By VICTORIA JOHNSON PITTSBORO — Growing up, Chatham transplant Phillip Pappas thought he’d one day come to manage his family’s decades-old restaurant catering business. Now, years later, he’s helping other small business owners manage their companies instead. Pappas joined Central Carolina Community College in August as its new Small Business Center Coordinator for Chatham County. […]
By HEIDI PÉREZ-MORENO Being Hispanic has shaped my identity as a person and reporter in ways I didn’t realize — until now. Growing up in Miami, Florida, I was raised in a predominantly Latino community that blended a wide variety of ethnic and racial identities into a single area. I’d often visit Central American bakeries […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON WASHINGTON, D.C. — Los propietarios de negocios latinos en Chatham que demostraron innovación empresarial y perseverancia durante la pandemia de COVID-19 podrían recibir miles de dólares en dinero. A fines de agosto, la Fundación de la Herencia Hispana (HHF), una organización sin fines lucrativos en Washington, se asoció con la empresa de […]
By D. LARS DOLDER PITTSBORO — El proyecto para renovar la rotonda de Pittsboro está a punto de completarse antes de lo programado, siete meses después de que comenzaran las obras, según el administrador de Pittsboro, Chris Kennedy. La histórica rotonda no se cerrará al tráfico cruzante como lo hizo desde el invierno hasta principios […]
By ADRIANNE CLEVEN En español SILER CITY — Siler City’s Board of Commissioners, after hearing a litany of concerns from impacted residents, voted unanimously on Monday night to recess a public hearing regarding Mountaire Farms’ request to close and re-route parts of East Third Street and East Fifth Street, as well as the entirety of […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Decades after immigrants first began flocking to Siler City, the town will soon have a new immigrant advisory committee — and its creators have high hopes for the opportunities it’s meant to bring. “Siler City tries to work with people and try to see what their needs are and […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Upon entering North Carolina State University, Asheboro native Joselyn Villaseñor thought she knew how her college experience would end: with a degree in textile marketing. But as part of her degree requirements, she took a detour — and that detour, a sociology class, helped her find her passion: ensuring […]
By Victoria Johnson SILER CITY — The Siler City Board of Commissioners greenlit the 8th Hispanic Heritage Fiesta Monday night, despite initial concerns over scarce police presence and the date itself. The Fiesta is a free outdoor festival that the Hispanic Liaison, community members and other organizations throw each year to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, […]
By Victoria Johnson PITTSBORO — Inside Cambridge Hills Assisted Living, a pair of white double doors guards the entryway to the facility’s 90-bed residential section, a guard shift that’s lasted over a year. But after 16 stressful months, those doors have finally opened to visitors — and resident Irma Ellis rejoices that her family was […]
By Victoria Johnson SILER CITY — In a small, white-sided building that once housed Rojo Canela, a bakery owner has opened up a new Mexican restaurant — and he did it all on a whim. “If you ask me why I grabbed it, well, I don’t even know honestly. Seriously,” owner Bernardo Gallegos Rodriguez told […]