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Still talking about pirates
On Ocracoke Island they still talk about pirates. In fact, the first thing I saw as I got off the ferry that brought Bob Anthony and me across Pamlico Sound to Ocracoke was a historical marker th...
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Own bonds? Be prepared for rate hikes
If you own bonds, keep this in mind: Bond prices typically drop when interest rates rise. If rates were to escalate, and you own a sizable amount of bonds, particularly long-term bonds, the valu...
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Just What IS That Doggie in the Window?
Until recently, most people could only guess as to their pet’s ancestry. The American Kennel Club recognizes more than 150 breeds of dogs and 62 more are considered Foundation Stock. About 400...
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Who will take Erskine’s place?
Who is going to take Erskine Bowles’s place as President of the multi-campus University of North Carolina ( UNC )? The easy answer is “whomever the 32-person Board of Governors of the university ...
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Are you an olympic investor?
This month, skiers, skaters, hockey players and other athletes are in Vancouver for the Winter Olympic Games. As spectators, most of us can only dream of duplicating the feats of these world-class...
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Holly Springs February Real Estate Market Overview
January was a slow month with only 19 homes closing for the month in Holly Springs. If you look at the report above we have currently 69 homes pending up from only 54 the month before. We actually...
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EDITORIALS
Closing a Library is Like Losing a Friend
by JT Smith
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The local library has been an intricate, if not an essential, part of my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up in small towns across Eastern, North Carolina, the libraries’ parking lots d...
Here comes the bride
by Janet Kangas
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column asking people to tell us their wedding stories for our upcoming bridal edition. We have had some fun responses and I am really looking forward to seeing more ...
My inspiration celebrates another birthday
by JT Smith
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My Aunt Violet celebrated her 78th birthday last Sunday. It’s a remarkable accomplishment for a lady who wasn’t expected to live past her early teens. Violet was born with cerebral palsy and part...
Saturday Night Live pushes envelope too far with ConAgra comment
by Kelly Griffith
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I wouldn't say that I avidly watch Saturday Night Live, but when I do catch it, I like to watch the Weekend Update. From the days of Amy Poehler, I started to enjoy the humorous spin on political t...
I live with a dog that’s smarter than me
by JT Smith
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I don’t like to admit it, but I’ve known for quite some time that my dog, Hershey, is as smart as, if not smarter than I am. Hershey has a good grasp of the English language while I can’t understan...
Men are powerless against desire to drive in snow
by JT Smith
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A lot of people aren’t familiar with it, but men have a two-inch organ located just below their hearts that’s shaped like a steering wheel. The medical term for this particular organ is the L.D.I.S...
LETTERS
Holly Springs Letter to the Editor
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Letter to the Editor, Annie Jr. played this past week at the Holly Springs Cultural Center. What a fantastic performance, if you missed it.. It was put on by the STARS youth theatre group direct...
Letter to the Editor: John Tedesco doesn’t speak for everyone
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Dear Editor, I began this letter with "Dear Editor" but actually it is a "Dear John" letter. Dear John Tedesco, you say you are listening to the parents in Wake County, but are you really? Your o...
HS Letter to the Editor
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Dear Editor, Ok, lets get this part out of the way. It’ll cost about $2,000, give or take, more than last years retreat, which by most accounts yielded dismal results. Council members were too ac...
Town Council asked to explain retreat
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Letter to the Editor
Why
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Dear Editor, In reading the Jan. 28 issue of the Holly Springs Sun I couldn’t help but notice the statement…”council retreat set for early March at the Carolina Inn in Pinehurst”. So what is...
Letters to the editor
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Dear Editor, On Dec. 12, my husband and I attended the yearly Holly Springs High School play, “The Nutcracker Suite” and we were blown away by the talent and professionalism shown by the student...
MORE OPINIONS
Good and bad signs in December housing report
by Ed Neering
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Maybe you’ve seen by now the statistics for nationwide home sales in December, released by the National Association of Realtors. The grim-sounding data show that home sales dropped almost 17 perc...
Time to take retirement plan distributions?
by Bob Volpe
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You may not have the pictures, suntan or souvenirs to show for it, but if you’re at least 70-1/2, you’ve just finished a “vacation.” And that means you’ll have to do some work — on determining how...
Buying income producing properties without proper financial analysis causes unnecessary risk
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Since the days of the “old west”, enterprising individuals have owned a variety of commercial properties, also known as investment real estate. Doctors, lawyers and dentists were some of the firs...
Island living on Ocracoke and the Hyde County mainland
by DG Martin
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“She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Brand told us about a woman who spent her entire life on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Except for the small vil...
When evaluating investments, look at value - not just price
by Bob Volpe
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Most investors pay a great deal of attention to the price of their investments — yesterday’s price, today’s price, tomorrow’s price, next year’s price and so on. And that’s understandable, because...
Data might indicate further stabilization
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The National Association of Realtors has released its December 2009 data on pending homes sales, which were up one percent from Nov. Pending home sales is an indicator of future completed sales, ...
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