Story and photos by Lindsey Chester.
Cary, NC – March Madness is upon us, and as part of the excitement, three of NC State’s’s 1983 NCAA championship team visited Cardiac’s Sports & Memorabilia store in Cary on Sunday, March 10. Read more
Story by Gordon & Marcia Mercer. Photo by Hartwig HDK. Daylight Savings Time starts March 10, 2013.
Daylight Saving Time: “It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, energy conservation, television schedules, traffic accidents, voter turnout, and even the inheritance rights of twins.” David Prerau, author and leading expert on Daylight Savings Time. Read more
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer. Photo by Laura Lewis.
Cary, NC – The holidays have come and gone in the Cary area. New Year’s Day has come and gone. Even the fiscal cliff has come and gone, for the moment anyway. “January is not festive,” Marcia complained. Gordon, sympathetically, agreed. We couldn’t have been more wrong. Read more
Story by Lisa Englert. Photo by Hal Goodtree.
CARY, NC – The Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel are pleased to offer their 2013 History Scholarship. Applications are now being accepted for this annual scholarship which recognizes a student who exhibits an aptitude and passion for the study of history that could result in a career as a history teacher, museum educator, historian or historic preservationist. Read more
Story by Regina Kaiser. Above, Susan Easter and her father Bill Easter, one of the founding members of the Cary Community Choir.
Cary, NC – The Cary Community Choir, Cary’s longest-running cultural organization, will perform its 42nd annual Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Westwood Baptist Church, Cary, NC at 7:30pm. Read more
Story by Lindsey Chester, photos by Laurie Miller and Lindsey Chester.
Cary, NC – Muskets were fired in Cary on Saturday as the Daughters of The American Revolution officially honored Nathaniel Jones. The Wake County patriot is buried in White Plains Cemetery, tucked between some houses in the Maynard Oaks subdivision. Read more
Cary, NC – Nearly 200 years after his death, Nathaniel Jones, a local Revolutionary War patriot, is receiving an honor. Read more
Story by Gordon and Marcia Mercer. Photo by Jennifer C.
Cary, NC – If you want to understand the present, it’s good to know the past. Gordon and Marcia Mercer, CaryCitizen’s team on all things historical, tackle the origins of Halloween. Read more