Time for Apples

Search for: NEWS Time for Apples The Lincoln County Apple Festival is set for Lincolnton on Saturday, October 21. Since 1972 this vibrant community event has entertained locals and visitors with varied activities and reminded us how important apples have been to us....

100 Years of History

Search for: NEWS 100 Years of History What can we learn from our state’s history? Many of us learned the basics in the eighth grade. But that was a long time ago and it’s hard to remember after so many years. Don’t worry. There is help, in the form of The North...

A Blessing or Curse

Search for: NEWS A Blessing or Curse “The mosaics have been a blessing and a curse.” UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jody Magness was talking about the beautiful mosaics on the floor of an ancient synagogue in the Galilean region of Israel. Magness is a widely respected...

MecDec Lives

Search for: NEWS MecDec Lives ​A book about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence published in April has raised again the question of whether on May 20, 1775, a group of county residents adopted such a resolution more than a year before the American Declaration....