Plaque Honoring Negro League Team, The Athletics, Unveiled at Ting Stadium

The Athletics Plaque Dedication

The Holly Springs Salamanders got to play a role in saluting the historic Negro League team that once played near Ting Stadium on Juneteenth.  On Saturday, June 19, 2021, the Holly Springs Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, in conjunction with the Salamanders, the Town of Holly Springs and UNC Rex Health unveiled and dedicated a […]

Pride Night, Independence Day Celebration Highlight Upcoming Bulls Series

Durham Bulls Pride Night

Three post-game fireworks shows to light the skies this weekend, including July 4 extravaganza After a two-week road trip, the Bulls are set to return to the DBAP for a six-game series with the Gwinnett Stripers, Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, on Tuesday, June 29. The series features Pride Night, as well as a […]

7th Annual Sports Radio Open Raises $3K for Helene Foundation

7th Annual CBC Sports Radio Open

A total of 86 golfers took part in the 7th Annual CBC Sports Radio Open on Thursday, June 24, 2021, at the Riverwood Golf Club in Clayton.   The event raised $3,000 for the Helene Foundation, a non-profit that provides immediate support for mothers fighting cancer to positively impact their families. “We couldn’t have asked for […]

Record Broken! WRAL-TV’s Wilmoth Helps Al Roker Meet Another Guinness Milestone

Aimee Wilmoth

They did it!  WRAL-TV Weather Executive Aimee Wilmoth took part in Rokerthon on Monday, June 21, 2021, helping NBC Weatherman Al Roker break the Guinness World Record for the most people in an online weather reporting relay. Wilmoth did her 60-second weather report from the DBAP.  She participated alongside more than 50 other NBC-affiliate weathercasters from across the […]

Murder, mystery and more with Amanda Lamb

Amanda Lamb

WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb recently talked to Kathy Hanrahan on the Out & About Podcast about the second in Lamb’s new crime fiction book series: By Kathy Hanrahan, Out and About editor Some know Amanda Lamb as a veteran reporter at WRAL News. Others know her as an accomplished author with 11 books to her […]

What’s Up at American Tobacco: Scheduled Slate of Events Set for Remainder of 2021

American Tobacco logo

Ready to experience an event?  American Tobacco is looking to jump-start the events calendar later this summer.  A few of the public/private events the ATC crew is currently working on include: July – Book Harvest Birthday Event August – Durham Night Market September – Durham Night Market September – Little Client Appreciation Night October – […]

What’s Up at American Tobacco: ATC Welcomes Back Tenants & Visitors

American Tobacco - Bullish Welcome Back

“We are Bullish on American Tobacco!”  The ATC team has developed a new creative marketing plan to welcome back visitors and tenants. Banners and signs to help visitors and tenants not only feel comfortable on Campus but to encourage online and take-out orders at our restaurants. American Tobacco continues to kindly ask that you wear […]

WRAL-TV’s Wilmoth Prepares to Help Al Roker Break Record

Rokerthon

WRAL-TV Weather Executive Aimee Wilmoth will assist NBC Weatherman Al Roker in his attempt to break a world record on Monday, June 21, 2021.  Wilmoth will take part in Rokerthon, the bid to create the world’s longest online weather reporting relay. “So excited about this!” posted Wilmoth of the adventure. She and more than 50 […]

Rocky Mount Mills Featured in The New York Times

Rocky Mount Mills in The New York Times

The New York Times featured Rocky Mount Mills in a piece in the June 15, 2021 edition of the publication.  In “A Second Life for North Carolina’s Shuttered Factories,” Amanda Abrams focuses on the revival of the property from a closed down mill to a thriving combination of residential and commercial use.  The mixed-use destination […]