Each year at the holidays, people find themselves looking for ways to give. While giving gifts to friends and family is exciting, we also want to inspire you to give to others in our community. After the year we’ve had, even more folks than usual find themselves with various needs…
If there’s one thing we hope you have heard loud and clear from us this December, it’s the importance of SHOPPING LOCAL! While this year has been far from easy, we still…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – even if this year, everything feels a little different. While some of our favorite holiday happenings aren’t taking place in order…
During this turbulent year, we know it can be hard to keep seeking out the good, giving thanks, and maintaining a hopeful outlook. But we also think when it’s the hardest to give thanks, that’s when we need it most…
If you ask Stacey Field to describe her journey of becoming a yogi and yoga studio owner, she might describe it as unexpected. After Stacey first took a class with her mentor and business partner, Jamie Forbes, she was hooked on yoga. As the two women soon formed a close friendship…
Have you been noticing all the construction happening in downtown High Point? We sure hope you have! And by now, you probably know the reason behind the major renovations on English Road: Congdon Yards…
Do you wait to listen to Christmas music after Thanksgiving? Are you a diehard believer in Christmas decorations going up no earlier than Black Friday? If you feel…
Jonathan LeGrande was only in kindergarten when he first experienced what it meant to be a truly extraordinary educator. “My kindergarten teacher, Ms. Joan Burns, inspired me to become a teacher,” Jonathan says. “Her patience and love for children impressed…
For Sara Dutilly, few things in life bring her more joy – or anger – than bread.
“It angers me sometimes to think about cheap bread,” says the High Point-based baker and owner of the cottage bakery, Sour’d. “I know that sounds silly, and I understand why the manufacturing of cheap bread began, but…
When Michelle Smith started out teaching elementary school years ago, she never expected to spend most of her career in a middle school classroom. But now, as an 8th-grade English Language Arts teacher at Ferndale Middle School, she couldn’t imagine anywhere else she’d rather be. Michelle is this week’s Extraordinary Educator because she knows how…