Entries by Bill Harris

SportsTalk: Wilkerson Helps College Baseball Players Take The Next Step

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Daniel Wilkerson has traveled a long way since his days of playing baseball for his father, Todd Wilkerson, at Kerr-Vance Academy.  His baseball journey has taken him to Randolph Macon College and then to East Carolina University and now to the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League. “I’m following in my father’s footsteps,” Wilkerson […]

The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Place Names

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What’s in a name? So many places within the four-county area got their names as a way to honor prominent families of the day; landowners who donated land for the railroad to come through back in the late 1880s, for example, resulted in town names like Stovall, Townsville and Stem. An area hit the “big […]

Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Start planning your Fall vegetable garden Do you plan to do some home canning? Be sure to follow up-to-date recommendations. Keep hydrated, take rest breaks when doing garden chores during  hot temperatures Tomatoes and peppers may drop blossoms due to high temperatures. They should […]