by Wadesboro | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I use an online tool called Grammarly to help me with my writing. It checks my work for grammatical, spelling and usage errors as I type away. It’s not...
by Wadesboro | May 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Editor: I read the article last week about employees at Wendy’s walking away from their jobs with equal parts sympathy and consternation. Most of us have, at one time or another, worked for minimum wage. I got my very first “real” job, at a...
by Wadesboro | Apr 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Last week’s Field Notes started with an anecdote about a shrine to the Virgin Mary, and this week’s starts with a tale about another shrine of...
by Wadesboro | Apr 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. My grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday at the small, tumbledown house where she raised 10 children. There was a huge store-bought cake (a rarity in my...
by Wadesboro | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. If you’ve spent any time around young children, you’re probably familiar with the phrase, “But that’s not fair!” It turns out they have a...
