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Film Talk with Tryon Theatre

Winner of the Best Picture award coming to Tryon 

This week at The Tryon Theatre is “Anora,” the recent winner of five Academy awards, including Best Picture ...

Ask Aunty Pam - Pam Stone

A trip to Paris with ‘Chatty Cathy’

Dear Aunty Pam,   I became a widow last year after 34 years of marriage, and my children ...

Conserving Carolina - Sharon Mammoser

Two reminders before your spring cleanup 

By Sharon Mammoser   If you’re like me, you can’t wait to get outside in the garden and ...

Life on the farm- Larry McDermott

County politics can be messy

It seems like a century ago, I cleaned my first catfish on the banks of the muddy St. ...

Columnists

Lost in conversation

“Listen to this,” I said to Paul, lost to the world as he searched for after-market parts for ...

Columnists

The ink on my skin

Suddenly, I was standing in a newspaper office with black ink coating my fingerprints, a gray silk I ...

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor

Prior to the election of November 5, 2024, it became obvious that there were forces, apparently led by ...

Columnists

May the books be ever in your favor

The world of young adult dystopian fiction is once again igniting with excitement as Sunrise on the Reaping, ...

Columnists

Markets in flux due to rising uncertainty

I recently attended a quarterly investment meeting that felt more like a doctor’s visit— where you knew the ...

Columnists

Hot tub therapy

When I was growing up, the middle of March meant two things: March Madness and snow skiing.  More ...

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