Columns
Musings on music and the fun of creating it together
Earlier this month, EdNC had two articles about music education on their website. One was a feature about a summer band camp in Pitt County, ...
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Columns
Fan Con brings the fun for local people
My first experience with a fan convention was in 2008. I was really into anime (Japanese animation) at the time, and my friend and I ...
by Holly Taylor, Friday, August 30, 2024 4:01 pm
Columns
Missing the Olympics? Here’s some silly local sporting ideas
It feels like it was only yesterday that I was writing about the Olympics just ready to get underway. And then – as quickly as ...
by Holly Taylor, Friday, August 23, 2024 3:18 pm
Columns
Are we finding innovative solutions to educational funding problems?
Back in January, I wrote a couple of columns focused on a few current education-related topics in North Carolina. Specifically, how sports betting would benefit ...
by Holly Taylor, Friday, August 16, 2024 4:03 pm
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R-CCC receives $471k to boost welding program
Grant from the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission presented July 29
by Holly Taylor, Friday, August 9, 2024 1:51 pm
Columns
Odd news featuring googly eyes, an orange lobster, and one giant sandwich
Who doesn’t love a good strange story? They can be quite entertaining, always including an element of unexpected surprise. It’s easy to create fictional stories ...
by Holly Taylor, Friday, August 9, 2024 1:46 pm
Columns
Time to compete on the biggest world stage
By the time you read this column, the Olympics will be underway. They’re being hosted in Paris, France this year, scheduled to last until August ...
by Holly Taylor, Thursday, August 1, 2024 5:22 pm
Columns
College education still has something to offer
I read an article last week from Associated Press about the results of a recent survey on people’s perceptions about college. The poll, conducted by ...
by Holly Taylor, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 1:50 pm
Columns
Spelling divergences and other English quirks
Having a job where you write all the time means that you’re often dealing with all kinds of words and letters and punctuation. It’s enough ...
by Holly Taylor, Friday, July 19, 2024 3:05 pm
Columns
Just forget it….okay, I did!
I thought of a good opening to this week’s column, but then I got distracted somewhere along the way and forgot what exactly I had ...