spooktacular Archives

Joyner Park Community Center during construction. Source: Town of Wake Forest, NC

Halloween Spooktacular in Wake Forest, NC is Oct. 24

October 9, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will sponsor its annual Halloween Spooktacular on Thursday, October 24, 2019, 4:30-8pm, at the new Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road, Wake Forest, North […]

strange

SLURPEE Delivery? 7-Eleven Tests Mobile App

December 20, 2017

New Smartphone App Enables Dallas Consumers to Order Products On-demand for Delivery or Pick-up On December 13, 2017, 7‑Eleven, Inc. is testing on-demand ordering for delivery or in-store pickup at select Dallas stores with its new […]

feature

The Strange-ness: School Start Times can Harm Learning

October 25, 2013

Research from 1980 forward has shown that teenagers require adequate time for sleep. Learning and thinking improve for teens who get a good night’s sleep. Yet schools still start early in the day, average teens staying up later, and […]

feature

The Strange-ness: Mice, Parachutes and the US Air Force

March 1, 2013

In the North Pacific Ocean, several thousand miles West of Hawaii and East of the Philippines, lies the small island of Guam. In Guam, mice laced with acetaminophen are being air-dropped to control brown tree snakes. The US […]