Japanese manufacturing company Morinaga America Food’s new plant in Mebane will soon make millions of pieces of Hi-Chew candy a day. The candy was selected from many Morinaga products for… Read More →
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As an all-state football player at Lincoln High, Braxton Foushee was too small to play college ball. That worked out well for Orange County. In the 1960s, Braxton helped integrate… Read More →
Vitamin O: Pickleball
Pickleball is “increasingly compelling and progressively addictive” says JB Marr, one of two Chapel Hill area pickleball ambassadors. The other, Jim Wilson, spearheaded local growth. In three years, interest bloomed… Read More →
Vitamin O: Rosie Caldwell
Rosie Caldwell retired two years ago from the Employment Security Commission. She now volunteers 48+ hours a week (“totally a labor of love”) at the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA)… Read More →
Spring 2016 Art Grants Deadline May 31, 2016
Spring 2016 Orange County Arts Commission grant applications and guidelines are now available. The deadline to apply is by 5 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. The Orange County Arts… Read More →
Vitamin O: Jock Lauterer
“I had been looking at him through reverse binoculars,” explains Jock Lauterer about his brother Nick who died at age 15. Nick was a troubled teen, killed by a drunk… Read More →
Vitamin O: Oscar Garcia
In 2004, Oscar Garcia was one of the state’s first bilingual HIV educators. His boss thought Garcia should dress in drag and hand out condoms in the clubs. Although he… Read More →
Vitamin O: Heather Shores
Heather Shores found Peccadillo a week after it opened and instantly loved it. She showed up every single day for four months before convincing the owner to hire her. “Do… Read More →
Vitamin O: Aaron Butner
As a kid, Aaron Butner once lived across from a cemetery; he later lived above a funeral home. He would tell his friends, “People are dying to come to my… Read More →
Vitamin O: Michael Malone
Until laptops replaced loud typewriters, author Michael Malone wrote his first eight books in pencil. “Writing for me is very oral – I listen to the characters.” Despite his quiet… Read More →
