Pictures: Tomato Day at the Farmers Market

Photos by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – It was Tomato Day at the Western Wake Farmers Market on Saturday. As a guy who’s never met a tomato he didn’t love, I had to swing by and take a few pictures. Read more

Food: Another Broken Egg Cracks Into the Triangle

Photo by Barbara Diehl, and story byLindsey Chester.

Morrisville, NC – Park West Village’s latest tenant, Another Broken Egg Cafe, brings Lousiana-style breakfast offered all day to the Triangle. Read more

The Many Shades of Boy Scouting

Story by Brian Schmid. Photo by Benjamin Toombs.

Cary, NC – Scouting is a pretty simple organization, right? You wear a khaki shirt and go sit in the woods every so often and practice firemaking or something.

In reality though, scouting is a huge organization with many different branches with different opportunities. In addition to the Boy Scouts, there are 3 other major programs that a scout can join at age 13. Read more

Tomato Day: Saturday July 21 at WWFM

Photos by William Jones, Walter and Lionel & Heidi

Cary. NC  – The Western Wake Farmers Market in Cary is having their first Tomato Day on Saturday July 21, 2012 and you’re invited. Read more

Saying Goodbye to Andy Griffith

Story by Gordon and Marcia Mercer.

Cary, NC – “An actor who never looked like he was acting, a moral compass who saved as many souls as most preachers, and an entertainer who put more smiles on more faces than almost anyone; this was as successful a life as is pretty much possible.” – Brad Paisley, in tribute to Andy Griffith. Read more

Two Week Music Festival Returns to Downtown Cary

Cary, NC- Hard to believe, but in the Cary Cross Chamber Music  and Art Festival’s second year in Downtown Cary, there’s even more events and artistic collaborations! Read more

The Last Childhood: A Family Story of Alzheimer’s

Story by Hal Goodtree, photo by Olsen.

Cary, NC – Carrie Knowles, best known as the Executive Director of the Cary Cross Currents Music Festival, recently released a Kindle edition of her well-regarded book The Last Childhood: A Family Story of Alzheimer’s. It’s risen to #11 on the Kindle Best Sellers list under caregiving. Read more

Survey of Area Non- Profits

Cary, NC -There are strengths in numbers, and for non-profit organizations, often strapped for funds, an umbrella organization may be able to help. Executive Service Corps of the Triangle (ESC) recently sent out a survey to non-profits in the Cary area to test the need for just such an organizing group. Read more

Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Furthur Jam Out in Cary

Story by Matt Young. Photos by Brooke Meyer.

Cary, NC – It was pouring as we entered the gates of Booth Amphitheatre in Cary before last nights’ show given by Grateful Dead legends Phil Lesh and Bob Weir. People gladly lined up for 5 dollar cellophane ponchos.  The demographics of the crowd – decidedly old. But quite alive. Read more

Scavenger Hunt: Best of the Best in Cary

Cary, NC – The Cary Scavenger Hunt is coming up fast and we thought we’d highlight a few of our magnificent sponsors. If you’d like to join our Best of the Best in Cary list, don’t wait – sponsorships and advertising for the 2012 Hunt close on August 1, 2012. Read more