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I WAS FINE, I SWEAR I WAS, right up until the moment when Helen turned to me on our way into the house and whispered, "I wouldn't sit on any upholstered furniture if I were you." Upholstery - Furniture - Home and Garden - Business - Consumer Goods and Services

Photos by Joe Epstein/For The Star-Ledger Mike and Jessica Gromek had their Scotch Plains home inspected before purchase, and they say the inspector overlooked chimney problems, above, resulting in $18,500 in repairs. They say the inspector said he would contact...

Mike Harrison is a devout Christian who sells mobile homes for a living.

ALTAMAHAW — While compiling the original draft of Ace Speedway’s schedule for this season, first-year general manager Brad Allen took careful measures to neither over-promise nor under-deliver. So in maintaining that cautious approach, he typed...

DURHAM — Duke coach David Cutcliffe said he desired to learn more about his team’s rushing attack on offense in the season-opening, 41-27 victory against visiting Elon University. The Blue Devils gained 192 rushing yards, with 97 of those coming...

THE number of visitors to the World Expo continued to climb yesterday after they hit an all-time low of 181,700 last Wednesday, a figure attributed to the warning of an approaching typhoon and the fact that it would have been the first day of school.

GRAHAM— Fire inflicted heavy damage on a house but caused no injuries Sunday morning. Around 8:40 a.m., Graham firefighters responded to a blaze on the corner of Cameron and Orchard streets, Graham firefighter Kevin Pickard said. Graham and Haw...

Times-News   A Graham couple has won first prize in a contest sponsored by Carolina Parenting Magazine that “celebrates the hard work of parenting.” The couple, Jessica and Daniel Simmons, was among the magazine's Labor Day baby photo and essay...

Mary Elizbeth Hughes, 42, of North Main Street, Burlington, was charged Saturday with possessing cocaine and possessing drug paraphernalia. Hughes is accused of having a crack pipe, a Burlington police officer said in a magistrate’s document. Bond...

  The following drivers have been charged with driving while impaired. Registering .08 or higher on an impairment test results in an automatic 30-day revocation of a driver’s license.   Paul Allen Reagan, 33, of Fox Hunt Trail, Graham,...

CHAPEL HILL — John Blake, the associate head football coach at North Carolina and an emerging central figure in the NCAA investigation involving the Tar Heels program, has resigned, the university announced Sunday night. Blake joined the program...

  GRAHAM — A defense attorney became the first of what’s excpected to be a long line of lawyers attacking the credibility of the state’s crime lab in a trial. Durham lawyer Scott Holmes tried unsuccessfully Friday to get his client’s murder...

ATLANTA - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection? New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

Republicans expect to make gains in both chambers of the General Assembly this year, with GOP leaders thinking their chances are the best that they’ve had in years. A recent Gallup Poll generic ballot response showed Republicans with a 10-point...

ELON — The Lighthouse Tavern will soon reopen under new management. Chris Russell, who owns restaurants in Burlington and Elon, has agreed to take over the bar, which is near Elon University’s campus. Russell met with Gerald Whittington, Elon...

  The Treasure House Shoppes at the Park has added four new shops. Perky Square Shoppe offers fine antiques and collectibles and specializes in tiger and American oak. Gathering Moss Shoppe carries vintage garden items and custom planters, creating...

A jail inspector’s report cited minor problems with the Alamance County jail but the  state's chief jail inspector says they are easy to fix. John Harkins, the section chief for the Jails and Detention Section of the N.C. Division of Health...

  In 2008, Nick Ochsner managed his first statewide political campaign. Ochsner, then 18, worked for Jack Sawyer of Mebane in his run for N.C. Secretary of State. Sawyer lost to Democratic incumbent Elaine Marshall, now her party’s nominee to...

Four years ago, I was sitting in front of Southern Alamance High School imagining what was going to happen during the next four years of my life.Lenzie Purcell is a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Teens & 20s writer....

New research has found that at least one in seven home kitchens would not pass the kind of health inspections administered to restaurants. California's Los Angeles County found during a study that only 61 percent of home kitchens would get an A or B if put through a restaurant inspection. It also found that at least 14 percent would fail. "I would say if they got below a C, I'm not sure I ...