Sports & Health: Guidelines for Young Pitchers

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Story by Dr. Mark Galland, a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in sports medicine, practicing at Orthopaedic Specialists of North Carolina in Wake Forest and North Raleigh. Photo by Greg Westfall.

Cary, NC – It’s that “Field of Dreams” time of year and many young baseball players dream of throwing a perfect game and becoming the team “Ace.” The path to greatness begins much earlier and requires learning proper mechanics and maintaining pitching fitness. Read more

Weekend Palooza

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Lindsey Chester edits the CaryCitizen Calendar of Events.

Cary, NC – Spring has finally roused itself and it’s a big weekend-palooza of events in Cary. Read more

Summer Camps, Part 3: Overnight

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Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Seth Youngblood.

Cary, NC – This is the last in our  3-part Camp Series for school age children. This story focuses on overnight camp options in our area.

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Dentistry From The Heart This Weekend

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Cary, NC – In North Carolina it is estimated that 30% of residents do not have health insurance. The number without dental insurance is even higher. To help folks who need immediate care but lack dental insurance coverage, Cary Family Dental will host its second annual Dentistry From The Heart event on Sat., April 13 at its office located at 1149 Kildaire Farm Road in Cary.

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Pictures: Spring Farmers’ Market

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Photos by Hal Goodtree and Lindsey Chester.

Cary, NC – Two of Cary’s three farmers’ markets opened their Spring season on Saturday. Here are some pictures. Read more

Clean Water: From the Triangle to the Dominican Republic

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Story and pictures courtesy of Cary MacGregor Rotary Club.

Cary, NC – Nineteen members from seven Cary-area Rotary and Rotaract Clubs recently returned from the Dominican Republic where they worked jointly with Dominican Rotary Clubs constructing and installing 44 latrines in three low-income villages outside the city of Santiago during a week long stay in-country. Read more

Cary Weekend Events: April 5-7, 2013

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The Calendar is edited by Lindsey Chester.

Cary, NC – This weekend includes a Chili Brew festival at Booth Amphitheatre, the Spring opening of two farmers’ markets, a blood drive, a play at Cary Arts Center and an array of other entertaining and enriching diversions on the Calendar of Events. Read more

Cary Farmers’ Markets Set for Spring Openings

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Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – When it comes to food, the winter of our discontent is giving way to eminent joy – the return of all three Cary farmer’s markets. Two open this weekend (April 6, 2013) and the other opens on April 20, 2013. Read more

400 Beers Compete in Local Homebrew Competition

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Story by Jamie Buning. Photo by Steev Hise.

Triangle, NC – Saint Patrick’s Day is a well-liked holiday because it requires very little of us. We don as much green as possible and drink beer all night long. Sometimes, if one feels like a real go-getter, he will go to a parade.

My family’s tradition is to eat a hearty meal of corned beef, cabbage, Irish soda bread and green jello while listening to The Chieftains or some other Irish jam band. The drink of choice is always beer. On occasion, there will be a Guinness lying around; otherwise we drink some of my dad’s homebrew. Read more

Movie Review: Oz The Great and Powerful

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film review by Jordan Hunt for CaryCitizen.

On the surface, Oz: The Great and Powerful looks like another 3D cash grab from the Walt Disney company, who just 3 years ago released another adaptation of a very famous children’s book with Alice in Wonderland. Read more