Faster, Ladies! The ever-changing ‘Booty Buster’ class gives a 5 a.m. troupe of women an opportunity to forge personal connections and strengthen abs By Matt White | Photography by Briana Brough On a Saturday morning, just inside the red brick front of Ladies’ Fitness Center of Pittsboro, the music was loud and Kelly Bolejack, […]
Strong Foundation
Strong Foundation from parent volunteer to director By Matt White Jaime Detzi is the executive director of the Chatham Education Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy and fundraising organization that administers early literacy, teacher support and other educational programs in schools across Chatham. Jaime is in her fifth year as head of the foundation, which this summer
Artist and Residence
Artist and Residence Mark and Carol Hewitt built a famed pottery studio and a home on their Pittsboro property By Matt White | Photography by Briana Brough When Carol Hewitt and her husband Mark moved from New England to the end of Johnny Burke Road in 1983, they came for two reasons – and
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Healers in the Hallway
Healers in the Hallway Meet three nurses at Chatham County Schools By Holly West | Photography by Briana Brough With 18 schools to serve, the seven nurses of Chatham County Schools are always on the move. Each person is tasked with taking care of hundreds of students, providing care that ranges from administering daily medicines
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Translating Hope
Translating Hope Ascary Arias offers the Latino community quality health and dental care with Vidas De Esperanza clinic in Siler City This story was originally published in the December/January 2018 issue of Chatham Magazine By Matt White | Photography by Briana Brough Elba Aguirre Moscoso and her daughter, Heidi, 11, sit quietly in the
Familiar Faces
Familiar Faces Meet Pittsboro-based painter Onicas Gaddis By Holly West | Photography by Briana Brough When artist Onicas Gaddis walks up the sidewalk to The Mod on any given day, he is greeted by a chorus of “heys” and high-fives. Onicas, a Pittsboro-based painter, is well-known in the area for his art, which hangs at
The Truck Stops Here
The Truck Stops Here By John Cappelletti | Photography by Briana Brough My fondest food memory is my great-aunt Clotilda, who would make the pilgrimage from Florida every summer when I was a kid. Being part of a large Italian family, food was central to everything that we did and [every occasion we would]
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Fall Fun for Everyone
Fall Fun for Everyone Siler City’s Huckleberry Trail Farm offers disability friendly attractions By Michele Kisthardt | Photography by Hillary Graves Photography When Bob Reichel and his wife, Debby, opened Huckleberry Trail Farm – which was named after Bob’s son, Robert’s (now 21) favorite bedtime story – six years ago off Route 64 in Siler
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Old School
Old School The Hamms have taught the students of Chatham County for more than 80 years By Matt White | Photography by Briana Brough Every September, David and Ellen Hamm and their four daughters approach the changing season with a slightly out-of-place holiday greeting. “The first day of school is our ‘Happy New Year’,” says
Old School
Old School The Hamms have taught the students of Chatham County for more than 80 years By Matt White | Photography by Briana Brough Every September, David and Ellen Hamm and their four daughters approach the changing season with a slightly out-of-place holiday greeting. “The first day of school is our ‘Happy New Year’,” says









