by Wadesboro | Jul 5, 2023 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and CEO of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. My wedding anniversary is June 14, but I have always associated it more with the 4th of July. After a low-budget, two-day honeymoon in which we took the ferry to South Bass...
by Wadesboro | Jun 28, 2023 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and CEO of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Although my father enjoyed a good walk in the woods and was not opposed to wetting a line, he wasn’t a committed outdoorsman. Things like hiking, camping and shooting...
by Wadesboro | Jun 21, 2023 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and CEO of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. In the 1980s, most of the the residence halls at Ohio University were located on three “Greens,” East, West and South. Officially, there was a North Green with a...
by Wadesboro | Jun 15, 2023 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and CEO of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, died last week in federal prison in Butner, N.C. He was 81. Kaczynski’s story haunts the collective memory of a nation....
by Wadesboro | Jun 7, 2023 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and CEO of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Mary Shelly’s novel “Frankenstein” is frequently cited as one of the earliest examples of modern horror fiction, but contemporary readers may be missing a significant...
by Wadesboro | May 30, 2023 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and CEO of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The days and weeks leading up to my high school graduation exist in my memory as an indistinct blur. Prom. Class trip. Locker clean-out. Senior luncheon. Snakebite. Drowning....
