View the Digital Magazine A Letter From the Publisher... Beer dates back to the dawn of civilization. The Code of Hammurabi, our oldest code of laws, regulated beer houses, enforcing the death penalty if brewers watered down the house brew. Egyptian Pharoah Khufu paid his slaves in beer while they built his resting place, the Pyramid at Giza. The [...]
Rep. Pricey Harrison joined actors Ted Dansen, Kate Walsh, and Sam Waterston in Washington recently in a lobbying effort against offshore drilling and seismic testing off the mid-Atlantic coast. She also received an award the evening before from Washington-based Oceana for her work fighting for the health of North Carolina’s coast. Almost a million and a half jobs and a [...]
Did You Know… that you can read the Wall Street Journal online for free with your Forsyth County library card? Read the most current edition of America’s leading business newspaper and keep up-to-date on events, products and personalities that directly influence not only business, finance, and economics but the world in general. You can also view abstracts of each article [...]
The Shepherd’s Center of Greensboro, in conjunction with other community non-profits, is organizing a drive to help seniors get Photo ID cards from the DMV for the 2016 General Election. Here’s what a volunteer will do. By phone, you’ll make sure the seniors have necessary documents for the ID card. When everything is in order, we’ll make an appointment with [...]
Betty Cone’s name is synonymous with the arts in Greensboro, so it's not surprising that she is the first to twice receive the O. Henry Award for exceptional, lifelong contributions to Greensboro’s arts and cultural development. In fact, ArtsGreensboro has named its most prestigious award in her honor, the Betty Cone Medal of Arts award. Betty Cone flanked by her [...]
View the Digital MagazineIn this Issue...Beer dates back to the dawn of civilization. The Code of Hammurabi, our oldest code of laws, regulated beer houses by enforcing the death penalty if brewers watered down the house brew. Egyptian Pharoah Khufu paid his slaves in beer while they built his final resting place, the Pyramid at Giza. The ancient Babylonians were [...]
Over my 30-plus year career in the retirement industry, I have heard hundreds of reasons why it’s a good idea to move to a retirement community; at the same time I have also heard many reasons NOT to move. Not until a person or couple moves, do they fully understand [...]
Medicare benefits can do more than help cover the costs of doctor and hospital bills. Medicare’s preventive benefits help you to be proactive with your health in order to avoid serious illnesses or chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Whether you get a flu vaccine, are screened for diabetes or other illnesses, or want help to quit [...]
View the Digital Magazine A Letter From the Publisher... It was 1977 when the idea of a North Carolina Mountains to the Sea Trail was first proposed. With the highest mountain east of Pikes Peak and the second largest coastline on the east coast, North Carolina offers an extraordinary variety of natural resources to view. In the ensuing years, [...]
