by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Four new North Carolina books challenge our values and make for good summer reading. Rocky Mount writer Etaf Rum, author of “A Woman Is No Man,” grew up in a Palestinian immigrant family…
Siler City, NC – The Wren Memorial Library Branch in Siler City will be closed for extensive maintenance work in the ceiling and roof areas starting on July 29, 2019. The library is expected to reopen on August 26, 2019, but the…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Last week U.S. Sen. Richard Burr wrote a newspaper column criticizing the Eastern Band of the Cherokee for opposing the South Carolina-based Catawba Tribe’s efforts to acquire land near Kings Mountain to build…
by Richard Temple Cary, NC – For those interested in American History there are three complete narrative histories I recommend. The last two I have often used in AP classes for mostly supplemental reading while the first is newly published.…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Do you need to know a little more about the early contacts between the Native Americans and the European settlers in North Carolina? Help is on the way with four books and four…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County Public Libraries invite children and teens to participate in the Summer Reading Program “A Universe of Stories” at all Chatham County Public Libraries branches from June 8 through August 17, 2019. The Summer Reading Program,…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Would you like to know why U.S. sanctions against companies owned by Russian billionaire and businessman Oleg Deripaska are being lifted? You are the reason. Me too. And so is everybody else who…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham Community Library will host a program on Blackbeard’s famous ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge on Saturday, December 1, at 1 pm in the Holmes Meeting Room. The program will be facilitated by Chatham County resident and…
Pittsboro, NC – ‘Tis the season for giving! From now through December 20 Chatham County Public Libraries invite you to give back to the Chatham community by sponsoring books from our Library Giving Christmas Tree. Each library branch will host…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County Public Libraries (CCPL) has received $500 from the American Library Association (ALA) to help plan and implement coding activities during Computer Science Education (CS Ed) Week 2018 (December 3-9) and beyond. Sponsored by Google, CCPL…