind of smart,” she says. “Around Gregory Town, that’s where you have the most red soil?” Ormond, behind the wheel, breaks into a grin.
Read MoreMILES FROM CHARLOTTE: 1,099 TRAVEL TIME: 2-hour, 42-minute flight As we approach the turquoise waters of Stingray City and drop anchor at the sandbar, about 40 hula hoop-sized, gently flapping sea pancakes surround our boat. Stingrays have poor eyesight, our guide explains, so they’ll probably graze your legs once you hop into the water. “Try
Read MoreThe tropics are wide open again to visitors, and you’re getting warmer Stingray city in Grand Cayman Islands, Courtesy It’s a region practically designed for tourism: white beaches, shimmering seas, exotic food, and friendly fauna like these guys swimming up to say hello. Visitors were scarce for a couple of years, but that cloud finally
Read MoreMILES FROM CHARLOTTE: 1,628 TRAVEL TIME: 3-hour, 55-minute flight to St. Martin, plus a 10-minute puddle-jumper plane or 45-minute ferry What little I knew about Saint Barthélemy (St. Barts or St. Barths for short) before my trip there in early May centered on its renowned luxury: designer stores, five-star hotels, and fine dining that caters
Read MoreTEN years ago, it was “chef-driven” menus. Since then, “globally inspired small plates” have had a moment, and “creative cocktail programs” don’t appear to be going anywhere. Now “elevated bar bites” have entered the chat, as if to say, “These wings are bougie enough to pair with that $17 martini!” Or maybe “appetizers” and “starters”
Read MoreJames Susong was a furniture upholsterer in High Point. One day in 1967, he traded work tickets—proof of his hours worked, to be turned in for money—to a co-worker in exchange for an acoustic guitar and lessons. When he got home that night, he gently tossed it on the couch in front of his 12-year-old,
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