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MILESTONES


If you’re reading this copy of MILL on the day of publication, today marks the end of Carrboro’s first century and the beginning of its second.

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FAUNA – Pileated Fever

By Mary Parker Sonis
Now is the time for sighting pileated woodpeckers in the Bolin Creek Forest. The branches are bare of leaves and the largest woodpecker in North America can be seen daily,

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From mill town to mecca


When you live in one town for 66 years, you get to know it pretty well. Especially when you grow up next door to a man who used his ever-present camera to document town life for more than 40 years.

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A GUIDE TO EATING


Oscars, Grammies, Foodies
It’s awards season, and not just in the entertainment industry. The food universe also dishes up platefuls of accolades this time of year, and The Eater is delighted to report that a number of locals continue to remind the rest of the world that we eat pretty good around here.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 3/7-13

Places to be and what you’ll hear when you get there. Have fun.

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Gimme Five! Justin of Justin Robinson & The Mary Annettes

Justin Robinson’s may have traveled the world sharing traditional music as a chocolate drop, but these days he’s been pulling strings of a different sort as bandleader of his own crew of genre bending, crack instrumentalist Mary Annettes.  They band’s tackled an EP and is looking ahead to a steady schedule of tour dates, but can their leader handle our five questions?  See for yourself after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/28-3/6

Here because you can’t be trusted to know where to find the good stuff every night of the week.

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Gimme Five! Jeff Stickley of Mason’s Apron

photo by Allison Springer

Mason’s Apron may have been a band for little over a month, but that doesn’t mean these boys don’t know how to pick a pretty tune.  Nor does it mean we’ll cut them any slack, see how Mr. Jeff Stickley handles the inquisition after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/21-27

The week in places to be other than your living room.

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Gimme Five! Renee Mendoza of Filthybird

Filthybird spent the past year migrating from Greensboro to Graham and winning over everyone with their lush, Americana charms, but can they handle a round of our questions? You be the judge after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/14-20

Writer Greil Marcus stops into the Pinhook this Wed, 2/16Here because you can’t be trusted to know where to be every night of the week.