Man smiles with his hands crossed in a brown sweater. Trees and mountains in the fall are seen in the background.

Jason Canady

Jason Canady is an award-winning writer and poet from Fayetteville.
He has covered the Hope Mills municipality for CityView and contributes to CityView Magazine.
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Echoes of Hay Street 

Man smiles with his hands crossed in a brown sweater. Trees and mountains in the fall are seen in the background. by Jason Canady

In 1896, Samuel H. Kress, a one-time former teacher and stationery store owner, was struck by an ingenious notion.  He’d realized the old wooden structures from America’s Victorian age were coming down. America was rebuilding, and reshaping to fit the new century. F.W. Woolworth’s newest invention, for example, of the five-and-dime store, was prospering.  Kress […]

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‘The mayor from France coming over. Do you mind cooking?’

Man smiles with his hands crossed in a brown sweater. Trees and mountains in the fall are seen in the background. by Jason Canady

My son yelled, “Dad, the French people are here,” as he dribbled a basketball in our driveway.  That’s not exactly how I imagined our first impression after months of planning and hard work. I’d long been rehearsing what I’d say, and I’d even painted my front door and windows in preparation. Both projects I’d been meaning to do since moving into our house. I wanted everything just right.

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