Local Culture, Arts & Community

Book Review: Shine

By Dusty Ray Black Creek, North Carolina is the backdrop for Lauren Myracle’s latest young adult novel, Shine. Black Creek is a sparsely populated town filled with secrets: drug abuse, shattered friendships and lies congeal […]

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Skateboarding for the Community

Andy Weiss, the former owner of MRKT Skateshop, wants to give back to the community. He founded a non-profit organization designed to do just that, called Launch: Community Through Skateboarding. Launch uses skateboarding to promote […]

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Shaley – A Little of Me For Now

By Dusty Ray Imagine that Sarah McLachlan was a little more cheery, edgy and had dropped her commercial sappiness, and you would get Shaley. Blending rock, jazz, blues and pop conventions comes naturally to Shaley, […]

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End All – Coexist

By Dusty Ray End All’s debut album Coexist is a monstrosity worthy of any metal fan’s ears. Blend industrial with progressive metal, add in some avant-garde sensibility and a little electronica, and you have End […]

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Letter: Deer not a follower

On page three of the July, 2011 issue there is a picture of someone holding a young deer. The county dive team rescued a two-day-old fawn. There are basically two types of ungulate species — […]

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Letter: Grain not the culprit

Re: Human food kills RFL moose, July issue. I do not know where Officer Jackson got his information about ungulates not being able to digest grain, but I sincerely challenge that theory. Though it may […]