Women of Western Wake: Dr. Mariah Walker
Today’s your watering day. You can’t skip today. You have to come to school. That’s what Dr. Mariah Walker used to tell her students…
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Women of Western Wake: Dr. Bobbi Stanley
In the early 1990s, a new patient walked into Stanley Dentistry. Checkbook in hand, he was ready to pay before he sat down and…
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Women of Western Wake: Joanna Helms
Twelve years ago, Joanna Helms walked into The Depot in downtown Apex as a department of one. There was no playbook, no precedent. All…
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Women of Western Wake: Mandy Becker
Mandy Becker was stepping off an elevator in Puerto Rico when a stranger stopped her. Although Mandy was thousands of miles from either of…
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Familiar Faces: Debbi Burns
Debbi Burns is the neighbor nobody suspects. “People would never guess when I shop at Harris Teeter, Food Lion, or Trader Joe’s,” she says,…
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Pay It Forward: Avendelle at Picardy Point
Melissa Rich found her father’s care home the way most families never do: by walking her dog past it every day, hearing it mentioned…
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Small Business Spotlight: Juliet Books & Beautiful Things
Marcie Montague and her husband, Craig, who live just two blocks from downtown Cary, were out for a walk when they first noticed the…
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Pass It On
The tablecloths go down first. Then the mats — sound-absorbing, patterned just so, chosen because a hardwood floor and clacking tiles is a genuinely…
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Defined by No Definition: Shijiri Sushi Bar
The name on the door at 9924 Chapel Hill Road in Morrisville doesn’t appear in any Japanese dictionary. Instead, “Shijiri” was created by owner…
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Familiar Faces: Patrick Stapleton
Most people who walk into The Umstead Hotel and Spa are there for an occasion. Patrick Stapleton has been there since June of 2022,…
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