I vaguely recall learning about Valentine’s Day and all its trappings in first or second grade at Monroe Street Elementary. Mrs. Sullivan was the teacher. Friend Jerry Sullivan’s mom. Jerry the ...

The famously weird filmmaker set his 1986 movie in Lumberton, with many modifications, and filmed in Wilmington during its film infancy.

The News & Observer panned “Blue Velvet” as “horrible,” and its reviewer chastised Lynch for defaming Lumberton — “Yes, our Lumberton” — as if he’d kicked the family dog.

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead.

Until Halsted A&A purchased the statue in 2023, the sculpture had been in the same British family for nearly 260 years ... carved during the time of Emperor Claudius (41-54 CE). Like many sculptures ...

On the English side of the family there was high professional standing ... are the Empire’s soul:/A rotten tree lives only in its rind.’ Recall the rotten tree on Remembrance Day this year. Having ...

Linsey Davis interviews Lee Hawkins, a journalist, about his searing new memoir, "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My ...

As it turned out, that DNA reveal sparked a fairly long and painful story, which you can read here: Ever since then, I've kind of dabbled with my family tree. I enjoy digging through documents and ...

The idea of an epic overseas holiday with my family was nice in theory but a nightmare in reality, and if I had my time again, I probably wouldn't sign up for it. The nightmare began in 2022 when ...