Suburban Living Magazine

What’s New & What’s Coming to Fuquay-Varina

Duke’s Kitchen and Taphouse – Now Open 132 S. Fuquay Avenue Located downtown, Duke’s is now open in the former Vicious Fishes space. The new restaurant is an elevated bar and grill featuring burgers,...

From the Town

A Plan to Invest in Fuquay-Varina’s Parks As Fuquay-Varina continues to expand, the demand for high-quality recreational spaces for our youth and families has reached a critical point. Over the last d...

Cypress View Children’s Home — A New Concept in Foster Care

By Amanda Stanley Home sweet home. It is a sentiment that can conjure feelings of warmth, contentment, traditions, and safety. Whether they grew up in the suburbs with large lawns and outdoor play or...

Device Dangers – Does Your Child Need to Disconnect?

By Amanda Stanley Any person in their late forties or older undoubtedly can remember hearing the line (usually while struggling over math homework), “You have to learn math skills because you won’t ha...

The Importance of Learning a Foreign Language

By Sylvia Stein Having worked for years as a Spanish teacher and educator, both in a local Catholic school and later in the public school system, I’ve had the privilege of watching students of all age...

Willow Spring High School Wind Ensemble Earns National Recognition at Prestigious President’s Cup

The Willow Spring High School Wind Ensemble gained national recognition April 16–17 as one of only eight ensembles in the country selected to perform at the prestigious President’s Cup National Concer...

Fuquay-Varina, Meet Your Mayor: Bill Harris and the Power of Possibility

By Valerie Macon I sat down with Fuquay-Varina’s new mayor, William Harris — Bill, as he prefers to be called — to look beyond the title and meet the person behind it. What drives his commitment to pu...

The Many Gifts of Herbs

By Valerie Macon For generations, people have integrated herbs into their everyday lives. They grow them in gardens and on windowsills, add them to their cooking, and rely on them for simple home reme...