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Spooky, Silly Halloween Fun

Halloween is just around the corner, and Western Wake offers lots of options for having fun — or a good scare — to celebrate….

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Take a Bough

Ask Erin Weston about success, and she brushes aside the question. “Part of being a farmer is that it does keep you humble, because…

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Discover Hillcrest

Like a secret garden, Hillcrest Cemetery is a quiet respite from the commotion of downtown Cary’s traffic and commerce. Tucked at the end of…

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Going Through a Phrase

Glance at Michael Klauke’s “In Good Faith,” and it appears to be a line drawing of Botticelli’s beautiful “Cestello Annunciation” — depicting Gabriel’s revelation…

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A Cut Above

The small, single-column advertisement for Tart’s Barber Shop, tucked in the bottom corner of a News & Observer Sunday edition newspaper page, boasts: “The…

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