Fashion found Betty Aronson
More than 50 years ago, a ninth-grade dropout working at a women's clothing shop caught the eye of the store's merchandising manager.
Susan Bello showed independent spirit
In 1954, just as Hurricane Hazel roared through this state, a baby who had learned to walk suddenly no longer could. Susan Bello contracted polio at 20 months.
Pilot was no mere tinkerer -- he built his own wings
Life Stories: For Steve Goldman, the more impossible the challenge, the better. Particularly when it came to all things airborne.
Long-haul trucker was like a tourist
Life Stories:A lady long-haul trucker is a rare bird. The open road doesn't seem to be a place cut out for a gal, what with its grungy truck stops and stereotypically raunchy radio traffic.
Airman worked on Enola Gay
Merle Elliott was a flight engineer aboard the Enola Gay, which dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Cary man turned new leaf to dig up roots
Don Maynard wasn't a warm, fuzzy family guy. A loner, he wasn't one to keep in touch with a network of relatives
Pastor lived to serve all God's children
Larry Campbell went door to door at downtown businesses, explaining the new church he'd founded, Renewed Hope Fellowship, then declaring his desire to scrub their toilets. It was his way of showing that he was there to serve people.
Outdoorsman was neighborhood leader
When it was time to go before the City Council to fight a zoning issue, it was Mike McKinney who organized a group in Durham's Watts-Hillandale neighborhood.
Author's success 'just kind of happened'
Andrew Britton was changing oil at the Bragtown Shell service station when he began piecing together the story of counterterrorist operative Ryan Kealey.
He preferred his own ride
For 62 years, Chancie Moore worked for a car dealership. So it was no surprise that he bridled at having to be chauffeured to his job at Thompson Cadillac Pontiac GMC.
Red Hots shows kept woman's spirits from flagging
Mavis Campbell toured with the Red Hots, a band of women, some in their 70s but most in their 80s.
Paper sales were personal for former N&O vendor
Edward Perry knew all the news that's fit to print and many other tidbits about the newspapers he sold.
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