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Articles by Bridget Booher
River Park Concert brings music, food, art, family-friendly fun to Hillsborough
This Saturday, thousands of music lovers of all ages will gather at River Park for the ninth annual River Park Concert, a free day of local and national bands, food, art vendors, and community celebration. The park opens at noon on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 140 E.
Still Life of a Nags Head Beach Cottage
The Beach House: In North Carolina, a beach house means more than a home by the ocean. Whether a coastal cottage where we stay, a soundside spot where we shop, or a water-view restaurant where we dine, it’s always a place made for dreaming. Click here to view related articles. When the wind shifts, the rocking chairs on the porch begin to creak. The tide creeps closer, sand drifting toward the steps as if testing how much longer the cottage intends to stay. A screen door taps against its frame.
Got game? Gingerbread tradition is a sweet challenge
From charmingly askew concoctions to spectacular structures worthy of the Great British Baking Show, all manner of confectionery creations will be on display in downtown merchant windows throughout the month of December as part of the annual Homes for the Holidays: A Hillsborough Gingerbread Tradition. Now in its sixth year, this sweet celebration features entries guaranteed to elicit smiles and wonder.
Bringing It Home at Leland Little Auctions
The Chinqua-Penn Plantation had seen better days. Built a century ago in Rockingham County, the 27-room private manor home was filled with stunning artwork and furnishings from the extensive travels of owners Thomas Jefferson Penn and his wife, Beatrice “Betsy” Schoellkopf Penn. After Betsy died in 1965, the estate, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, changed hands several times.
This Soup for the Soul is a Greek Christmas Staple
Maria Georgallis is in her happy place. It’s Christmas Eve, and she’s spent most of the day scurrying about the kitchen inside the Chapel Hill home of her son, George, and daughter-in-law, Angela — chopping, boiling, basting, and taste-testing for the holiday feast that will take place later tonight. A pot of chicken-and-rice soup with celery, leeks, and carrots simmers on the stove. The scent of freshly baked bread fills the air.
George Masa’s Peak Dedication
George Masa stood at the peak of Graybeard Mountain and looked east over a vast expanse of wilderness. Below, sugar maples, red spruces, Fraser firs, and American beeches were among the more than 100 species of native trees blanketing the mountain ranges. Birdsong from chickadees and juncos overlapped with the high-pitched calls of hawks and eagles. Salamanders slithered along the banks of creeks below, while foxes and bobcats stealthily tracked prey.
PORCH’s vision: Where no one goes hungry
Backpack? Check. Notebooks and pencils? Check. Dependable access to healthy, nutritious food? Sadly, no. Nearly half of Orange County School students lack that basic back-to-school essential. Yes, you read that right: Of the more than 7,000 children and teenagers attending Orange County’s 13 schools, 49 percent are food insecure, up from 36 percent before the pandemic.
Why food is the most important school supply (and how you can help)
Imagine sending your child or grandchild to school without the basic resources she needs to succeed. That’s the hard decision many Hillsborough families face as they strive to provide a good breakfast and nourishing snacks along with notebooks and binders. “Healthy food is the most important back-to-school supply,” says Linda Leikin, the director of PORCH Hillsborough, a multigenerational community of volunteers committed to fighting hunger in northern Orange County.
Hillsborough man saw incredible kindness, unfathomable cruelty
During a three-week trip to Ukraine this spring, Hillsborough resident Dave Jernigan bore witness to incredible beauty and unfathomable cruelty. Lush bucolic landscapes and the kindness of Ukrainians provided sharp contrast to the horrors of war. On a break from building a bomb shelter at a children’s hospital, he watched a young child scarred with terrible burns laugh joyfully at the fluttering pigeons gathered in the hospital’s courtyard.
Filled With Love
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2022. What Carmella Alvaro Reamer remembers most about her childhood family dinner table are the flavors and fragrances. As a first-generation Italian American, she was surrounded by lively table banter and multicourse meals rooted in the Southern Italian tradition.
I-95 Road Trip: Down by the Riverside in Weldon
Don’t miss these pit stops off I-95: Roanoke Rapids, Weldon, Benson, Rocky Mount, Smithfield, Fayetteville, Lumberton, and a few extra! For nearly a decade, Wanda Sykes has been on a never-ending treasure hunt. One of the savvy vendors at Riverside Mill in Halifax County, she’s parlayed a lifelong appreciation for antiques into a post-retirement gig that finds her and her husband, Phil, crisscrossing the state in search of rare, historic, and charmingly curious pieces.
Small Towns, Big Bites: An Inn for the Ages in Hillsborough
When Janice Rose Poniros was a little girl, she would visit her aunts in Hillsborough, where the highlight of her stay was a trip to the Colonial Inn for family-style meals of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans. On a recent Sunday afternoon, she returned to the inn, which reopened in November 2020 following a $2.9 million restoration. Given Poniros’s vivid memories of the meals she enjoyed as a child, the new iteration had to be pretty good to impress her.
Friendship by Design
In 2013, Raleigh’s historic Oakwood neighborhood found itself in the international spotlight when longtime residents protested the appropriateness of a contemporary home under construction on Euclid Street. The controversy pitted neighbor against neighbor and the Raleigh Board of Adjustment in opposition to the city’s Historic Development Commission. It generated press coverage in Dwell, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and London’s Daily Mail.
Lighting the Sky for Solstice in Hillsborough
Near the start of Riverwalk Trail in Hillsborough, Sol Ramirez prepared to lead the town’s annual Solstice Lantern Walk last year with a giant crescent moon puppet. “I’ve never created a puppet that lights up, so this is outside of my comfort zone,” Ramirez said as he adjusted the moon’s left hand, which held a bright star.
Bringing Transparency and Coordination to Addressing Hate and Bias Issues
Duke students haven’t always known how or where to report incidents of hate and bias, or the range of options available for how such incidents could be addressed. Thanks to an ambitious set of recommendations from a Student Affairs Hate & Bias Working Group significant steps are being implemented to provide greater transparency, accountability and coordination around hate and bias issues in the student community. These include: Establishing a Student Ombuds office with two full-time ombuds.
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