by Wadesboro | Apr 30, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I was 5 or 6 years old the first time my dad took me fishing. That likely prompts mental images of the opening credits of “The Andy Griffith Show,” but that’s not at all what...
by Wadesboro | Apr 23, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Just after 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, I walked into my usual haircut place and had a seat in the chair. It had been five weeks since my last trim. Three or four weeks,...
by Wadesboro | Apr 23, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Stephone Anthony, a native of Polkton and a graduate of Anson High School, is a linebacker in the National Football League. After playing at Clemson University, the...
by Wadesboro | Apr 20, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, Roshunda Terry, is director of the Anson County Cooperative Extension office. With many citizens staying home as a precaution to the COVID-19 pandemic and many shelves at local stores being bare, now would be a good time to take stock of what you have at...
by Wadesboro | Apr 16, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Information for this column came from the notebook of Lilly Bassett Carter Hoffman, 1888-1979. Bob and Betty Carter moved to Wadesboro, where Bob clerked in a store and learned...
by Wadesboro | Apr 16, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Shortly after I began attending New Beginnings Moravian Church in January 2019, I sat down with the interim pastor to discuss where I fit in with the ministry. As we discussed...
