by Wadesboro | Apr 1, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Woody Sports Entertainment announced today that Wadesboro, N.C., has been approved as the newest franchise in the Southern Professional Hockey League...
by Wadesboro | Mar 25, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. At some point in our lives, most of us have been either the victim or the perpetrator of a prank phone call. Most of these calls are harmless. Many are...
by Wadesboro | Mar 11, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. A few years ago, I wrote a magazine article about Banana Republic, the real safari-clothing Banana Republic of the 1980s, not the upscale Gap that has...
by Wadesboro | Mar 4, 2021 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. We do learn something new every day. Thanks to Anson County Historical Society member Speed Hallman of Wadesboro for notifying me of the interesting life of...
by Wadesboro | Mar 4, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Die-hard baseball fans have known for a couple of years that a significant restructuring of the minor leagues was coming this season, pending a renegotiation of...
by Wadesboro | Feb 25, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. For most of my elementary school years, my father worked second shift, what he called “three-to-’leven,” at the U.S. Gypsum plant down the road from our house....
