By Bronwyn Watson Pittsboro, NC – For a number of years now in the summer, I have noticed how clean my car windshield stays. Very seldom do I have to clean it. In contrast, I remember years ago and when I…
Bugs and windshields
Category: Chatlist Chatters
Are Chatham County residents experiencing a property valuation ripoff?
By Kira Dirlik Pittsboro, NC – Well, I wonder what they think I did to warrant a 29% increase! What fevered mind thinks I did something worth $81,663? Well, the squirrels made nests inside the eaves and have chewed chunks of…
Chatham County Republican Party releases its 2021 platform
Submitted by Chatham NC GOP Pittsboro, NC – Recently the Chatham County Republican Party held our 2021 convention. Part of that convention was the update to our platform, printed below. We encourage conservative-minded individuals in the county to get involved…
Internet options for the rural areas of Chatham County
By Carl Mueller Bear Creek, NC – I’ve been in search for decent internet service for almost three years now for my property in Bear Creek close to Goldston. While Century Link claimed they could provide DSL, I didn’t sign…
Who can I offend today?
By Mark Stinson Silk Hope, NC – Lately no matter how hard I try there is some very fragile person who melts down if I don’t say something to suit their emotional fragility. These overly critical overthinking superficial I’m better…
The truth will be told
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – A couple of days ago I wrote about my mother. I didn’t know a lot about her parents other than they were a great grandma and grandpa! Sometime in the 1960s after all of…
Upset about your Chatham County tax assessment? Here’s what I did
By Burney Waring Pittsboro, NC – We got a new tax assessment, as I guess you did. When I was trying to understand it, I ended up at the handy Chatham Tax Record site, looked up my property and clicked…
My mother’s watch
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – My Mother died 1944. Seems like an eternity. In come cases, seventy years is an eternity. Immediately after she died, my father sold most of her personal belongings; especially her clothing. It was World…
Warmth and cold . . Stories untold
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – When I was about nine years old, we lived in an old mill house and only the sitting room and the kitchen had any kind of heat. My bedroom was three rooms away from…
Heat from down under
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – Not what you think. You know me. I’m the last to get entangled in hot controversy. Won’t go blabbing about something that will get folks all heated and stirred up! But honestly, this is…