by Wadesboro | Feb 20, 2020 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Wadesboro native Richard Lewis Spencer, a Grammy-winning musician, minister and teacher, is “behind one of the most-sampled pieces of music in history,” according...
by Wadesboro | Feb 20, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I’m not sure when the idea of wanting to be a marine biologist became a pop culture punchline, but it was certainly not so in the 1970s. For a period of two or three years...
by Wadesboro | Feb 13, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, Becky Dill, an amateur naturalist, photographer and Paw barista. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, I walked along a Polkton dirt road to look for some of my favorite trees, called “marriage trees” or “husband and wife trees.” These are trees that have...
by Wadesboro | Feb 13, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. It seems to many that society today is waging war on the foundational traditions that we grew up with. They speak of the War on Christmas, the War on Thanksgiving and the War...
by Wadesboro | Feb 6, 2020 | Wadesboro
“Walking the Land” is written by Becky Dill, an amateur naturalist, photographer and Paw barista. I hiked to my favorite ephemeral pond in the Polkton area this week, looking for spotted salamander egg masses. Woot, woot, there were plenty! Instead of...
