Redefining Midlife
The midlife years should be a time of opportunity in a woman’s life: The kids have launched, the puppy trained, and the ladder climbed….
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Festive Wine Guide
Vivid personalities tend to come on even stronger during holiday gatherings. Perhaps it’s an overbearing mother-in-law (not mine, of course), a kooky great aunt,…
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Best of Main & Broad Maggy Awards: Vote Now!
Voting for the 2026 Maggy Awards has now closed. Look for the winners in the March/April issue! Have questions? Read The Maggy Awards FAQ.
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Nonprofit Spotlight: Restored Mission Shoppe
Spend just five minutes with Tonya Baker Nelson, and you’ll quickly discover she has a heart for serving women in crisis who are looking…
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Woman to Watch: Laurie Braxton
Laurie Braxton cultivated a 20-year career with pharmaceutical giant GSK, serving in roles encompassing external supply, business development, supply chain integration, and site management….
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Stay Awhile
The tree-lined gravel drive leading to The Ellie Inn, marked only with an understated black and white sign, is easy to miss. Residents on…
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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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Growing Community at Simple Gifts Garden
“If you just sit across a bed and chat with somebody while you’re weeding carrots, our hope is that you find out that what…
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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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