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According to sources, local husband and father Ben Arnold converted to the Jehovah's Witness religion in a daring gambit to avoid putting up Christmas lights this season.
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2024 @ 9:07 am
By: Babylon Bee
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"We are not in any way trying to remove all signs of Christmas."
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2024 @ 12:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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It's that time of year once again…but is it really? With stores putting out their Christmas decorations earlier and earlier every year, it's easy for some people to get swept up in the yuletide cheer way too much and way too soon.
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024 @ 11:35 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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As the Glennon family walked into church for Easter service today, they were caught off guard by how different the church looked without Christmas decorations.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2023 @ 3:08 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Eight months after an Illinois woman reported her husband missing, she found him dead in their home.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 1:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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Christmas will be costly again this year as inflation eats away at your holiday hosting and shopping budget. Food, presents, and travel will all cost more than they did last year.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Archaeologists have discovered the unmistakable remains from humongous "Minion" inflatables that Mary and Joseph used to decorate the front of the stable.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 @ 1:33 am
By: Babylon Bee
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As Hurricane Ian decimated the Gulf Coast of Florida last week, a woman in Fort Myers swam to safety in 10-foot-deep waters with her three-month-old son swaddled in a blanket and secured in a car seat that she tucked inside a storage bin.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2022 @ 12:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As I pondered what to write about for Christmas, I mentally thumbed through previous columns on Christmas music, Christmas cats, and Christmas trips.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:51 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Linda Cox Alligood age 74, a resident of Old Bath Highway, Washington, NC passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at her home.
Published: Monday, April 19th, 2021 @ 10:55 am
By: Announcements
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Remarks by President Trump at a Hanukkah Reception
Published: Friday, December 13th, 2019 @ 12:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today's secular society gets a bunch of things wrong about the holiday season — here are smart reminders we all need
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 7:20 am
By: LifeZette
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Here's how it started. First, I smiled when a friend emailed just past Halloween that she'd like to have a few girls over for cocktails but needed to apologize and warn us that her Christmas decorations were already up.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 9:50 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The day after Thanksgiving dawned brightly . . and cold.
Published: Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 @ 11:01 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Most of us celebrate New Year's somehow, someway, but I suspect few of us are aware of the holiday's history. As you would expect, a wealth of information is but a few clicks away.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 4:24 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The early service, in the rabbit patch territory, was a cold and still one, today. I went out to collect pine cones and thought the sound of the door shutting, would shatter the world.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 @ 1:31 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Thanksgiving Day has dawned with low peach colored light. The woodland trees behind the old barn look like black lace, in the absence of their leaves.
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2017 @ 9:54 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Are you juggling so many balls that you wish there were more hours in the day? Is your to-do-list on overload when suddenly you need to add a task like holiday decorating or helping your parents downsize? Well then, have I got a deal for you.
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 11:22 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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For days, rain has fallen on the rabbit patch. The sun managed to bring a golden glow to the early service, and that was lovely.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 12:24 am
By: Michele Rhem
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I've had a few cats through the years, starting with Baggins and Swoop. We were in our Lord of the Rings phase when we named them - long before there were Lord of the Rings movies.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will be hosting a Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence this weekend. The open house will be held on both Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Media wishing to attend and speak with...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 4:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory invite you to celebrate the joy of the Christmas season in the Blue Ridge Mountains for the annual Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We live "by the River" at Bayview. Our little "fisherman's cottage" was built in the late 40's and early 50's. The first lot was bought under the shade of the oak tree at auction.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 @ 11:06 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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