New fish are coming to Jordan Lake as part of a stocking project by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) and a nonprofit, Bass Anglers for NC Lakes. The NCWRC stocks many …

“Paris is always a good idea,” Audrey Hepburn once famously declared. Before my journey from Raleigh-Durham Airport to Charles De Gaulle Airport on October 25, 2023, I was besieged …

RALEIGH — I made my annual visit to the fair on Monday with my wife, Beth, and our sons, Everett, 13, and James, 8. I've been going to the state fair since I can remember going anywhere. I've …

PITTSBORO – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners met Monday, August 7 with the primary focus of the meeting being to start preliminary discussions surrounding the potential redrawing of …

PITTSBORO — The splash pad located at Knight Farm Community Park is still down, town officials confirmed to the Chatham News & Record on Tuesday, Aug. 1.   “The town …

Seaforth girls’ soccer’s Sofia Viana earns athlete of the week honors for the week of April 8. In Seaforth’s two big wins over Bartlett Yancey and Jordan-Matthews last week, …

Baseball After losing to Southern Lee, 7-2, on April 8, Chatham Central came back from down 7-0 to beat Trinity, 9-8, in eight innings Friday. Seaforth went 4-0 during the week, beating …

While scrolling through baseball and softball stats this season, it won’t take long to see the names “Maddie Kaczmarczyk” and “Aidan Allred.” Whether it’s by …

BEAR CREEK — Jordan-Matthews’ softball team may have to be referred to as the “comeback kids” after another wild finish on April 10. Down 6-2 going into the bottom of the …

After the end of the winter sports championships, Seaforth High School tops the 2A standings for the 45th annual Wells Fargo State Cup competitions with 347.5 points, per the updated standings …

SILER CITY — The Immigrant Community Advisory Committee (ICAC) met last Wednesday to discuss three main topics to help the immigrant community of Siler City.   ICAC, composed of …

A new agreement allows Central Carolina Community College students an assured entry pathway to Methodist University upon graduation from CCCC.

The annual ClydeFest arts festival is celebrating its 22nd year, taking place Sun., April 14 at Pittsboro’s Chatham Agricultural and Conference Center. The festival, put on by the Chatham …

A potential supplemental income plan to support the county's teachers was a major focus of the March 11 meeting of Chatham County Schools Board of Education. The recognition of teachers in the …

SILER CITY — Donald Matthews will be the new mayor of Siler City, unseating Chip Price in unofficial results on Tuesday, Nov. 7. In a rematch of their contest in 2022, Matthews prevailed, …

PITTSBORO — Jay Bonitz, J.A. (Jay) Farrell and John Foley claimed seats on the Pittsboro Town Council on Tuesday, Nov. 7. With results reported on election night, Bonitz led the …

PITTSOBORO — Town commissioner Kyle Shipp will soon officially become mayor with Tuesday's election results completed. In July, he was the only candidate to file for the office. Backed by …

What is your position on the proposed agreement with Sanford for water and sewer treatment for Siler City? Water & sewer are two of the most important issues facing Siler City.   To …

What is your position on the proposed agreement with Sanford for water and sewer treatment for Siler City? In my opinion, this is the best possible solution to an ongoing problem. This project …

North Carolina teachers put in hundreds of hours into their profession. Their work extends far outside the walls of a classroom; they support our state’s children at sports games, band performances, and church programs. They are the glue that holds our schools and communities together.

A few days ago, I was rummaging through the various drugstore aisles that contain the medicines and cures you can buy without a prescription. I was looking for a particular eyedrop that the eye doc said would help control the agony of pollen in the eyes since the recent monsoons hadn’t completely eliminated the issue.

Last week, my maternal grandmother, Sylvia Glenn Greene Hanley, would have turned 103 years old. My younger cousin sent a group text to family remembering her and adding, “I feel her presence through all of you.” This comment was especially poignant, for Jay lives on the west coast, and I haven’t seen my cousin in years.

Shoot, sometimes he’d cook just because he liked to. Or wanted to. Or it was Saturday night. Or chickens were on sale at Piggly-Wiggly.

Who knows how the strength of simple kindness will echo for years in someone’s life and even reverberate in the larger world?