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November 13, 2025 9 minute READ

Festival of Lights in Tanglewood Park - photo courtesy of Visit Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Parks & Recreation

Holiday Togetherness in the Twin Cities

The cities of Winston and Salem, North Carolina, merged in 1913. Winston, a growing tobacco and textile town, also served as Forsyth County’s seat of government. Salem had been the center of culture and commerce for the area’s large Moravian population since the 18th century. Festival of Lights in Tanglewood Park - photo above courtesy of Visit Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Parks & Recreation ...read more

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November 5, 2025 6 minute READ

A table setting at the Winkler Bakery in Old Salem, NC

In All Things Love

The Unitas Fratrum, or Moravians as they are more commonly known, were the first Protestant Christians taking a stand 100 years before Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Catholic church. Hailing from Moravia, they were also the first Christian missionaries with outposts in several countries, including the United States in Pennsylvania (1741) and in North Carolina in 1753. ...read more

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October 30, 2025 21 minute READ

Mast 2025 Holiday Season Highlights: Your Guide to Festive Fun from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve

The Holidays bring people together through shared traditions. We watch children’s faces light up with joy and wonder as they wait in line to share their wish lists with Santa Claus. We gather with our neighbors along city sidewalks for festive parades and in town squares for Christmas tree lightings. We attend services, plays, pageants, concerts, choir performances, and countless other holiday-themed events, too, all to keep the spirit of the season alive in our hearts and in our communities from year to year. ...read more

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September 30, 2025 6 minute READ

Fall in the City of Four Seasons

Hendersonville is known as “The City of Four Seasons” because of its year-round beauty, but it’s OK to have a not-so-secret favorite: Fall! ...read more

tags Fall Foliage Primer | Adventure | Local Flavor | Travel

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September 23, 2025 23 minute READ

Helene's high water mark at the Mast Store Annex in Valle Crucis

The Day the Water Rushed In

To say that September 27, 2024, and the days that followed were life-changing is an understatement. Everyone living in Western North Carolina and parts of East Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia had their lives turned upside down in some way, shape, or form. It could be minor – like a tree or two down in your backyard – or it could be major – a loss of a house, your business, or even a loved one. Helene impacted all of us. ...read more

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September 17, 2025 4 minute READ

A statue constructed of scrap iron of two bluegrass players located on Waynesville's Main Street.

Wild About Waynesville

The Town of Waynesville is named for notable Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne, who earned the moniker “Mad Anthony,” but there’s no description further from reality for this pleasant mountain retreat. If the label given to its namesake – the same General Wayne of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Wayne National Forest – applies at all, it’s how “madly” locals and visitors alike fall for Waynesville’s beauty. ...read more

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