By Julie York Coppens, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Mar. 11--Home school. Day care. Furniture workshop. Ballet studio. Lepidoptery lab. Writers' retreat. Goat farm. Community theater. There's way too much going on at Wit's End, the rural N.C.

By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Aug. 13--Building on the success of last year's communitywide book read event in Catawba County, organizers involved with the Big Read are planning a Little Read for kids.