by Wadesboro | Dec 16, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Last week, the CEO of online mortgage company Better.com made headlines, and not in a good way, by firing 900 employees on a Zoom call. My initial thought was,...
by Wadesboro | Dec 9, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I read an article over the weekend that suggested the fixins for a typical Thanksgiving dinner cost 15 percent more this year than last. For most of us, that...
by Wadesboro | Dec 2, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. There’s a good chance that when your family gathered around the table on Thanksgiving, one of the dishes set in front of you was corn. Corn is arguably the...
by Wadesboro | Nov 18, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I was intrigued by my fellow Paw columnist Beck Dill’s piece last week on the “friendly” corn snake. Snakes and I go way back. Indeed, some of...
by Wadesboro | Nov 11, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. In the third episode of the eighth season of the television series “The Office,” the warehouse crew quits after winning a shared million dollar lotto...