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Can you help me teach geometry with quilting? This plea was made to Apex's Kathy Pierce, then a mother of middle-school students and a self-taught quilter.

My New Year's resolution is to learn a new language.

When the Holly Springs Cultural Center opened in December 2006, the hope was that the facility would become a great place for the community to gather and enjoy the cultural, performing and visual a...

The early morning dark carried a feeling of uncertainty as I boarded the bus, but any doubts were quickly dispelled by familiar faces. We were headed to two destinations in Georgia on a voyage of f...

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.

Nisha Bhandaru, 14, a sophomore at Panther Creek High School is just like any other teenager. But unlike most other teens, Bhandaru must be vigilant about what she eats. She's not watching her weig...

It could be said that the idea of voting has never been more popular than it is today.

I've decided that in order to look at least halfway presentable I just have to keep all the sweet stuff out of the house. All of it.