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
Story by Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer. Photo by Julie Weatherbee.
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” Charles Schulz
Marcia’s Aunt Betty has a cookbook with the inscription, “Marjorie learned to cook out of this cookbook, so it is hers.” It was signed simply, “Mama.” Marjorie, Marcia’s grandmother, was a wonderful cook. Read more
Cary, NC – We heard this morning that Harold Burt had passed away. In remembrance, we’re re-running our story about Harold from August 2010. Pictures from Harold Burt – Music Man on Facebook. Read more
Story by Gordon and Marcia Mercer. Photo from Wikimedia.
“I repeat my orders to you that you arrest all people male and female connected with those factories, no matter what the clamor and let them foot it, under guard to Marietta, whence I will send them by [railroad] cars to the North.” William Sherman, Major-General Read more
Story by Leslie Huffman. First published on CaryScavengerHunt.
Cary, NC – The 3rd Annual Cary Scavenger Hunt is just 4 weeks away! Trust me, this is community-building fun at its finest. You don’t want to miss it. Read more
“Several Southeastern tribes have long said that their ancestors received immigrants from Mesoamerica and that these immigrants introduced many cultural changes. Far too few anthropologists were listening.” – Richard Thornton Read more