Block Party aims to bring UMO students and local community together
On Thursday, Sept. 12, from 5 to 8 p.m., the Southern Bank Parklet will be filled with food and music, during a Block Party designed to encourage more engagement between University of Mount Olive students and local citizens.
95-year-old business allows Barfield/Best family to serve others
The motto of Garris Funeral Home is: “Sincere and personal service since 1929.” Yes, 1929.
Acclaimed artist’s color-rich style has widespread appeal
Most people, if setting out to paint a portrait, would skip right past the bright reds, blues, greens, and yellows in search of more “realistic” skin-tone colors, but not Winford Galmon. He goes for the brightest, most intense colors possible, which he then has the audacity to apply in thick, bold chunks — and, almost magically, the result is a face or figure that feels both realistic and abstract all at once.
Faison residents invited to ‘bolt’ to Rec Center for free dinner, movie
FAISON — Free dinner and a movie — it doesn’t get much better than that.
Church spruces up high school during ServeNC week
WARSAW — Students won’t return to James Kenan High School until Aug. 26, but on Tuesday the halls were already buzzing with activity as members of Kenansville Baptist Church (KBC) wielded paint brushes, rollers and spray guns, hustling to give the old brick and cinder block interior walls a fresh coat prior to the new school year.
Seven Springs resident draws, paints in storybook-like studio
Entering Christy Bennett’s studio is a little like stepping into the pages of a children’s storybook. Colorful fish practically swim off canvases and into the room. A doe-eyed giraffe greets onlookers with a serene expression. Elephants bedecked in tassels, jewels, and crowns promenade against a night-sky of swirling stars and moonlight. With each glance around the studio — or turn of the proverbial page — another image emerges with its own story to tell.
Ribbon-cutting officially ushers in hydroponic farming at JSCC
WARSAW — A crowd gathered on the WestPark campus of James Sprunt Community College (JSCC) Monday at 10 a.m. for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the school’s new Hydroponics Smart Farm, where the first produce has already been harvested.
Jones reignites art ambitions, focuses on Black portraiture
Most adults can look back on their life and remember a special present they received as a child — maybe a bike, a baseball glove or a video game. Or a briefcase. Wait — what?
Taylor: jewelry maker, businesswoman in equal measure
Six years ago, a broken necklace changed Marybeth Taylor’s life.
Community garden finds footing in Faison
FAISON — It took years, but the Faison Community Garden has finally caught on.