A memory from my first year as a reporter way back in 1983, first recounted in 2015. --- I walked into Numa Baker’s office on some random day in June of 1983. By any standard it was an immaculate setting. By news reporter standards his desk was clean enough for open heart surgery to be … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: I almost didn’t survive my first county budget
Month: September 2017
Memory of hurricanes past: Fran
I'm reminded today that 21 years ago North Carolina was hunkered down for a major storm that would -- following Hurricane Bertha in July -- alter the state's coastal landscape and cause heavy damage inland -- particularly in Raleigh. Burlington and Alamance County didn't escape unscathed either. It was Hurricane Fran. It went on and … Continue reading Memory of hurricanes past: Fran
