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THE KIDS ISSUE

24 Literary Legacy George Moses Horton Day keeps the memory of an African American poet alive at the school that bears his name 30 All The World’s A Stage Pittsboro’s Sweet Bee Theater creates drama on the stage and friendships off of it 36 Summer Camp Guide There’s a camp in our area for every kid’s interest, from sports and science to art and engineering

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46 Ride Every Mountain Jerel Wilson wants girls and women of every age to discover mountain biking – and watch out for trees

24 DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 Letter from the Editor

16 Five Events Not to Miss

52 Stay Golden All past 70, these Galloway Ridge residents go the extra mile to stay active and fit

18 Noted 80 Dining Guide 81 On the Table The Pittsboro Roadhouse

54 The Daily Grind When Tony Sabbagh wanted a place to skate, he built a skate park in his backyard. He thinks it’s time our community had its own, too.

85 Engagement Anna Elkins & Jakob Nielsen 86 Wedding Kelsey Hayes & Taylor Scott Connor Kennedy & Abigail May

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58 The Heart of the Home Find inspiration in these three kitchen redesigns 76 Coming Soon Some of the bigger proposed projects around Chatham (and a few that are already here)

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10 Chatham Artists Guild Studio Tour

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or our Kids Issue, I stopped by Horton Middle School for a history lesson.

Each February, the Pittsboro school holds George Moses Horton Day, a celebration and commemoration of the school’s namesake. George Moses Horton lived in Chatham for more than 60 years as a slave, working on a farm north of Pittsboro until the close of the Civil War. He taught himself to read and compose poetry and is remembered as one of the earliest and most important authors in early African American literature.

Today, the most visible local public memorial to George’s legacy is Horton Middle School’s name.

I met Yareni Delgadillo Delgado, 11, on a recent visit to the school to learn more. Yareni is a sixth grader who, along with poetry, likes to fish and hunt deer, hobbies she learned from her father. She and three of her classmates were honored last year for poems they wrote as part of the annual Horton event.

Yareni was born in an internet age that George could not have conceived, but she thinks he would have had no problem adapting to the digital world. “He would probably have made his own website with his poems,” she says. Even online, Yareni says, George would have shared his life as a slave and desire to be free.

You’ll also find our annual summer camp guide on page 36, full of opportunities to keep kids learning, playing and growing. On page 30, we meet the all-kid cast of Sweet Bee Theater, who produce musicals and dramas for their stage.

Kids are also at the center of Jerel Wilson’s efforts to expand the sport of mountain biking. Our profile of her efforts starts on page 46. Along with getting women into the sport, she organizes racing leagues for high schoolers.

And if you didn’t notice on our cover, she also takes her own daughters – Anna, 5, and Sydney, 3 – on biking adventures through the trails in their neighborhood, Briar Chapel.

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The Chatham Artists Guild held its annual studio tour, during which nearly 40 artists opened their studios – and often their homes – to the public over two weekends in December.

Sprawled over half the county, the tour included stops with painters, quilters, ceramic artists, potters, sculptors, photographers, woodworkers and more. CM

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Tiny Homes, Big Plans

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Officials from UNC and The Farm at Penny Lane broke ground on a unique housing community in November 2019 on the grounds of the farm just outside Briar Chapel. Tiny Homes Village will offer 15 “tiny” homes and a clubhouse for veterans and others facing persistent mental disorders, including PTSD and substance abuse.

Residents will be able to participate in Penny Lane’s therapy-focused working farm, which is associated with the UNC School of Social Work.

Funding for the project comes from grants and donations, says Amy Wilson, a UNC professor of social work and the project’s co-director. A joint venture among the school, the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and XDS Inc., the project recently received a $1 million grant from The Oak Foundation, which will pay for site work and completion of the first five homes. The other 10 will be built when funding is secured. “Our goal is to build these homes in an environment that is designed to foster community participation and health and well-being,” says Amy, who was awarded UNC’s C. Felix Harvey Award for her work on the project. CM

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2 Michael Fiocco, Taylor Hobbs and Lee Bowman.

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4 Farm assistant April Harper, farm program manager Matt Ballard, volunteer Michael Sorentino and farm manager Jessamine Hyatt.

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Lighting Up Downtown

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Despite chilly temperatures, hundreds came to downtown Pittsboro in December 2019 to spread some cheer and help light the town’s Holly Days’ tree. Vendors and food trucks lined Hillsboro Street, while bands and choirs from Silk Hope School, Horton Middle School and Margaret B. Pollard Middle School performed holiday songs. CM 1 Kristin Wiley, Trina Wiley, Belissa Lee and Kendall Lee, 11.

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3 Telia Rone and Marissa Kirby.

4 Brent Levy and Natalie Levy and their daughters, Emma, 4, and Eliza, 5 months.

5 Fletcher Platt, 12, Liam McCann, 9, Declan McCann, 7, Tracy Vernon-Platt and Lizzy Platt, 10.

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Party at the Park

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Preston Development Company, the builder behind Chatham Park, marked a milestone year by holding the company’s annual holiday party at the project’s main office in Pittsboro for the first time rather than at its company headquarters in Cary. About 200 guests helped celebrate Chatham Park’s first full year of construction, with entertainment from Northwood High School’s Pitch Please a cappella group. In 2019, the massive development broke ground on its Mosaic retail campus, along with announcing final plans for The Vineyards near Thompson Street in Pittsboro, which will eventually grow to 500 homes (about 30 are expected to be ready by the end of 2020). CM

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1 Ian Scott, Mosaic developer John Fugo and Chatham Park’s Debbie Andleton.

2 Jessica Mashburn and Doug Emmons.

3 Kris Howard, Chatham Magazine’s Chris Elkins and Pittsboro Chief of Police Percy Crutchfield.

4 Dan Perry, Eric Williams and former Pittsboro Mayor Cindy Perry.

5 Clara Mellows, Lena Thorne, Meghan Farrell, Brooke Moran and Ywar Soe of Pitch Please.

6 Bill Harper and Chatham Magazine’s Dan Shannon.

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Competing a week before her 16th birthday, Northwood High School sophomore Caroline Murrell took first for a second straight year in the women’s division of the 15th annual Reindeer Run 5K. Caroline has won three of the last four editions of the race and finished second in 2015. Close to 460 runners participated, with proceeds benefiting the Chatham County Partnership for Children. Runners started at Central Carolina Community College and wound through neighborhoods to Hillsboro Street in downtown Pittsboro before returning to the finish line on campus. Caroline finished in just over 21 minutes while in the men’s division, Chapel Hill runner Dominic Collichio won in 16:36 minutes, just ahead of Pittsboro’s Scott Morgan, who crossed the finish line at 17:03 minutes, the two fastest times in race history. CM 1 Christene Vaughan and Rose Vaughan with Avery Chunn.

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4 Frank Wagoner, 17, and Caroline Murrell, 16, (right) on her way to her third win in the women’s division.

5 Brian Picard and Stephen Jones.

6 Jack Simpson, 10, Grayson Cox, 11, Ty Willoughby, 11, Reece Adams, 10, and James Wright, 11.

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Come out to Galloway Ridge for CORA Food Pantry’s largest annual fundraising event.

Guests can choose a handmade pottery bowl donated by a local artist and sample food from dozens of local restaurants. Proceeds fund CORA’s mission to provide for families and individuals in need. corafoodpantry.org

A great race for long-haul beginners and marathon vets alike over the American Tobacco Trail’s Chatham section. Runners can try a half- or full marathon, both of which start and finish at the USA Baseball/Thomas Brooks Park in Cary. Proceeds benefit Hope for the Warriors, American Red Cross, Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. tobaccoroadmarathon.com

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Celebrate our community’s farming and agricultural heritage at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center. Take a pony ride, peruse farm exhibits, and watch demonstrations and livestock displays, sponsored in part by the Chatham County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension. growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu CM

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Cat Rescue Fever put some rock ’n’ roll flavor into the welcoming of seven servals – a small breed of African cat – to its Pittsboro animal sanctuary just before the new year. The staff dubbed the four females Blondie, Queen, Stevie and Cher and the three males Dylan, Mick and Bowie. The newcomers joined Madonna, Santana and Elvis in the rescue’s permanent serval habitat.

Michelle Meyers, the rescue’s communications director, says naming servals after rock stars has become a tradition. Servals look somewhat similar to small cheetahs, with adult heights up to 2 feet tall and weight of 40 pounds. These servals came from British Columbia, where officials found the cats kept in trailers with little access to water or natural light. Michelle says all have recovered well from their ordeal and were generally healthy, though they arrived declawed, likely foretelling arthritis later in life.

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Heard That Song Before The popular UNC-TV travel show “My Home, NC” is using a ballad by the Bynum-based bluegrass duo The Chatham Rabbits as its theme song for its current season. The Rabbits are husband-wife duo Austin McCombie and Sarah Osborne 18

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and the show features their song “Come Home.” The show airs on Thursday nights at 8:30 p.m. on WUNC and on PBS stations around North Carolina.

Keeping the Faith Chatham Habitat for Humanity launched

a “Raising Faith” initiative in January that seeks to increase the involvement of faith groups in the organization’s homebuilding and community development efforts. The campaign plans to raise $30,000; supporters already include Brown’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Goldston United Methodist Church, Kehillah Synagogue, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Pittsboro Ward

and Tyson’s Creek Baptist Church.

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Pittsboro Confederate Statue Removed

New on the Scene Dr. Manish Mistry hosted a ribbon cutting in December for Brightside Family Dental at 26 Knox Way, just north of the main entrance to Briar Chapel. The clinic will offer a full range of children’s and family and implant dentistry services. Pictured are Chatham Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Cindy Poindexter, Milan Mistry, Anjali Mistry, Dr. Manish Mistry, Sejal Mistry and Chatham County Commissioner Diana Hales.

Financial Advisor Kevin Maley opened an Edward Jones Investments office at 984 Thompson St. in Pittsboro. The office will offer full financial and retirement planning services.

Governors Village-based Domicile Realty

changed its name to Bold Real Estate.

The agency shares ownership with Bold Construction.

State Farm Insurance Agent Connolly Walker took over the company’s agency located in North Chatham Village on Jan. 1. Connolly spent the last five years working in that location under Agent Pam Herndon, who remains an agent in Chapel Hill.

Farewell After an 11-year tenure, Town of Pittsboro parks planner Paul Horne left his position Nov. 28, 2019, to accept a job in Washington state. Paul supervised the creation of Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park, the 52-acre Rock Ridge Park and Page Vernon Park, a “pocket park” on Hillsboro Street, along with renovations

A century-old statue memorializing Confederate veterans was removed from the Historic Chatham County Courthouse’s front sidewalk on the Pittsboro traffic circle in November 2019. Groups that supported and opposed its removal held dueling protests over several weekends before and after it was taken down. The protests held the weekend before the removal resulted in 11 arrests. Several large Confederate flags were also erected around Pittsboro in and on private properties, including one on a reinforced flagpole across from Horton Middle School, which was torn down at least twice.

The statue is the third local Confederate memorial removed from public property in recent years, though the first removed legally. UNC’s Silent Sam statue was torn down by protesters

in 2018, as was a statue in Durham the year before, both in defiance of a 2015 state law that prevents local governments from removing memorials. In their decision to remove the Pittsboro statue, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners cited documents from the 1907 installation that indicated the county did not own the statue, having granted a license for its display to the owner, the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The board voted to revoke the license last fall, and after several rounds of legal objections, work crews arrived long after dark on Nov. 19 to dismantle the statue and its base, finishing up just after 2 a.m. on Nov. 20.

and upgrades to existing parks. He also led the development plans for Lewis Freeman Historic Park, which was approved in 2019.

In Memoriam Joanna Leach passed away Dec. 11, 2019, at her home in Pittsboro.

She was 104. Chatham Magazine profiled Joanna in our December/January issue after interviewing and photographing her in October at her home on PHOTO BY BETH MANN Chatham Street.

Joanna was a lifelong Pittsboro resident and devoted member of Mount Sinai AME Church, which was next door to her home.

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Facebook page announced her passing with the message, “Take your rest, Mother Joanna Leach.

Our 104-year-old angel. You will be greatly missed.”

Joanna worked for 20 years at the Mathiesen Clinic in Pittsboro and as a nanny for several local families. Her husband, Robert Leach, passed away in 1978 after a career as a maintenance man at the Historic Chatham County Courthouse. Joanna and Robert had three children: Peggy, Jeanette Marie Leach Brown and Robert Louis Leach. Joanna is survived by Peggy and many grand-, great- and great-great grandchildren.

“I have never lived anywhere but in this neighborhood,” Joanna said in October.

“I know everybody in this neighborhood, and they know me.”

In Our Schools Jordan-Matthews High School

senior Lindley Andrew received a Spectrum News Scholar Athlete award, which includes a $1,000 scholarship and a feature spot on Spectrum’s “Chevrolet Sports Night.” The company gives 15 awards each year to high school athletes chosen from Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte. Lindley plays on the school’s tennis team, is ranked No. 2 in her class, studied Spanish at Governor’s School of North Carolina, has performed in school musicals and founded Mentors for Middle, a program that connects high school mentors with middle schoolers.

Northwood High School senior Kayla Amy

received an Equestrian Team Performance scholarship from St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina, and will compete on the school’s equestrian

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team. Kayla won the 2019 Circuit Championship in her age group on her horse, HJ Honored, at the Triangle Horse Show in Raleigh in November.

Several other Northwood seniors are planning to play for school teams at colleges around the state, including Madi Horrell for Meredith College’s lacrosse team, Katie Fuller for Appalachian State’s soccer team, Jyreah Smith for Peace College’s basketball team, Jamison Davis for Belmont Abbey College’s wrestling team and Chandler Adams for Mars Hill University’s basketball team.

The Northwood choir program won the Mix 101.5 Christmas Carol competition for its second straight year with a cover of “Holiday Road,” a mid-’80s hit best known as the theme song for “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” The award comes with a $5,000 grant for the school’s music and art programs.

Twenty Northwood choir students joined singers from around the world at Carnegie Hall in late November for the Distinguished Concerts International New York Concert Series. They performed a holiday concert that included a threemovement, 20-minute musical piece called

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Chatham School of Science & Engineering

sophomore Kayleigh Smith placed first in the creative writing

category during the National Beta Club Convention in Oklahoma City. Chatham Central High School freshman Kailey Green placed fifth in a painting category.

Dr. Larry Savage was named principal

of Chatham Grove Elementary School, which is under construction on Andrews Store Road just outside Briar Chapel. The school is scheduled to open in September.

Dr. Savage was the principal at Siler City Elementary School since 2014. Tania Poston, Siler City’s current assistant principal, took over as interim principal.

Northwood senior Oliver Poteete won the Barbizon Outstanding Achievement in Design & Production award at the 2019 North Carolina Theatre Conference High School Play Festival in November in Cameron.

Senior Alyssa Krasovich (pictured right with Oliver) earned the Outstanding Achievement in Acting award. CM

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LEGACY GEORGE MOSES HORTON DAY KEEPS THE MEMORY OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN POET ALIVE AT THE SCHOOL THAT BEARS HIS NAME

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BY MATT WHITE

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s a fifth grader, Cattia Blake, 11, wrote a piece for Horton Middle School’s annual poetry contest last year. She called it “Invisible.”

“The poem’s kind of about finding who you are and trying to fit in,” says Cattia, now a sixth grader who is on the school’s

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cheerleading squad and battle of the books team. She also writes poems on her own. “Some of my emotions kind of just, like, spill out onto a paper.”

Ashlynn Poston, 12, who sings in the chorus and plays softball, wrote a poem called “Equal.”

“It was about how we all need to be treated fairly,” she says.

The girls’ poems were two of four winners in the contest, which is held each year as part of Horton’s school wide celebration of its namesake, George Moses Horton. Born a slave in 1798, his owner relocated his tobacco farm to Chatham

Cattia Blake, 11, Amanda Zrubek, 13, Ashlynn Poston, 12, and Yareni Delgadillo Delgado, 11, wrote poems for their school’s annual George Moses Horton Day.

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County when George was a toddler. As an adult, George composed four books of poetry, and modern scholars often list his works alongside that of slave authors like Jupiter Hammon and Phillis Wheatley as defining examples in the history of African American literature.

While preserving symbols of local heritage is cited by many as a sacred public duty, the county has few public memorials to Horton’s legacy other than the school’s name. Principal Valencia Toomer says George Moses Horton Day allows kids to build a unique sense of connection and school pride.

“We have door-decorating contests, we do other activities and the poetry contest,” Valencia says. “It gives students an opportunity to understand the history behind the name.”

Cattia says the historical focus makes attending the school feel special. “Horton has its own story,” she says. “It’s not just a school that just popped up out of nowhere.”

George grew up as a slave on a farm between today’s Fearrington Village and Bynum. Other slave authors, like Wheatley, Hammon and Frederick Douglass, either lived in the north or received at least rudimentary early educations. George, on the other hand, taught himself to read at 15 using old spelling books, hymnals and the Bible, and composed nearly all his poems as he worked in the fields. According to “The Black Bard of North Carolina,” a collection of work by and about George edited by Joan R. Sherman, George found his audience on Sundays when he would walk eight miles to markets in Chapel Hill to sell produce from the Horton farm. He sold poems to market goers, and young men studying at UNC commissioned him for acrostics – poems in which the first letter of each line would spell the name of their girlfriends, whom George called 26

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‘A N E M P O W E R I N G M E S S A G E ’ THE AUTHOR OF ‘POET: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF GEORGE MOSES HORTON’ SAYS THE HISTORIC FIGURE OFFERS LESSONS FOR TODAY

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fter learning the story of George Moses Horton more than a decade ago, children’s book author and illustrator Don Tate published “Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton,” a picture book story of Horton’s life, in 2015. Also the author of ”It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started To Draw” and the illustrator of several other children’s books, Don blogs about African American authors at thebrownbookshelf.com from his home in Austin, Texas.

What was the seed of the book, and was the idea always to be a kids’ book?

A writing buddy, author Chris Barton, sent me an article about a dorm at UNC [that was going] to be named for an enslaved poet. [The George Moses Horton residence hall was dedicated in 2007]. I found Horton’s story compelling, especially after learning how much he wanted to learn how to read as a child. So often, kids today complain about reading and books, preferring video games and Netflix. Even my own son, at that time, complained about having to read.

How do you temper the facts of slavery and the early African American experience when children are the audience?

While I used a more naive or stylized form of art to soften the tone, I was straightforward in telling the truths about the history of slavery in this country. I don’t believe in sugarcoating history, not even with children. They need to know what happened back then in order to better understand their world today. Picture books can help to put current events into historical context.

There is a scene toward the end of the book where black people are rebelling against the people who enslaved them. I was very intentional about including that scene. I wanted to communicate that while black people were oppressed, they also fought back. Horton fought back through the poetry he wrote. Others fought back however they could. It’s an empowering message for young readers, demonstrating that they, too, have a voice when facing injustice.

How did you study Horton?

My primary source was his poetry collection, “The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, the Colored Bard of North Carolina.” He writes about selling acrostics (poems in which the first letters of each line spell a word) that he composed “at the handle of the plough” for college students and other people all over the state. Some prominent people commissioned his work. Many of these are on display at UNC, and thankfully some are online.

Have you been to Horton Middle School?

I did visit Horton a couple of times, which was a wonderful experience. I’d hoped to visit more schools [in Chatham], to introduce young readers to their hometown hero. I also spoke at a community event celebrating George Moses Horton. Many of Horton’s descendants were there, and it was such an honor to sign books for them.

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“tip-top belles.” One customer is said to have been future President James Polk.

Another said George’s 50 cent poems were “generously gushing” while his 25 cent versions were more “lukewarm in passion.”

George composed poems orally until he learned to write in his 30s. With the help of people he met in Chapel Hill, he eventually published four books, which reached national audiences. Gaining his freedom in 1865, George moved to Philadelphia after the Civil War, where he is believed to have died in 1883.

For George Moses Horton Day, students study George’s life and then write poems on any subject they feel inspired to tackle. Along with Cattia and Ashlynn, eighth grader Amanda Zrubeck, 13, and sixth grader Yareni Delgadillo Delgado, 11, participated last year. Yareni wrote a Kwansaba – a seven-words-per-line style

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rooted in African poetry – on Horton’s life, while Amanda took on a modern flashpoint topic in a verse that tackled school shooters. The poem is not about acts of violence, but the mental toll of bullying, a topic that was on her mind as she learned about George.

“I often think about heavier topics because I want to change the world one day,” Amanda says.“If you’re bullying someone, if you’re actively talking about mean things, actively beating them up or whatever you do, it’s discriminating.”

Horton is one of just two remaining secondary schools in Chatham that was once a black high school under segregation. In 1962, more than 1,300 students attended, three times the current enrollment, and it remains one of the county’s most diverse schools.

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A STAGE PITTSBORO’S SWEET BEE THEATER CREATES DRAMA ON THE STAGE AND FRIENDSHIPS OFF OF IT

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din Withrow,

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last summer when he saw that tryouts were approaching for the Pittsboro Youth Theater

(PYT) production of “Mary Poppins.”

He’d never been in a play and, as a homeschooled student, didn’t know the troupe’s performers,

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Catherine Hall, 14, Kieran Schmitt, 13, Sarabeth Hess, 14, and Leighton Jacques, 10, in the December production of “Mary Poppins� at Sweet Bee Theater.

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ABOVE Kyle Stinson, 12, Libby Hall, 12, and Rae Fridley, 15, in “Mary Poppins.” Kyle says he’s been in 18 productions with the theater.

RIGHT Sweet Bee Artistic Director Tammy Matthews and Technical Director Craig Witter review stage plans.

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many of whom were one another’s schoolmates. But when he asked about auditioning, those he met encouraged him to give it a shot.

“I was really, really nervous when I started out and not wanting to sing, but a couple of kids shared their experiences at the theater,” Odin says. “Everyone here is so nice and so accepting. Even if the next play is not my thing, I still want to come here again.”

He tried out and got the starring role as Bert, the chimney sweep, made famous in the movie version by Dick Van Dyke.

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Odin was elated. Van Dyke, he says, “has been my favorite since I was a little kid.”

Catherine Hall, 14, and her sister Libby, 12, have always loved to sing, and first joined in PYT productions when the group added musicals.

“Theater is like my second thing to music,” says Catherine, a freshman at Northwood High School who studies guitar and piano.

“So, they fit together in the musicals.”

Kyle Stinson, a seventh grader at Horton Middle School and a veteran of, by his count, 18 plays and musicals at Sweet Bee, says he got hooked on the stage in late 2015.

“I saw a show, [“Ozma of Oz”], they performed at Woods Charter School,” Kyle says. He’s been in nearly every production since, playing the scheming Rooster in “Annie Jr.,” the reluctant hero Bilbo in “The Hobbit,” the gregarious Sebastian in “The Little Mermaid” and the precocious Mowgli in “The Jungle Book.”

The theater generally produces three or more productions per season, usually both plays and musicals, split by age groups and experience levels. But within each production, the kids agree, the best part is the tight friendships that quickly develop.

“We argue like family,” Catherine says.

“We have drama like family,” Kyle agrees.

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“I was asking people if they had big living rooms,” Craig says.

As opening night neared, Craig heard an engineering firm was moving out of a narrow, but long, building with high ceilings on East Salisbury Street. The Sweet Bee Theater opened in January 2017 under the title of the Center for the Arts, Pittsboro.

Along with the youth theater, whose seasons follow Chatham County Schools’ schedules, the theater also hosts two adult companies.

The Chatham Community Players recently produced “Arsenic and Old Lace,” and the Social Justice Theater of the Carolinas, with its high school and college-aged actors, will travel to the Burning Coal Theatre Company in Raleigh and The ArtsCenter in Carrboro this spring to produce “columbinus,” based on the 1999 Columbine High School shootings.

Back at the theater, Catherine, Kyle and the others rehearsing “Mary Poppins” debated their favorite productions, beloved characters and which songs from the movie are also in the production, disagreeing with and talking over one another until someone asks them as a group: “At the heart of Mary Poppins is a particularly vexing word – can anyone spell it?”

Without missing a beat, they all yell together: “s-u-p-e-r-c-a-l-i-f-r-a-g-i-l-i-s-t-ic-e-x-p-i-a-l-i-d-o-c-i-o-u-s!” CM Pittsboro Kiwanis Club

only drama is on the stage,” chimes in Kieran Schmitt, 13.

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DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS – CAMP FUNTASTIC Eno Valley Elementary, 117 Milton Rd., Durham Spring Valley Elementary, 2051 Northern Durham Pkwy., Durham WG Pearson Elementary, 3501 Fayetteville St., Durham 919-560-9488; dpsnc.net/afterschool Four- or five-star licensed summer camps by the NC Division of Child Development and Early Education that offer a wellrounded summer experience, including academic enrichment, science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM). Campers are placed in ageappropriate groups as they participate in weekly academic and STEAM-related activities and play sports, games, swim, and explore their learning through weekly educational and recreational field trips at no extra cost. Free breakfast and lunch will be provided. Accepts DSS vouchers.

Students receive a free T-shirt.

Grades First through fifth Dates June 17-Aug. 7; Closed July 2-3 Price $140/week for the first child and $130/week for additional children in the same family. $35 registration fee per child. Limited spaces.

Grades Rising K students (must be 5 years old by Aug. 31, 2020) Dates June 17-Aug. 7; Closed July 2-3 Price $140/week for first child; $130/week for additional children in the same family. $35 registration fee per child. Limited space.

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Grades Rising second through ninth graders Dates Basketball, July 20-24; drama, July 27-Aug. 7 (M-F) Price Basketball, $220; drama, $440

EMERSON WALDORF SCHOOL 6211 New Jericho Rd., Chapel Hill 919-967-1858, ext. 143; emersonwaldorf.org Activities include art, Spanish, French, outdoor exploration, farming, fiber arts, skateboarding, practical living skills and more. CIT program also available.

Ages 4 through high school age Dates June 15-July 24; 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.; extended care available Price $190-$245/week

EMPOWER DANCE STUDIO PINK DIAMOND CAMP & TEEN DANCE INTENSIVE 109 W. Parrish St., Durham 919-943-1099; empowerdancestudio.com/summercamps An empowering dance experience.

The Pink Diamond Camp is a cultural experience including art and etiquette classes. Teen Dance focuses on selfawareness and positive self-image using dance and writing as a form of expression.

Ages 6-17 Dates Weeklong, July 6-July 17 Price $350-$400

THE EMILY KRZYZEWSKI CENTER SUMMER CAMPS 904 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham 919-680-0308; emilykcamps.org One-week Emily K & CJ Wilson Hoops Academy Basketball Camp and two-week,

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DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS – CAMP 4 RISING K The Whitted School, 1210 Sawyer St., Durham 919-560-9488; dpsnc.net/afterschool This rising kindergartener camp offers a well-rounded summer experience for every child. Campers explore science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM). Students participate in weekly STEAM-related activities, including sports, games, swimming, and explore their learning through weekly field trips at no extra cost. Free breakfast and lunch will be provided. Students receive a free T-shirt.

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GIGI’S PLAYHOUSE SUMMER ADVENTURES 2887 Jones Franklin Rd., Raleigh 919-307-3952; gigisplayhouse.org/raleigh Weeklong summer programs for teens and adults with Down syndrome.

Participants explore their independence while experiencing exciting activities across the Triangle. Traveling with oneto-one volunteers, the program builds lifelong friendships, lasting memories and essential skills for independence.

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HILL LEARNING CENTER LOWER SCHOOL PROGRAM 3200 Pickett Rd., Durham and Ravenscroft School, 7409 Falls of Neuse Rd., Raleigh 919-489-7464; hillcenter.org/summer Offers individualized instruction with a 4:1 student-to-teacher ratio in reading, writing and math for children with learning differences.

Grades Rising first through sixth graders Dates June 22-July 24 (five-week session); 8:30-11:30 a.m. daily Price $2,925 HILL LEARNING CENTER MIDDLE/ UPPER SCHOOL PROGRAM 3200 Pickett Rd., Durham 919-489-7464; hillcenter.org/summer Immerses students in a thematic study based on a literary genre using reading and writing strategies to improve comprehension, analysis and composition skills. Students engage in individual instruction of math concepts.

Embedded in all classes, students learn executive function study skills strategies.

Grades Rising seventh through 10th graders Dates June 22-July 24 (five-week session), 1-4 p.m. daily Price $2,475 IMMACULATA CATHOLIC SCHOOL 721 Burch Ave., Durham 919-682-5847; immaculataschool.org/camps Offering a variety of camps in academics, arts and crafts, language and culture, music, religion, sports, STEM and more.

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INTERNATIONAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL 3001 Academy Rd., Bldg. 300, Durham 919-401-4343; imsnc.org Summer camps for young children in a safe, nurturing environment, tucked away in Durham amongst the trees. Enthusiastic summer camp counselors delight in engaging your young child’s creativity and imagination through music, movement, stories and exciting, hands-on activities with others in a multi-age setting.

Ages 3 years old through rising first graders Dates June 15-July 31 with partial- and fullday options Price Half-day camps (8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.), $225/week; full-day camps (8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.), $295/week; early drop-off and late pick-up available for an additional fee.

KIDZU CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 201 S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill 919-933-1455; kidzuchildrensmuseum.org Camp favorites include weekly themes of Kids in the Kitchen, Lights! Camera! Action!, Tiny Tinkerers and more. New camps for this summer include Mini Magicians and Kidzu 2020: Summer Olympics. See website for weekly themes and descriptions. Enrollment available Feb. 1 and is on a firstcome, first-served basis. Registration closes at 15 campers per week.

Ages 3-5; 3 weeks for ages 6-11 Dates Weekly camps, June 1-Aug. 28; 9 a.m.–noon, optional aftercare until 1 p.m.

Price See website for details.

LAKEWOOD YMCA & HOPE VALLEY FARMS YMCA 2119 Chapel Hill Rd., Durham, 919-401-9622; 4818 S. Roxboro St., Durham, 919-401-9621; ymcatriangle.org Camps with activities including swimming, sports (basketball/soccer/tennis), outdoors, teen leadership and arts and crafts.

Ages 3-17 Dates June 15-Aug. 21, except July 4 Price Call or visit website.

LEGAL EAGLE LAW CAMP 640 Nelson St., Durham 919-919-560-9488; law.nccu.edu/clinics/ community/legal-eagle-law-camp Designed to expose middle and high school students to the field of law, participants get an inside look at the legal system, meet local attorneys and judges, take part in a mock trial and find out what it is like to prepare for law school at this N.C. Central University’s School of Law camp. Features interactive sessions with current law students, faculty and administrators. This camp is co-sponsored by Durham Public Schools Community Education Program, 42

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but enrollment is not limited to Durham Public Schools students or Durham County residents. The camp is limited to 36 participants.

Grades Rising grades 7-10 Dates June 22-26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Price $150/week MID-SOUTH FENCERS’ CLUB 125 N. Gregson St., Durham 919-286-3100; midsouthfencersclub.org Full-day, beginners welcome! Olympic fencing and more.

Ages 8-17 Dates Five-day camps, June 15-Aug. 21 Price $280–$335 MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF DURHAM 2800 Pickett Rd., Durham 919-489-9045; msdurham.org Weekly themed camps include athletics, music, visual and performing arts, cooking, nature exploration, gardening and science.

Ages 3-14 Dates June 8-Aug. 21 (closed week of July 6-10); half- and full-day camps Price Visit website. Registration began Jan. 29.

MOREHEAD PLANETARIUM SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS 250 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill 919-962-1236; moreheadplanetarium.org/camp Encourage your child’s natural curiosity and intellectual growth by signing up for a camp at the newly renovated Morehead Planetarium & Science Center.

Grades K–8 Dates Check website.

Price Check website.

PIEDMONT WILDLIFE CENTER 364 Leigh Farm Rd., Durham and Blackwood Farm Park, 4215 NC-86, Chapel Hill; 919-489-0900; piedmontwildlifecenter.org Offers a wide variety of all outdoor day camps that connect kids to nature and community through survival and naturalist skills, including exclusive teen day camps, backpacking trips and a leadership (counselor-in-training) program.

Ages 3-17 Dates June 10-Aug. 25; flexible drop off starting at 7:45 a.m.; 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., aftercare available until 5:30 p.m.

Price Varies, early-bird and multi-camp specials available. Call or visit website.

ROLLING HILL STABLES 917 Damascus Church Rd., Chapel Hill 919-225-8872; rollinghillsnc.com Ages 5-12

Dates June 15-19 (beginner camp); June 22-26 (beginner & intermediate); June 29July 3 (beginner & intermediate); July 13-17 (intermediate); July 28-31 (intermediate & advanced); Aug. 3-7 (advanced) Price Visit website for pricing.

ROYAL GRACE ACADEMY OF DANCE 143 Chatham Downs Dr., Ste. 304, Chapel Hill 919-338-1488; royalgracedance.com Camp themes change weekly, but are for everyone, no experience required for most camps and the main theme is fun.

Ages Dance studio has recreational classes for music and dance for children 14 months to 17 years old and adults in ballet, tap, hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, modern and combo classes. New class offering for special needs children ages 5 to 12 now available on Saturdays.

Dates Summer camps weekly for the months of September through August.

Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-noon, with early care and lunch bunch options.

Price $195 per week SCHOOL OF ROCK CHAPEL HILL 1500 N. Fordham Blvd., Chapel Hill 919-338-1011; chapelhill.schoolofrock.com Offers one-week camps with a variety of themes, all of which end with a concert performance!

Grades Rising third graders through rising 12th graders (see camp descriptions on website for specifics) Dates Weeks of June 22, July 6, July 20, Aug. 3, Aug. 10 and Aug. 17; Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Prices Varies. Call or visit website.

THE SCRAP EXCHANGE 2050 Chapel Hill Rd., Durham 919-213-1278; scrapexchange.org Offers a variety of creative reuse arts programs, classes and workshops. Can travel to camps and schools or host groups on-site.

Ages 4 and older Dates June-August; frequency and times vary.

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SHAKORI HILLS COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER 1439 Henderson Tanyard Rd., Pittsboro 919-542-8142; shakorihills.org Junior Appalachian Musicians Spring 2020 sessions take place at the Peppercorn Event Center in Siler City on Thursdays starting Feb. 20, 6-7:30 p.m. A follow-on summer enrichment program will be based on interest.

Grades Fourth through seventh Dates TBA Price $12 per week, or based on financial need. Donations are tax deductible.

SOUTHERN VILLAGE CLUB DAY CAMP 601 Brookgreen Dr., Chapel Hill 919-969-8442; southernvillageclub.com/camp Varying weekly themes, such as Incredible Detectives and Animal Planet, provide the basis of the schedule of creative activities.

Camp includes two half-hour tennis lessons and optional swim lessons and visits to parks and playgrounds.

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Dates Weekly, June 15-Aug. 21, 8:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. with extended care until 5 p.m.

Price $260/week members, $275/week nonmembers, $15 daily for extended care; 5% discount for three weeks or more ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC SCHOOL DAY CAMPS 920 Carmichael St., Chapel Hill 919-929-1546; stmcsnc.org Various themes include art, music, basketball, soccer and other sports.

Grades K-8 Dates June and July Price Varies based on camp. Details released online in March.

SUMMER AT MONTESSORI DAY SCHOOL OF CHAPEL HILL 1702 Legion Rd., Chapel Hill 919 923-3339; mdsch.org Each week will have its own theme filled with engaging activities, from digging for dinosaurs to exploring outer space, relaxing seaside and so much more.

Whether you are attending just one week or all nine, have a blast with hands-on fun!

Ages 3-7 Dates June 8-12, 15-19, 22-26; July 6-10, 13-17, 20-24; Aug. 3-7, 10-14, 17-21; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Price $185/week SUMMER @ SAINT MARY’S 900 Hillsborough St., Raleigh 919-424-4028; sms.edu Participants have the opportunity to explore new interests, build fundamental skills, pursue artistic dreams and expand academic horizons.

Grades Rising grades K-10 Dates June 22-July 31, one-week sessions.

Early morning drop-off and after-camp care.

Full- and half-day, all-girl and co-ed offerings.

Price $165-$325 per session, $895 for residential Ms. Nancy’s Manners Camp and $1,195 for residential Innovators Hub program.

YMCA CAMP CHEERIO Residential camping for boys and girls rising 2nd to 10th grade Sessions from June 7th to August 14th Located on 150 acres in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Stone Mountain State Park Campers can enjoy over 35 activities including Archery, Canoeing, Climbing, Horseback Riding, Guitar, and more!

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SUMMERSCAPE AT THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF RALEIGH 7005 Lead Mine Rd., Raleigh 919-848-1545, msr.org Eight weeklong camp sessions covering topics such as robotics, athletics, art, theater, music, literature, outdoor adventure and much more. MSR students and non-students are encouraged to participate. Half- and full-day sessions and before/aftercare options available.

Ages 18 months-12th grade Dates Weekly, June 8-July 31 Price Varies by camp. Please visit website.

TRIANGLE DAY SCHOOL 4911 Neal Rd., Durham 919-383-8800; triangledayschool.org summer@triangledayschool.org Students will have the opportunity to learn a new craft or hobby, enhance and develop existing skills, travel to local places and make new friends. Staff consists of experts, artists and educators from TDS and other local schools and programs focus on art, STEAM, nature, adventure, early childhood and more. CIT program for 13- to 15-year-olds.

Ages 4-15 Dates June 15-Aug. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; extended care available 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Price Before Feb. 15, $275/session; after Feb. 15, $285/session TRIANGLE YOUTH BALLET 1708 A E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill 919-932-2676; triangleyouthballet.org Offers a variety of classes, intensives and dance camps in ballet, creative movement, modern, jazz, hip-hop and musical theater.

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Dates June 15-Aug. 22; frequency and time vary Price Varies. Call or visit website.

TRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL 4011 Pickett Rd., Durham 919-402-8262; trinityschoolnc.org Camp topics include math, Latin, SAT prep, college essay writing, robotics, scripting, basketball, soccer, volleyball, pottery, art, sewing, cooking and much more.

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n a recent afternoon at a wooded trail in Briar Chapel, Jerel Wilson’s doing what she loves most: coaching a hesitant girl over a tricky spot on a mountain bike course.

“Come on,” Jerel says, encouraging the girl with a bright pink helmet and lime green push bike, who paused on top of a

Jerel Wilson sees cycling as a perfect way to spend time with her daughters, Sydney, 3, and Anna, 5.

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Tara Malone, who rides with Jerel’s cycling group, hits a jump in Briar Chapel.

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ramp made of jumbled stones. “You can do it, just like the smaller ones! Let it go!”

Jerel regularly leads women-only mountain bike rides in the neighborhood and other local trail systems, drawing riders that include teenagers, moms and one recent participant in her 70s. The rides are part of her job as a women’s advocate for Trek Bicycle, a major bike manufacturer, and Trek Bicycle in Chapel Hill. She is also a senior training manager for a national high school mountain bike racing association, a job that occasionally finds her setting up “mountain” trails in notably ridge-free places like Nebraska and Illinois.

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Chapel, Sydney, 3, wasn’t listening as well as most.

“Sometimes she rides her Strider to the top of the jump to see what it looks like up there,” Jerel says of her youngest daughter. “Usually they just park and walk around.”

On this day, Sydney was feeling brave, easing the bike down the rocks before picking up her feet and swooping back to the trail, matching the moves of her older sister, Anna, 5.

An athlete growing up, Jerel was in her 20s and living in Chicago when she found cycling after a series of runningrelated injuries. She got deep into the local road cycling community, joining racing teams and traveling for events.

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game engineer, moved to North Carolina in the early 2010s, she again dove into road racing, but switched to mountain biking after a collision with a car.

“You might crash into a tree [when you’re] mountain biking, but you’re not going to get run over by a car,” she says with a light laugh. “I really found that I can just totally turn my day off because I’m really focusing on, you know, not crashing into a tree. I can go out for a ride at lunchtime and not think about work and not think about anything and just be in nature and clear my mind. It’s a great way to reset.”

Jerel now holds what she calls “Try It Out” rides in Briar Chapel and on the American Tobacco Trail. She coordinates both through the Triangle Off-Road

ABOVE RIGHT Jerel and her fellow cyclists tackle both tough trails like those in Briar Chapel and paved paths, such as the American Tobacco Trail.

RIGHT Jerel says her daughters often want to push their bikes to the top of a jump to see the view.

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Cyclist’s website and the social media groups “Chapel Hill Cycling for Women” on both Facebook and Strava, a mapping website and app that tracks cycling and running exercises. Members post GPS logs of their rides and arrange to meet up for more.

“Women in cycling are smart, and they’re passionate, and they were people I wanted to be around,” Jerel says. In road biking, she says, she often felt friction with men’s riding groups, but has found nothing but support in mountain biking.

Jerel also works with the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, or NICA, which has launched mountain bike racing leagues in dozens of states.

Several local kids, she says, participate on teams based in Chapel Hill (and often practice at Briar Chapel). She was hooked, she says, after attending one race.

“I’m a social worker by trade, and I just saw these middle schoolers and high schoolers wanting to be with their families, with their parents, out in the woods,” Jerel says. “I saw kids not sitting around on their phones and their screens and just being outside and being kids. And that’s what I want for my community.

“You can ride bikes together [as a family] forever,” she says. “And so, my family rides.” CM

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BOB MARSHALL and BREN UNGERLAND Bren, a Fearrington resident moving to Galloway Ridge soon, and Bob are avid hikers who, along with neighbor Robbie Cox, spent two weeks last summer hiking across England, from St. Bees on the Irish Sea to Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Sea. They’ve also trekked in Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. “We love the Black Mountains near Asheville,” Bren says. “And we each earned second place for our age [group] at the Zen Squirrel Trail Run in Briar Chapel.”

RICH FERNSLER and CHRISTINE FERNSLER and their dog, MURRAY “Our canoe is 50 or so years old and pretty beaten up from years of paddling in whitewater, although we now paddle almost exclusively on Jordan Lake with Murray,” Christine says.

“Everything we do is about the outdoors – walking our local trails, paddling. The other day, we planted 3,000 daffodils [with the Galloway Ridge grounds committee, including Bob Marshall].”

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David has raised $170,000 for the Greater Carolinas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society over his 29 years of riding the 150-mile Bike MS event in eastern North Carolina. But his first time wasn’t so much a charity ride as it was a guilt trip.

“My [then] 14-year-old son, Seth, came home with a flyer for it,” he says. But minors required a parent to come along. “He started asking, ‘Do you know anyone who will ride with me … Dad?’” David remembers. After some local training, he says, “I figured I could make it the 75 miles from Kinston to the beach. I wasn’t sure about getting from the beach to Kinston the next day. That’s uphill.”

When Mary moved to Fearrington in 1994, she considered joining the Duke Center for Living at Galloway. “It took a little while to be convinced that I wanted to go join all those old people,” she says.

“Around age 68, I thought, ‘Well, maybe I am one.’” Today she’s one of the most dedicated members, running two miles a day and practicing yoga or engaging in other workouts all before 7 a.m. That commitment to fitness, Mary says, has made her not only healthier, but also, she believes, taller.

“I’ve lost four inches to scoliosis, and I am 100% certain that I would [have lost] much, much more without exercise,” says Mary, who says she is 4-foot7 today. “I would be shorter and certainly more curved.”

JIM CRESCENZI Jim spends so much time in his kayak and canoe that he created a 16-page booklet on the local water sports for Galloway Ridge residents.

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ony Sabbagh grew up in Mooresville, north of Charlotte, wakeboarding and waterskiing on Lake Norman and riding skateboards whenever he could with his friends.

“It was the ’80s,” Tony says.

“There was Tony Hawk and all that.”

By 2003, he’d moved to Chatham as his work as a sales rep for a forklift company took off, moving into a house off Hamlets Chapel Road. He decided he wanted to build something

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The Sabbagh kids – Anellise, 9, Simon, 12, and Atticus, 5, take a break in the bowl while Dad catches some air.

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both permanent and, well, just kind of awesome.

“We wanted our own place to skate,” Tony says. “When you’re young, you’re like, ‘Dad, can I get some money for some lumber to build something?’ When you’re older, you get some money of your own, and you want to build something the way you want it.”

Piece by piece, Tony and some committed friends built a series of 7-foottall skate ramps, eventually connecting them into a massive 22-foot by-50-foot bowl, bigger than a typical backyard swimming pool. “[Public] skate parks are fun,” Tony says with a smile.

“But in backyards, you can hang out with friends, drink beers and don’t have to worry about other people getting in the way.”

The ramp was a magnet for friends from around the area and even the greater Southeast until 2013, when Tony and his wife, Kim, moved to Bear Creek. The couple built a home on

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property just north of the Lee County line, and Tony rebuilt the ramp in 2016. He says he now skates at least twice a week.

Starting on the lip of the bowl, he drops in and, pumping his legs, shoots up and down the sides, carving turns until he leaps back out over an edge.

“After a day at work, it feels good to come out here and get my grind on,” he says.

He’s often joined by his kids, Simon, 12, Anellise, 9, and Atticus, 5. As they’ve learned to do jumps and tricks, Tony says, he’s dialed his own back.

“I can do small aerials,” he says.

“When you get older, you only want to do so much.”

Though his backyard bowl is on his own property, Tony thinks Pittsboro is overdue for a skate park, citing the success of publicly built parks in Apex, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and many towns in the Outer Banks, most of which were built under a state law that absolves cities and towns from liability on public skate parks if warning signs are properly posted.

“Whenever I go to the park in Apex, it’s packed,” he says. “And skaters travel. We

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used to have people from Greensboro, South Carolina [and] V irginia. If people came to Pittsboro to skate, they would all eat and stop in local businesses.”

A local park is not a new idea. A decade ago, Tony formed a nonprofit aimed at building a skate park in Pittsboro, raising and spending more than $8,000 for detailed plans and initial surveys on land behind the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. That effort fizzled, but Tony says he hopes to reboot the effort in 2020, betting that the influx of families in and around Pittsboro in developments like Briar Chapel and, soon, Chatham Park, will support the effort.

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READY FOR A CHANGE and her family moved into their Governors Club home in 1997, renovating most of the house in their first year. But 20 years later, Ann was finding that every time she walked into her kitchen, she was nn Saunders

Ann prepares a cheese plate on her spacious island, a gathering place within the home’s open living area.

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Ann’s Yorkshire terriers, Jazz and Bernie, wait patiently for treats in front of the wet bar. The wallpaper matches the kitchen’s, with one alteration to provide a bit of glamour: silver replaces the original pattern’s gray.

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reminded of how long it had been since they arrived.

“It was the natural cherry cabinetry that seemed most dated,” she says. “It had turned a little bit orange with age.

We have double ovens in a wall that I liked, but that I thought took up a lot of room.”

She consulted with the Durham contractor who had done the home’s first rehab, Leon Meyers, and his partner firm, BuildSense. Leon connected her with Caroline Shillito and her design firm, emma delon.

“He thought Caroline and I would be a perfect fit,” Ann says. “What I came to appreciate enormously was her level of organization.”

As the president and CEO of pharma technology company Zinfandel Pharmaceuticals, Ann valued the attention to detail Caroline brought to the project. “She is a walking Excel spreadsheet,” Ann says. “If you asked, ‘Which light plate did you order,’ she would know the part number, then confirm it on her computer.”

Caroline had Ann fill out a detailed questionnaire for the entire house.

“Room by room,” Ann says. “What major things needed to happen or if it just needed a coat of paint.”

For the kitchen, Leon suggested they make a few small but helpful structural changes, like eliminating a few stubby walls, while Caroline and Ann went over the entire room, piece by piece, looking to add functionality.

“I did not have a pantry in this house,” Ann says. The only closet in the kitchen lost space to a large laundry room. “I asked if we could add one, and Caroline shrugged her shoulders and said, ‘Sure, I can build you a pantry.’”

A fun addition, Ann says, is a special cabinet on the kitchen’s central island

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for a large stand mixer. Ann’s daughter Stephanie loves to bake, so the mixer gets plenty of use, but the appliance is heavy and awkward to wrestle in and out of traditional cabinets. Caroline suggested a springloaded shelf that, when pushed, gently brings the mixer out for use, revealing baking pans below.

More substantially, the team swapped out a double wall oven for a Wolf range, creating substantial counter space where the ovens had been. Above the counters, cabinets were raised but with space reclaimed by relocating the microwave – previously cabinet-mounted – to below the countertop. That change, Ann says, has been one of her favorites, eliminating the need to

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reach above her head for small tasks, like warming up a cup of coffee.

Other additions included a Sub-Zero refrigerator with cabinet paneling, LED lighting under the cabinets and a darker finish on the original oak floors.

For the kitchen’s color scheme and visual design, Ann says, “I don’t know if it’s a real term, but my goal was ‘contemporary transitional.’ The home itself is a Cape Cod-style design so you don’t want to go too contemporary.”

The final color scheme is a blend of grays and whites that suggest depth and motion, with blues and greens that complement the rest of the home’s new look.

Construction lasted close to eight months, during which Ann moved

to an apartment in Charlotte.

The kitchen got its first major test during Thanksgiving last year.

“We had four adult cooks working in the kitchen at once,” Ann says. “It worked beautifully.

No one was tripping over one another; everyone had their own workspace with all the additional counter space.

“It’s great to be back in,” Ann says. “All traces of the 1990s are gone. I walk in and smile.”

The island countertop is mined quartzite. Ann saw a similar slab in another home and fell in love with it.

Finding a perfect match took a six-month search.

IN WITH THE OLD Many kitchen rehabs are designed for a “Wow!” factor, but Kyle Shipp and Dianna Tarallo went for more of a “Where” factor when they redid their kitchen last year.

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begin?” Living in a historic house in downtown Pittsboro, the couple wanted an update that would make utilizing the kitchen a modern experience with a traditional feel.

“We want people to look at it and go, ‘Oh, is this new?’” Kyle says. “Not ‘Oh, you redid the kitchen.’ [They should] wonder if it’s original.”

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Kyle and Dianna’s home on Hillsboro has long been known as the Wade Barber House. Wade Barber was a local attorney who served in the state legislature. His son Wade Barber Jr. was a senior judge for Chatham and Orange counties for almost 40 years.

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to the 1920s, and, as they planned their kitchen makeover, they quickly realized how hard matching some of the original woodwork was going to be. For that, they turned to Pierce Cassedy and his Pittsboro-based design firm, Cassedy & Fahrbach Design Partners.

“We did actually look at the option of going to Home Depot and putting

Kyle and Dianna wanted their 1920s-era home to retain its historic charm, but with added modern conveniences.

in new trim and molding,” says Kyle, who was elected as a Pittsboro town commissioner in November. “It would have looked like a brand-new kitchen.

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They based the rest of the kitchen on a single piece of original furniture: a cabinet built into the wall that separates the kitchen from the dining room. The cabinet retains original, visually wavy ’20s-era glass in its doors, and the couple matched the handles and knobs throughout the kitchen to the cabinet’s original brass hardware. On the only intact counter, they peeled away years of paint to find heartwood pine underneath, and in the few spots on the floor that needed patching, Fitch Lumber in Carrboro was able to find matching wood.

“Pierce went detail by detail,” Kyle says. “Most people who have seen it say it all could be original.”

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skylights that pour natural light into the space, she’s not sure which she’d pick.

“I probably could have lived with the original kitchen if we just did the skylights,” she says. “It’s so bright now, I can be working in the kitchen with no lights on.”

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To mix things up, the countertops feature quartz on the island, but butcher block near the stove. Most striking is a single sheet of stainless steel as a backsplash.

Between her two teenage boys – Kyle May, 19, and Jake May, 15 – and a penchant for inviting friends over, Denise says the space is very much a working kitchen that she enjoys spending time in.

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By 2027, state planners hope to complete a $45 million project that will coordinate traffic lights for smoother traffic flow along with big changes to the roadway. Plans are under consideration to alter several busy crossroads to “reduced conflict intersections,” similar to the configuration installed last year at Andrews Store Road. The design eliminates left turns across the highway in favor of forcing side road traffic to turn right and then make a U-turn at a second traffic light.

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7 BLUE HERON APARTMENTS

The 1,600-acre, 2,300-home development that broke ground more than a decade ago is nearly complete.

Close to 2,100 homes have been built in the community, and work is underway on the final phases.

Announced in late 2019, a 200-unit apartment complex on Highway 15-501 just south of Briar Chapel’s main entrance. Work slated to begin early this year.

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A proposed development on the corner of Lystra Road and Highway 15-501, just north of the current Harris Teeter-anchored shopping center. The proposal includes 360,000 square feet of commercial property and up to 500 apartments and houses.

Liberty Apartments will be a 150-unit senior community. A second assisted living facility will offer 105 nursing-facility beds and 36 assisted-care beds with 24-hour medical care, personalized support services and memory care.

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An approved development of 55 homes off Mount Gilead Church Road.

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An approved development of 61 homes on 115 acres off Manns Chapel Road.

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With a development timeline of 30 years, Chatham Park has plans for 22,000 residences and 22 million square feet of commercial space. Officials estimate 6,500 students who live in Chatham Park will enter Chatham County Schools. Areas currently under construction are Mosaic and The Vineyards.

Adjacent to Briar Chapel, CCCC’s health and technology campus opened in January with 18 classrooms and labs.

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Across from Northwood High School on Highway 15-501, Mosaic will include: 200,000+ square feet of retail, restaurants and services; a 114-room hotel; 164 apartments; 88,000 square feet of office space; 10,000 square feet of educational space; and 30,000 square feet of other amenities, including a 350seat theater, a 100-seat black box theater and a central green with an outdoor stage.

Construction is expected to extend into 2023.

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With a full interchange on Highway 64, this central artery of Chatham Park will connect to Pittsboro’s East Street as part of a 10-year plan to reroute the highway around the center of Pittsboro (see “15-501 Master Plan” on page 76).

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Chatham Park’s first neighborhood will be a 300-acre, horseshoe-shaped development near Thompson Street, Fire Tower Road

and the new Chatham Parkway. Plans call for 500 homes with an initial section of 30 cottage-style houses built by Garman Homes slated to be open by Halloween.

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A Maryland developer has proposed 900 homes on more than 200 acres about a mile east of the Pittsboro traffic circle, adjacent to the Chatham Beverage District. The project could grow to as many as 400 townhomes, 400 single-family homes and 375 apartments, with 50,000 square feet of commercial space and 53 acres of open space.

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Scheduled to open in the fall of 2021, Seaforth High School will be Pittsboro’s second traditional high school. Its initial capacity will be 1,200.

S2 THALES ACADEMY

The private school chain says it will open its 10th campus in the region in July 2021 in The Vineyards development of Chatham Park just off Thompson Street.

S3 WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL

The first through eighth grade school (with an associated kindergarten and preschool) will relocate in the fall of 2020 from Governors Village to a 15-acre campus outside Briar Chapel. Though close to Margaret B. Pollard Middle School, Woods Charter School and the new Chatham Grove Elementary, the campus will have a seperate entrance on Andrews Store Road, and officials are considering changing start times to ease congestion.

S4 CHATHAM GROVE ELEMENTARY

Nearing completion on a 26-acre parcel of land at the corner Parker Herndon Road and Andrews Store Road, Chatham’s newest public school will open for the 2020-21 school year with a capacity of 750 students. CM

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Taste

Restaurants, delis and bistros (advertisers boxed in green)

North Chatham Briar Chapel 501 Pharmacy Scoops of Maple View Farm ice cream, plus malts and shakes.

98 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 300; 984-999-0501; 501rx.com Breakaway Cafe A casual “cyclinginspired” cafe serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and small plates, along with Counter Culture coffee, beer, wine and Maple View ice cream. 58 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 100; 984-234-3010; breakawaync.co Capp’s Pizzeria & Trattoria Traditional Italian cuisine including homemade fresh pastas, salads, sandwiches and a trattoria menu. 79 Falling Springs Dr., Ste. 140; 919-240-4104; cappspizzeria.com Town Hall Burger and Beer Gourmet burgers plus shared plates, tacos, wings and salads. 58 Chapelton Ct.; 984-234-3504; townhallburgerandbeer.com Governors Village Al’s Burger Shack Classic gourmet burger and fries joint, featuring an expanded menu with sandwiches, seafood, soups and salads along with a full bar.

50050 Governors Dr.; 984-999-4069; alsburgershack.com Flair Restaurant & Wine Bar High-quality French-influenced American food, coffee, wine, beer and Sunday brunch. 50100 Governors Dr.; 919-967-9990; flairforfoodrestaurant.com

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Papa John’s Pizza Pizza crafted with quality. 50010 Governors Dr.; 919-968-7272; papajohns.com

Pittsboro

Tarantini Italian cuisine. 50160 Governors Dr.; 919-942-4240; tarantinirestaurant.com

Allen & Son BBQ N.C. barbecue.

5650 U.S. 15-501; 919-542-2294; stubbsandsonbbq.com

U.S. 15-501/Fearrington Village

North Chatham Village/Cole Park Plaza Captain John’s Dockside Fish & Crab House American seafood dishes.

11550 U.S. 15-501 N.; 919-968-7955; docksidechapelhill.com Guanajuato Mexican Restaurant Mexican dishes with vegetarian options. 11552 U.S. 15-501 N., Ste. 205; 919-929-8012; guanajuatomexicanrestaurant.net Marco’s Pizza Traditional Italian dishes and pizzas. 141 Chatham Downs Dr., Ste. 201; 919-391-4090; marcos.com Moon Asian Bistro Asian fusion restaurant offering sushi, Chinese dishes like sweet-andsour chicken, Thai curry dishes, rice and noodles.

111 Knox Way; 919-869-7894; moonasianbistroch.com Panda Garden Chinese dishes like chow mein and egg foo young, dine in or take out. 11312 U.S. Highway 15-501; 919-960-8000; chapelhillpandagarden.com Village Pizza and Pasta A neighborhood pizza place serving up subs, calzones, pastas and salads. 11312 U.S. Hwy. 15-501 S., Ste. 300; 919-960-3232; villagepizzapasta.com

The Belted Goat Casual dining for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Coffee & wine shop.

Fearrington Village; 919-545-5717; fearrington.com/ belted-goat

Carolina Brewery Pub fare from local sources like Boxcarr Handmade Cheese and Lilly Den Farm. 120 Lowes Dr.; 919-545-2330; carolinabrewery.com/ pittsboro-brewery Compadres Tequila Lounge Mexican restaurant with a variety of classic dishes. 193 Lowes Dr.; 919-704-8374; compadresnc.com

The Fearrington House Restaurant Fine-dining French cuisine offering a chef’s tasting menu.

Fearrington Village Center; 919-5422121; fearrington. com/house House of Hops Relaxed bar and bottle shop with a large craft beer selection on tap. 112 Russet Run; 919-542-3435; houseofhopsnc.com

New Japan Hibachi-style Japanese cooking, dine in or carry out. 90 Lowes Dr.; 919-542-4380 Papa John’s Pizza Pizza crafted with quality. 120 Lowes Dr.; 919-545-7272; papajohns.com

The Root Cellar Sandwiches, prepared salads, desserts and more. Beer and wine only; outdoor dining.

35 Suttles Rd.; 919-542-1062; 750 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill; 919-967-3663;

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Roost Beer Garden Wood-fired pizza, local brews and live music. Open April through September.

2000 Fearrington Village Center; 919-5422121; fearrington. com/roost

rootcellarchapelhill.com East Street China Inn Chinese dishes, dine in or carry out. 630 East St.; 919-545-0259 Copeland Springs Farm & Kitchen Farm-to-table restaurant serving grains and greens bowls in addition to small plates/bar snacks. 193B Lorax Ln.; 919-244-6670; copelandspringsfarm.com Greek Kouzina Made from scratch hummus, gyros, kebabs and more.

964 East St.; 919-542-9950; greekkouzina.com Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries Burgers, cheesesteaks and frozen custard.

987 East St.; 919-542-1312; hwy55.com/ locations/pittsboro Michoacán Mexican Grill Traditional Mexican dishes including arroz con pollo and burrito texano. 440 East St.; 919-704-8751 San Felipe Mexican dishes including fajitas, burritos and combo plates.

630 East St.; 919-542-1008; sanfelipenc.com Small B&B Cafe Farm-to-table breakfast and lunch. 219 East St.; 919-537-1909; smallbandbcafe.com

THE PITTSBORO ROADHOUSE 39 WEST ST., PITTSBORO 919-542-2432 PITTSBOROROADHOUSE.COM

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reg and Maria Lewis

opened The Pittsboro Roadhouse in 2012, leaving behind a catering business and eatery in Cary to get involved in Pittsboro’s growing restaurant and entertainment scene. A car dealership for 50 years, the Roadhouse sits at the bustling Pittsboro traffic circle. In the front room, behind floorto-ceiling windows through which passersby once looked in on the latest models from Chevrolet and Cadillac, guests dine beneath artwork by Chatham-based artists.

In the former garage bay, the Roadhouse features live music three nights a week on a large stage and dance floor.

Greg runs the kitchen and offers a menu of fresh choices, including sushi-grade Canadian salmon that gets delivered three times per week. Before grilling, Greg prepares the salmon with an Asian glaze that he makes in-house with a mix of teriyaki, ginger and peanut oil. The final result is fish that arrives on the plate flaky but meaty, with a sweet finish over the distinctive taste of salmon. The dish is served with rice pilaf and seasonal sautéed vegetables, which might be Brussels sprouts or a squash, pepper and mushroom blend during winter months.

After a minimal renovation to the front of the restaurant in 2019, Greg says plans are in the works to freshen up the rest of the building later this year. – by Matt White CM February / March 2020

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Hillsboro Street/Downtown Starrlight Mead Tastings of honey wines and honey.

The Beverage District, 130 Lorax Ln. 919-533-6314; starrlightmead.com

West Street

Aromatic Roasters Small-batch coffee shop specializing in espresso shots, Aztec mochas, raspberry lemonade, chai lattes and Thai teas. 697 Hillsboro St.; 919-259-4749 Blue Dot Coffee Joe Van Gogh coffee, lattes, smoothies and pastries.

53 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-8064

Al’s Diner Traditional American classics for breakfast, lunch and supper.

535 West St.; 919-542-5800

Buzz Cafe at Chatham Marketplace Sandwiches, daily changing hot bar, sushi, salads and baked goods. Chatham Mills; 919-542-2643; chathammarketplace.coop

Angelina’s Kitchen Seasonal dishes of the Greek and Southwestern variety including gyros, rice bowls and family dinners for pickup. 23 Rectory St.; 919-545-5505; angelinaskitchenonline.com

Davenport’s Café Diem Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee and espresso offerings, plus tea and alternative milk/sugar-free options. 439 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-4239; davenports-cafediem.com

ODDCO Art and design store and music venue featuring regional craft beers. 684 West St.; 919-704-8832; realoddstuff.com

The City Tap Hoagie and grilled sandwiches, plus classic bar snacks. 89 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0562; thecitytap.com

The Phoenix Bakery Small-batch, seasonal baked goods like apple pie doughnuts, caramel-pecan rolls, scones, cookies and specialty cakes. 664 West St.; 919-542-4452; thephoenixbakerync.com

John’s Italian Pizza Restaurant Pizzas, pastas, wraps, calzones and strombolis. 122 Sanford Rd.; 919-542-5027; johnspizzarestaurant.com

The Mod Wood-fired pizza, salads, small plates and a full bar. 46 Sanford Rd.; 919-533-6883; themodernlifedeli.com

Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta.

160 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-9292; elizabethspizza pittsboro.com The Pickle Jar Cafe Fresh American classics with a twist. 480 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-8878; picklejarcafe.com

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DINING G UIDE

The Pittsboro Roadhouse Hearty American fare like smoked gouda mac ‘n’ cheese, plus burgers and salads. 39 West St.; 919-542-2432; pittsbororoadhouse.com

Willy’s Cinnamon Rolls, Etc. Bakery selling cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins, cookies and bread with ’40s and ’50s flair. 35 W. Chatham St.; 252-305-9227; willysrolls.com

Sanford La Dolce Vita Pizzeria Salads, specialty pizza, focaccia sandwiches and dessert, with an outdoor patio.

226 Carthage St.; 919-777-5277; ldvpizzeria.com

Postal Fish Company Fresh seafood from North Carolina’s coast prepared thoughtfully by chefs James Clark and Bill Hartley.

75 W. Salisbury St.; 919-704-8612; postalfishcompany.com S&T’s Soda Shoppe Soda fountain, American fare. 85 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0007; sandtsodashoppe.com Sweet Bee Caffé Blue ribbon-winning chocolates, coffees and baked goods with rotating art exhibits. 18A East Salisbury St.; 919-533-6997 Virlie’s Grill Breakfast, lunch and supper options like biscuits, salads, subs and barbecue. 58 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-0376; virliesgrill.com

Hungry yet?

Siler City A&I’s Chicken Shack Chicken plates, chicken wings, sandwiches and sides.

2734 Old U.S. Hwy. 421 N.; 919-799-7350; aichickenshack.com

Bestfood Cafeteria Southern comfort food. 220 E. 11th St.; 919-742-2475 (cafeteria), 919-742-6033 (steakhouse); bestfoodsilercity.com Brownie Lu’s Restaurant Southern comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 919 N. Second Ave.; 919-663-3913 Chris’ Drive-in Burgers, hot dogs and fries.

1329 N. Second Ave.; 919-663-2333 Compadres Mexican Restaurant A variety of classic dishes. 115 Siler Crossing; 919-663-5600; compadresnc.com Courtyard Coffee and Soda Cafe Coffee, Italian sodas, smoothies and bakery items. 138 N. Chatham Ave.; 919-663-2152 Dry Dock Seafood A variety of seafood dishes and daily specials.

408 N. Second Ave.; 919-742-2177; drydockseafood.com Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta.

119 Siler Crossing; 919-663-5555; elizabethspizzasilercity.com

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Hayley Bales Steakhouse Americanstyle salads, steaks, chicken and seafood. 220 E. 11th St.; 919-742-6033; hayleybalessteakhouse.letseat.at Johnson’s Drive In Burgers, hot dogs and fries on Highway 64 since 1946.

1520 E. 11th St. Nericcio’s Family Restaurant All-day breakfast, Italian dishes, subs, burgers and more. 1110 N. Second Ave.; 919-799-7647 New China Inn Chinese dishes.

Dine in or carry out. 203 Chatham Sq.; 919-663-0889 Oasis Fresh Market & Deli Local and organic soups, sandwiches and Mediterranean specialties. 117 S. Chatham Ave.; 919-799-7434; oasisfreshmarket.com San Felipe Mexican dishes including fajitas, burritos and combo plates.

102 Walmart Supercenter; 919-663-7333; sanfelipenc.com

The Whiskey Barrel Cafe Burgers and barbecue. 113 W. Raleigh St.; 919-663-1758

Chapel Hill Southern Village Al’s Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries made with local ingredients.

708 Market St.; 919-914-6694; 516 W. Franklin St.; 919-904-7659; alsburgershack.com La Vita Dolce Espresso & Gelato Café Pastries, sorbet, gelato. 610 Market St., Ste. 101-C; 919-968-1635; lavitadolcecafe.com

Weaver Street Market Hot bar and salad bar for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 716 Market St.; 919-929-2009; weaverstreetmarket.coop

also check out these area restaurants Radius Wood-fired pizzas, housemade pastas, sandwiches, salads and desserts.

Outdoor dining.

112 N. Churton St., Hillsborough; 919-2450601; radiuspizzeria.net

Pazzo! Italian cuisine, takeout pizza.

700 Market St.; Trattoria: 919-929-9984; Pizzeria: 919-929-9991; pazzo-restaurant.com Rasa Malaysia Authentic Malaysian dishes. 410 Market St.; 984-234-0256; rasamalaysiach.com The Town Hall Grill Sandwiches, steak, seafood. 410 Market St.; 919-960-8696; thetownhallgrill.com

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Main Street Pittsboro’s “Local on Main” event will return May 17. The dinner features all-local fare served to about 250 guests on a picnic table that extends two blocks down the center of Hillsboro Street.

As of press time, Carolina Brewery was on track to complete a major remodeling project by late January.

The project temporarily closed parts of the main dining room and bar spaces as the restaurant updated its look and furnishings.

Pittsboro resident Lulu Boykin is a member of the cast of this season’s “Worst Cooks in America,” on Food Network. The season debuted in January. CM

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Elkins & Nielsen B Y A LLI E TO DD PHO TO GRA PHY BY K EL LEY DEAL PH O TO G R AP HY , K EL LEYDEALPHO TO G R AP HY . CO M

A

nna Elkins and Jakob Nielsen

were both students at UNC in 2014 when they met at a friend’s birthday. A Northwood High School graduate, Anna stayed near home for college. Not so much for Jakob, who had come to UNC from his home in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a semester. After a study date at the library, the two started dating and continued their romance long distance when Jakob returned to Denmark

after the semester ended. Anna joined Jakob in Denmark in 2017, and last summer she earned a master’s degree at Copenhagen Business School. She now works for Wunderman Nordic.

Jakob proposed last winter during a ski vacation in the Italian Alps village of Livigno. Their bags were packed on the final day of the trip, but Jakob insisted they take one last walk on the town’s main cross-country ski trail, which follows a creek. They came to a bridge over the mountain stream where, as light snow flurries fell, Jakob dropped to one knee and proposed.

Completely surprised, Anna said yes.

The couple plans to marry in May at Governors Club, where Anna grew up, at a ceremony and reception hosted by her parents, Rodney and Christina Elkins, who is Chatham Magazine’s associate publisher. CM

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Hayes & Scott

BY TONI ANDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY CANDI LEONARD PHOTOGRAPHY, CANDILEONARDPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

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elsey Hayes and Taylor Scott

both grew up in Bear Creek and attended Chatham Central High School, graduating six years apart. In early 2015, a mutual friend introduced them as Kelsey prepared for nursing school and as Taylor began a new job as a firefighter with the Pittsboro Fire Department. They started dating a year later.

They developed a tradition of an annual couple’s getaway to Boone, and in 2018, Taylor planned to pop the question at the top of Grandfather Mountain. But when extreme winds forced him to change course, he instead suggested a hike to the scenic Wiseman’s View. There, he surprised Kelsey with the proposal.

The two were married on April 27, 2019, with both the ceremony and reception at Harvest House in Ramseur, North Carolina. Kelsey memorialized her granny, Joann Scott, by wearing Joann’s wedding ring during the day and honoring her with a memory table at the reception.

“It is sentimental to me because she was the center of our family,” Kelsey says.

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Sherry Elmore and Marguerite Moore with Bee-utiful Events of Bear Creek served as the wedding planners, and Bartee’s Flowers of Bennett provided pink roses for the bouquets and boutonnieres. Kelsey’s parents, John and Brandi Hayes, were in attendance, as were Taylor’s, Scotty and Kathy Scott, with Scotty serving as best man. Kelsey’s sister, Brooke Hayes, served as maid of honor, and the wedding party was full of friends and family from Chatham, including Brittany Vick, Amy Phillips, Kendra Lineberry, Megan Mclaurin, Ashley Cox, Charlie Lemons, Daniel Tally, Aaron Brown, Travis Phillips and Dalton Oldham. CM

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Kennedy & May

BY MATTHEW WADE PHOTOGRAPHY BY WHITNEY DUGGINS

C

onnor Kennedy and Abigail May met in

2016 while Abby was studying at UNCGreensboro for her master’s in counseling. Though Connor, son of Art and Renee Kennedy, was living in his hometown of Siler City, he drove to meet Abby for date nights in Greensboro for more than a year.

Abby says she is usually the “planner” in the relationship, so she was surprised when Connor proposed during a weekend trip to Asheville in 2018. The couple hiked to Triple Falls in DuPont State Forest near Brevard where Connor got on one knee and asked Abby to marry him at the bottom of the waterfall.

Though the engagement was a surprise, there was no question where they would recite their vows: Christ United Methodist Church in Southern Village. Abby’s father, the Rev. Raegan May, founded the church in 1995, moving their family to Chapel Hill to open the church’s doors. He served as its pastor until his passing in 2005.

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Abby and Connor chose to hold the ceremony on her parent’s anniversary, July 20.

Abby’s mother, Lee, who lives in Pittsboro, walked her down the aisle. The Rev. Greg Moore, who served as Raegan’s associate pastor at the church, officiated. Connor’s father served as best man while niece Charlotte Kennedy and nephew Carson Kennedy were the flower girl and ring bearer, respectively. Abby’s twin sister, Megan May, served as maid of honor while her sister Emily Treaster and friends Chelsea Woodfin and Kristen Salerno served as bridesmaids.

Connor’s brother, Taylor Kennedy, and friends Neill Lindley II and Justin Shaw were groomsmen. The Phoenix Bakery designed the wedding cake, which the couple cut at their reception at Forest Hall at Chatham Mills.

“It was very special to get married in the church that my family built from the ground up,” Abby says.

“Having the Rev. Greg Moore, whom my father helped mentor early on, officiate our wedding was really important to both Connor and myself.”

The couple resides in The Pines at Westfall. Abby is a counselor at New Hope Elementary School in Orange County, and Connor works in sales for Ram Tool Construction Supply Company. CM

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