The Chatham YMCA’s Red Rover fitness truck delivers mobile workouts By Hannah Lee | Photography by HuthPhoto When it comes to getting in shape, one of our readers’ favorite spots to exercise is the Chatham YMCA in Pittsboro, recognized in our Best of Chatham poll both this year and in 2018. With 1,600 members, Chatham’s […]
R&B singer Deja Belle has found personal harmony with a family move to Pittsboro When we asked local singer/songwriter Deja Belle for a list of holiday songs that reflect her music and her influences, she picked a list of eclectic tunes by a wide range of African American artists, from Sarah Vaughan to OutKast, a selection that
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Two Pittsboro bakers – Wendy Tomblin of The Country Bakeress and Danielle Rose of Carolina Cravings – share a special holiday recipe they’re offering this season. [box] Carolina Cravings’ Gingerbread Men 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 3⁄4 tsp. ground cinnamon 3⁄4 tsp. ground ginger 1⁄2 tsp. ground allspice 1⁄2 tsp. ground cloves
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The running club at House of Hops is a chance to get fit, recharge and finish with friends and a beer BY MATT WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY BY BETH MANN Kate DiCato is not one of those running parents you see happily pushing a stroller ahead of her as she strides along. Not that she hasn’t brought
Vidas de Esperanza clinic’s Kermes celebration – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. – The Siler City clinic will hold its first community festival, with all funds going to its mission to provide free medical and dental care. Home-cooked food prepared by the clinic’s own community. Read more about the Vidas clinic and its mission in Chatham Magazine‘s feature. Mead
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By Hannah Lee @adventuresofmollyandpickles 1,223 followers As the owner of three rescue dogs – Molly, Pickles and Jupiter (left and top of page) – and a volunteer at Farm Friends Rescue, Mandy German has long supported animal shelters/rescues. Near the end of 2017, she heard about a nonpro t called Pearls for Pups Co.
Summer may be fading, but healthy and fresh food options are bountiful at our local farmers markets. We talked to the managers of the county’s four markets, who told us what to expect over the next few months and offered some of their favorite recipes and foods. CHATHAM MILLS FARMERS MARKET With
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The Goldsmith By Matt White | Photography BY Beth Mann Jenny Garrett McLaurin has been creating custom gold jewelry in Chatham for more than 20 years, but she’s been honing her craft for much longer than that. “My grandmother and great aunt would give me their junky costume jewelry,” Jenny says. “I would take
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The Entrepreneur By Parrish Alto | PHOTOgraphy BY Beth Mann Grace O’Hara was 12 in 2014 when she attended a YoungLife camp in Virginia that featured a small lake with an inflatable, trampoline-like floating platform called the “blob.” As one camper sat on the end of the blob, another would drop on the opposing
