Sports
Triangle’s Bouncing Bulldogs Learn More Than Just Jump Rope
The Triangle’s Bouncing Bulldogs, one of the best jump rope teams in the world, bring home plenty of trophies, but it’s the camaraderie and life lessons that members cherish most.
Jeri Rowe
Restaurant
A Table for Two at Greensboro’s Table 16
At Greensboro’s Table 16, the place to be is the place it’s named for.
Features
Dennis and Nancy Quaintance are the Mister & Miz of the Hospitality Biz
Whisk together two hotels, three restaurants, and two risk-averse personalities. Add a passion for food and the environment, and you have a recipe for romance.
Eats
Snappy Lunch’s Famous Pork Chop Sandwich
It’s the only Mount Airy business ever mentioned during the eight-year run of The Andy Griffith Show. And it’s not only the show that endures. The celebrity-endorsed pork chop sandwich at Snappy Lunch has a storied résumé all its own.
Features
arcBARKS: Bakers for Barkers
Far more than mere ingredients go into a two-inch treat for pooches at arcBARKS, a Greensboro bakery.
Western
Is Bigfoot’s Backyard in the Uwharrie National Forest?
A fuzzy video of a furry beast with a sweet tooth has spawned an industry all its own in the Uwharries. Many in Montgomery County believe. Some worldwide believe. But do you?
Central
A Kid (Still) Needs Camp
YMCA camps — Camp Sea Gull (for boys), Camp Seafarer (for girls) and Camp Hanes (for both) — fill a new generation of campers with a season of memories.
Eastern
Always on Sunday: Visiting Oakdale Cemetery
Designed as a park to encourage visitation, Wilmington’s Oakdale Cemetery was the first cemetery in North Carolina to be part of a national Rural Garden Cemetery Movement, a place for family to celebrate the living as well as the dead.
Features
Bernie Harberts: The Mule Rider
Bored with sailing the open seas alone for five years, one man decided to cross his home state in a manner unlike any other. And then he kept on going.