Jeremy M. Lange
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How to install a Porsche
As a child, I had a poster of all the iconic Porsches on my bedroom wall. I would stare at it, hoping one day to drive one of those beautiful, exotic cars. Sometime in the early 1990s I got my wish, in the form of a late ’80s 944 owned by an easily coerced schoolmate, […]
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The final Chatham County Showdown
For the past 10 years, Tony Sabbagh and his wife, Kim, have hosted annual parties, dubbed the Chatham County Showdown, welcoming hordes of traveling skateboarders to their home between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill. Never complaining, always generous, they have opened their ramp to all comers. Saturday, Aug. 24, marked the final Showdown. Thanks to Tony […]
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Swing your partner, round and round
In the 19th century, dances in rural Vermont were held in some larger homes and hotels with ballrooms. Smaller dances also took place in farmhouse kitchens (after the furniture had been removed) with a fiddler and caller. In the early 20th century, commercial dances were held in converted barns, halls, inns and pavilions built for […]
