by Erika Hoffman | Aug 17, 2017 | Personal Stories
Many parents don’t realize the importance of dental health for babies, toddlers, and young children. Mistakenly, some folks wait until their children have permanent teeth or experience pain before consulting a dentist. Yet, there are many precautions parents of...
by Joel Orr | Aug 14, 2017 | charlottesville, Personal Stories, Race
002 I tend not to travel with handmade shields, so I’m an admitted novice when it comes to handmade-shield-culture, but I feel like I would only carry1 my handmade shield when I was heading to Ren Fair or wanted to start a fight. So it’s a learning experience for me...
by Richard Averitte | Aug 9, 2017 | Personal Stories, Staying In
This week, Richard sits down with Mike Wheless of 94.7...
by R.L. Bynum | Aug 7, 2017 | Personal Stories, Staying In
002 DURHAM — There have been dramatic changes at The Herald-Sun since Mark Schultz left in 2005 to work for The News & Observer. When he left his position as metro editor, there was a huge staff, the newsroom was on the second floor of a large building on Pickett...
by R.L. Bynum | Jul 28, 2017 | Personal Stories, Staying In
As a huge politics junkie, I’m a big fan of the television shows “Veep” and “House of Cards.” I rewatch every episode of the former, and made it through the latest season of latter within three days and rewatched several episodes. The writers of those compelling...
by Shawn Krest | Jul 20, 2017 | Going Out, Personal Stories, What's it like
The man known as The Hammer turned me around and pointed to my daughters, who were gleefully snapping pictures with their phones. “Now we’re not going to do this full on,” he said, “because you’ll sue me. You just be sure to look directly into the camera.” I...
by Richard Averitte | Jul 13, 2017 | Personal Stories, Staying In
He’s had our back often enough, now it’s time for Supportive Guy to get the spotlight, as Richard Averitte sits down with...
by Shawn Krest | Jul 6, 2017 | Going Out, Personal Stories, What's it like
I stepped through the door, and there was nothing but open space in front of me. After all the gates, security, scanners and questions, I had passed. There was a field of green grass open in front of me. I lifted my phone to take a picture of the building at the...
by Tony Castleberry | Jul 5, 2017 | Personal Stories, Staying In
020 It had been years since I had seen or heard anything from Stevie Ryan, yet news of her death still shook me on Monday night. The prevailing emotion since learning that Ryan hanged herself on Saturday has not been sadness, even though I have felt myself on the...
