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The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Every year, right after Halloween, my wife Janet removes a ceramic turkey the size of a softball from the china cabinet and places it on our dining room table....

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. During the first week of July 2019, I traveled around my native Ohio doing signings and readings of my new book, “Ocean of Storms.” I had a blast reconnecting...

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Like this year, Halloween of 1987 fell on a Saturday, and that's why it was doubly disappointing to us that no trick-or-treaters knocked on our door.  My...

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Last year, for the first time since the mid-1980s, vinyl record sales surpassed that of CDs. While that's an interesting factoid, it doesn't reflect a resurgence...

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. There is no shortage of literary works that wax rhapsodic about the changing of seasons in the  garden, so anything I write has probably been written before,...

Amanda Prouty is launching a new weekly feature, Stories of Anson, in which she tells us about some of the interesting people who live here and “make this small town better and a wonderful place to live.” Her debut subject? A very logical choice: herself!  I’m...

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The swing set of my youth was painted blaze orange; owing, I'm certain, to my father's penchant for buying his paint from the CLEARANCE bin at the discount store....

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Around this time last year, I decided to try "technology free" Sundays for a month. The idea  was that, for September, I would completely unplug from the...

The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. On Labor Day, I drove out to the new Riverbend Village development at the intersection of I-485 and N.C. 16, northwest of Charlotte. Twenty years ago, that area...

The author, Becky Dill, is an amateur naturalist, photographer and Paw barista. On Tuesday, my husband and I took a break from walking the land and paddled the river instead. Several years ago we purchased two kayaks, with accompanying equipment such as paddles, life...