Farewell, Fam

Today, we mourn the loss of the man who for many was Winston-Salem. Fam Brownlee passed away Wednesday, Jan. 3. He was a historian, storyteller, photographer, and teacher, to name a few. If you were lucky enough to have met Fam, you knew he was one-of-a-kind. During his 14 years of employment at the Forsyth…

Forsyth County Public Library Welcomes New Photograph Collection Librarian

The Forsyth County Public Library’s North Carolina Collection welcomed a new staff member in October. Cade Carlson is the new photograph collection librarian in charge of caring for the library’s extensive photograph collections and responding to Digital Forsyth requests. Cade graduated from the UNC School of Information and Library Science where his focus was on…

NC Summertime Recipes, Category Summer Squash and Okra

It's our last week of sharing fun, local recipes. We hope you've enjoyed this series. Let us know in the comments if you'd like more content like this. We will be posting more history posts in the fall. Thank you for your readership. Happy almost end of Summer! Over the summer, we'd like to share…

NC Summertime Recipes, Category Peaches

This is our penultimate post. If you've enjoyed these local recipes posts, let us know in the comments. This week we bring you all things peaches. We hope you have some peaches on hand because we have the recipes for you! See what catches your eye below. Over the summer, we'd like to share with…

NC Summertime Recipes, Category Corn

We're back with some more recipes. This week's category is corn. It can be a side, a dessert, a bread, or even a salad? Check out below. Over the summer, we'd like to share with you some of the fun summer recipes we've found in just a portion of our collection. Each week for Summer…

NC Summertime Recipes, Category Melons

Watermelons, cantaloupes, honey dew, oh my! Try these fun (possibly questionable?) recipes all about melons. Everything from bacon wrapped watermelon rind pickles to horchata de melon (that's a drink). We hope your summer is still going strong and you're enjoying the sunshine as much as we are. Happy halfway through Summer! Over the summer, we'd…

NC Summertime Recipes, Category Tomatoes

It's almost time to call it quits for June and we hope it's been a great one for all of you. If you need a bit of cheering up or just want to give yourself a treat, a Southern tried-and-true is a good ole tomato sandwich. Don't believe me? Well, check out the recipe below…

NC Summertime Recipes, Category Seafood

Happy Friday, y'all! We hope you are enjoying this summer (even with all the rain this week). We're back with more recipes to celebrate summer. This time the category is seafood. We hope you'll like some of the recipes. Suggest some of your own if you'd like. And of course, you are always welcome to…