By Chad Nance From his eulogy for the four little girls murdered at the 16th St. Baptist Church : “They have something to say to every politician who has fed his constituents with the stale bread of hatred and the spoiled meat of racism. They have something to say […]
By Chad Nance “Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.” – WH Auden Today our community got word that Winston-Salem has lost a great man, a man who made making our hometown a better place the […]
By Staff With the weather so frigid and brutal we at CCD thought it might be fun to think about warmer subjects… like our local baseball franchise. Some of our friends & neighbors that work for the Dash or at the Ballpark have gotten good professional news. The Dash have […]
By Chad Nance “These are the “Hometown Blues” with apologies to, uh, Thomas Wolfe and Doc Watson, 1… 2 a-1, 2…” – Steve Earle There is an old maxim in non-profit work that goes a little something like this: “10% of the people do 90% of the work in […]
By Staff On Sunday morning ESPN took to twitter to announce the passing of on-air personality Stuart Scott. He remained “Cool as the other side of the pillow” until his death. Mr. Scott attended Mt. Tabor and RJ Reynolds High Schools before going to UNC Chapel Hill for college. […]
On the last show before Christmas the boys take a back seat to the girls when Chad and Tommy’s daughters take over the News Hour. While the dads chill in the background they begin the show talking about the worst Christmas gifts they’ve ever received. Back from the break they get […]
By Chad Nance Photos by The People “I remember that I’m invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.” – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man The air was […]
By Staff After Mary’s Gourmet Diner has been accused of discrimination (really? Have you met Mary) and as a hotbed for Evangelical Christianity (again, have you actually met Mary?) the Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper came to town and tried to clear the air… and discovers that some people are just […]
By Staff Mayor Allen Joines has invited choruses from local schools to participate in the fifth annual City Hall Holiday Music Series. The event will be held the week of December 8. Local school choruses will perform traditional holiday songs and contemporary a cappella pieces. All performances are free […]
By Chad Nance The following is an abridged excerpt from the upcoming non-fiction book, “Shape I’m In:The Camel City Dispatches”. “Mother, mother There’s too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There’s far too many of you dying You know we’ve got to find a way To bring some lovin’ here […]
Camel City Dispatch is a Community News website based in Winston-Salem NC. CCD produces original news content on stories impacting the residents of the Camel City.
Established August 27, 2012
Office: 939-F Burke St.
Winston Salem, NC 27101
Email: editor @ camelcitydispatch dot com
Phone: 336/283-9755
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