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Learn to manage your woodlands

Learn to manage your woodlands

Learn about managing your woodlands in a free course offered by Anson Cooperative Extension on Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27 – from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday – at the Anson Extension Office, 501 McLaurin St., Wadesboro.
Which president got his law license in Anson County?

Which president got his law license in Anson County?

Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Did you know that Andrew Jackson – the seventh president of the United States and the dude on the $20 bill – received his law license in Anson County? According to...
Polkton home has stories to tell

Polkton home has stories to tell

Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. One of the most prominent homes in Polkton has an interesting history. The Rev. Charles Henry Martin was born Aug. 28, 1848, in Franklin County, N.C., to William...
Field Notes: That’s not how any of this works!

Field Notes: That’s not how any of this works!

The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. After 15 years serving as a local developer for multiple rural communities, I have heard many humorously inaccurate depictions of the relationship between local government and...