Blazing Forward
In January the Holly Springs Fire Department became the first department in Wake County with an all-female crew. Lieutenant Kendall Stinson, engineer Kayelei Carter,…
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It’s Pizza Night
Quick cleanup, travels well for summer adventures, pleases just about everyone, and it’s affordable — pizza night is a welcome event in my family’s…
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Park It!: Introducing Beech Bluff County Park
For seven generations, the Adams family farmed hundreds of acres of land in Willow Spring, east of Fuquay-Varina. Much of that land is now…
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Her Garden Grows
“It’s a very sappy, sad story,” prefaces Cayla Morris as she begins to recount the origins of Polly’s Petal Patch, her you-pick flower farm…
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Dig In & Drink Up: Smoked Cocktails at The Blind Pelican
Dreamed up by the husband and wife bartending duo Josh and Devyn Self, Smoked Old Fashioneds and Smoked Manhattans are two of many top-shelf…
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Cozy up with a Good Mystery
Southern Wake communities have been frequently lauded as safe places to live, often ranking among the safest towns in North Carolina. But according to…
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Southern Supreme Fruitcake & More
“Fruitcake has a bad name, but we’re changing it.” says Lisa Scott. Fruitcake, in all it’s dense, shiny, regiftable glory, has been the punch…
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Set for Success
“This is a passion project for me,” says Dustin Williams, Fuquay-Varina Chamber of Commerce president. “When I started at the Chamber, I thought, we…
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To the Pumpkin Patch
Hipp Farms Southern Fuquay-Varina Just south of Fuquay-Varina, you’ll find family-run Hipp Farms, boasting plenty of outdoor play and pumpkins to peruse. A ten-acre…
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Hunting for Home
Home is where the heart is.” “Home is not a place; it is the people.” “There’s no place like home.” We’ve heard all the…
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