by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Apr 21, 2024 | Environment, Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
In a small church on the outskirts of Smithfield on a Sunday afternoon, people are comparing light bills. One woman reports that her electrical costs could reach $700 in the summer when she ran the air conditioning; another tells the story of losing power after a...
by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Mar 7, 2024 | Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Housing
My neighborhood’s Facebook group in Guilford County is where you can find a neighbor to fix your broken pipe when a plumber can’t be reached or help cut up a dead limb when an arborist is too expensive. Potlucks are arranged in this group and, right now, the local...
by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Mar 3, 2024 | Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Housing
Sarah Davis, a realtor in Watauga County, realized something was missing from most of her transactions: people. Nameless companies from somewhere else — usually under some otherwise bland word followed by “LLC” — were buying up most of the properties...
by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Jan 20, 2024 | Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, North Carolina, Reclaiming Rural
Jason Dunkin lives out in the country on the same small plot of land he grew up on. When I met him at his house recently, the rain was beating down hard on the metal roof. He looked out the window toward the road. “I remember my dad and my uncles would pick me...
by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Jan 17, 2024 | Elections, Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
It’s not hard to spot Jayne Williams on the roads around Kannapolis, North Carolina. Her Dodge Neon — which she’s always surprised didn’t break down on the way to wherever she was going– is bright yellow and sports a large pink magnet that reads: VOTE FOR JAYNE...
