Joseph Polcaro keeps his giant-slalom skiing silver medal in his pocket while walking his dog or interacting with residents at the SearStone retirement community in Cary. It’s not out of boastfulness but more out of pride. At 81 years of age, Polcaro has the energy of a much younger man. This past March he won the medal in the Bronze [...]
On U.S. 64 in Manteo, less than a mile from America’s oldest cultivated grapevine*, a sign reads “543”. It’s a Project as well as the mileage between Manteo and Murphy, the alliterative ends of North Carolina’s longest highway. Those neatly descending digits have inspired Project543.com, a postcard-style website, created by Visit North Carolina, to highlight unique stories on a journey [...]
The start of Summer stokes in all of us a feeling of “vacation time”. Whether it’s the coast or the mountains, we feel the need to get away, to be rejuvenated. Unfortunately, it’s much easier said than done, but it is possible to relax, renew, and have a staycation right here in the Triangle where The Umstead in Cary should [...]
Fredrick Neese, president of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, has announced eight new members who will be inducted during the 54th annual banquet on May 5 at the Raleigh Convention Center. They are the following: Glenn Bass Glenn Bass was an all-star in football and baseball at East Carolina where his 100-yard return is still a school record. [...]
About 90 minutes from Raleigh, you’ll find the “home of American golf”...Pinehurst. Abounding with more than 41 golf courses, Pinehurst has surprisingly retained its special small-town atmosphere, which it does and does well. Now the secret is getting out as Pinehurst has been growing although not at the rate of cities like Raleigh or Charlotte. This has enabled the [...]
You may have never heard of it, but Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. Played on a court one-third the size of a tennis court, using a combination of elements from the games of tennis, badminton, and ping pong, Pickleball is a simple and fun sport to play! It captures all ages but especially [...]
The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is honored to announce its 2017 induction class. The eight new members, listed alphabetically, are Glenn Bass, Dwight Durante, Mike Fox, Chasity Melvin, Ben Sutton, Caulton Tudor, Steve Vacendak, and Stephanie Wheeler. An afternoon news conference will be held on Thursday, May 4, at 4 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History, located [...]
Chuck Vestal By Chuck Vestal, Executive Director Piedmont Plus Senior Games and SilverArts When Chuck Vestal was asked to direct Piedmont Plus Senior Games (PPS) and SilverArts, he quickly found that senior adults behave just like teenagers.” They cut up, love being active, and love to give you a hard time while regularly showing appreciation, even when things don't go [...]
Raleigh photographer Jack Morton will share stories about his grandfather, Hugh Morton on Thursday, November 10, at the North Carolina Museum of History in conjunction with the free exhibit, “Photographs by Hugh Morton, An Uncommon Perspective.” The exhibit provides a tour of North Carolina’s past as recorded by Hugh Morton, probably the best promoter North Carolina ever had. He died [...]
In the spring of 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt slipped his Secret Service detail to camp out in Yosemite with John Muir, Scottish-American naturalist and preservationist. Camping out a second and third night with Muir resulted in the creation of our national park system: 18 national monuments, 5 national parks, and 159 national forests, conserving more than 230 million acres, larger [...]
