veterans

Two addictions, two recoveries

By Carl Kenney

April 10, 2013

Editor’s note: TROSA partners with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to veterans in Durham. Two recipients are Herman Williams, a TROSA staff member, and William Touchstone, a current program participant. For at least 15 years, Herman Williams drank his breakfast in a yellow, 11-ounce tumbler. He filled the tumbler three-quarters full with […]

Local veterans could lose their support system

By Carl Kenney

February 20, 2013

One wrong move and Boyd Jones, Jr. might not have made it. He’s still here, but the effects of digging up land mines at Fort Bragg remain with him. “They were constantly telling me, ‘Jones, don’t hit your shovel with any metal,’” he said. “I never did and I guess that’s why I’m here.” Jones […]