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Created by her grandmother and perfected by her mother, Raleigh resident Carolyn Johnson is the keeper of a fifty-year-old family chutney recipe. Roberts discusses how a secret family recipe moved from a family tradition of sharing to a marketed product
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Raleigh's historic Oakwood District is a collection of Greek Revival, Victorian, Queen Anne, Second Empire, and Neo-Classical-styled homes built between the Civil War and 1914. Lea describes the 1893 Queen Anne cottage owned by Eve Ragland Williamson (Mrs. Robert B. Williamson).
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The Starlight Inn in Ayden is one of the featured barbecue restaurants in a new book, HOLY SMOKE: THE BIG BOOK OF NORTH CAROLINA BARBECUE. The almost 75-year-old business has garnered many national awards during the years, the latest being the prestigious 2003 James Beard Foundation America's Classics award.
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Frances Alexander counts success one young life at a time. In the last 16 months alone, she can count at least 30 of them. During that time, by sheer force of will, the diminutive 69-year-old retired teacher has founded her own nonprofit school for at-risk youth, enrolled over 100 Durham high school drop-outs, urged them out of violent, gang-ridden lives, and given them a second chance at education and a real life. The 30 she has enrolled can be described as unqualified success stories: GEDs earned, college or vocational school attended. Dozens of others are still working hard to yank their lives back on track.
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