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Folks remember the first streets in Cary:

The novel, "Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie," is now part of East Cary Middle School culture. In preparation for writer Jordan Sonnenblick's Feb.

When I graduated from college nearly 20 years ago, I moved back home for a year to save money and look for a job. It was somewhat common then, and it's even more common today.

Green Hope High School senior Peter Wu thrives on competition. The captain of the school's Quiz Bowl team always gets a rush of excitement before tournaments. But tournaments - and studying to prep...

Apex High School students are working with fellow students in China to raise awareness of famine and genocide in Africa.

Irony: the inevitable companion to parenthood. Tyler, my 8-year-old son, is not writing, not wanting to write and not understanding how to write.

Gone are the days of stuffy libraries, dusty books and massive encyclopedias. Abundant information and research sources require new skills from students and librarians.

I turned 40 at the end of October, and that milestone combined with the New Year has made me engage in a bit of reflective thinking.

A bilingual arts and sciences Montessori preschool called Renaissance Montessori opened in November 2011 in Cary serving ages 2 through 6.

I recently checked in with Harmony Pilates and Yoga Studio in downtown Apex to see if a program I wrote about a few months ago - no-cost yoga for teens - was still in full swing.

From Fruit Cup Fridays to Veggie Wednesdays and Protein Mondays, students at Adams Elementary in Cary got a lesson in nutrition but also saw their food donations add up throughout November.

Violin One, you can bring out that part more," said Cary High School Choral Director Edward Yasick as he lifted his baton to rehearse "O, Inexpressible As Sweet" again.

My husband's ear looks like it's been mangled by Mike Tyson.

On Oct. 22, The Friends of the Page-Walker, the Town of Cary, and the Jones family held Remembrance Day at White Plains Cemetery, where restored graves and an interpretive sign were unveiled.

A few months ago I wrote a column about kids and Internet safety.

You are not what you drive," said Rep. Tom Murry, as he kicked off the Savvy Shopper class at Reedy Creek Middle School on Nov. 15.

In a small "studio" just off the Northwoods Elementary School media center, two anchors rehearsed questions, a student held a poster board prompter, and a "mixer" stood by while the cameraman and c...

Recently, when my 8-year-old son Tyler asked me how babies were made, I did what I'd promised myself I'd never do: I ignored his question.

One of the most gratifying things Julie Oster can hear is a respected company saying that they want to hire a graduate of Apex High School's Academy of Information Technology.

Seventh-grade boys wearing "Tough Guys Wear Pink" T-shirts were the icing on the cake of a schoolwide, collaborative effort at West Cary Middle School to raise awareness for breast cancer.