Chris Goldston, animal management supervisor at the North Carolina Zoo, started 40 years ago when his brother recommended him to help finish building the lion enclosure in the Africa section. He’s worked his way around the zoo, gaining…
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Charlotte resident Cathy Pickens is the author of the Blue Ridge Mountain Mysteries, formerly the Southern Fried Series and Carolinas True Crime Stories. Her foray into true crime has led her to believe that North Carolina has more serial…
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Husband and wife team Mark and Sue Bayliff opened Fill-More, a refillery shop in downtown Burnsville, in 2018. Refilleries like Fill-More have popped up around the state to help consumers reduce the waste from plastic bottles holding…
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In 2019, Rose Randazzo Pizzuto reached out to artist Matt Willey to paint a mural for Scranton Tomorrow’s Mural Arts Program, “a public art initiative that promotes history, culture, diversity and creativity.”  “Willey was the first artist…
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Tanya Jones, the newly elected and first Black woman president of the North Carolina Veterans Business Association (NC VetBiz), encourages the North Carolina community to buy from business owners who served in one of the six branches of the…
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In 2008, art activist Matt Willey met a bee in his Manhattan studio. That encounter would lead to The Good of the Hive, Willey’s mission to paint 50,000 honeybees worldwide.  “She flew in and landed right in the middle of the rug: ‘Notice…
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Spring break conjures up images of wet t-shirt contests, empty beer cans strewn along the beach, and loud music until the wee hours of the night. Been there. Done that. Over it. Whether your spring break is one day, a long weekend, or…
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In March 2005, Vermont native Chuck Richardson packed up his camping gear, piled a canoe and kayak on top of his truck, and with encouragement from his wife, left for a few weeks to find sunshine.  Richardson meandered down the East…
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