If you’re like many people, you may pay a lot of attention to the day-to-day price movements of your investments. But to create and maintain an effective investment strategy, you also need to look ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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, ...
106 Hyannis Dr., Holly Springs, NC 27540 phone: 919-363-8666
The Tricity Family Medicine & Urgent Care Clinic is located at 106 Hyannis Dr., Holly Springs, NC. Their goal is to provide patients and their families with comprehensive health care of the highes...
515 N.Main Street, Holly Springs, NC 27540 phone: 919-557-1437
Kobe Japanese Restaurant Steakhouse and Sushi Bar in Holly Springs, NC Wake County
You will enjoy a warm welcome when you come to visit our restaurant in Holly Springs, NC right on main street...