GREENFIELD — Little Orphan Annie may be famous in comic strips and movies, but she was first near and dear to the hearts of a Hancock County family who called her Mom and Grandma. Now, a piece of her ...

When I was a kid and my bike chain gummed up with gunk, Mom handed me a can of “sewing machine oil” and had me lubricate the chain. Soon, the bike hummed along smoothly again. We’d use sewing machine ...

Noteworthy Tar Heel Traveler: Sewing machine shop Sam Johnson passed away the other day. For much of his life, he ran a little sewing machine shop in Raleigh and even invented sewing-machine devices ...

The hum of a sewing machine filled the room as Mursal Alime’s steady hands fed more of the white cloth into the machine. The material came out on the other end with a long, straight stitch. “She’s ...