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42781
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New York native Wayne Stoeckert took up guitar when he was 11. During his time in North Carolina, he has performed with Arts of the Pamlico at Turnage Theater.
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42782
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Morganton native and music educator, Leigh Morgan discusses her interest and love for teaching music and the challenges she has faced along the way.
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42853
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Tom Harrison is currently Travel and Tourism Director for Washington County. A native of upstate New York, his family moved to North Carolina in the early 1970s. He is originator for the North Carolina Black Bear Festival which occurs in annually in the town of Plymouth.
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42967
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Jackie Lyons White shares her experiences as an advocate for Lupus sufferers. Currently a resident of Durham, she is a native of Bertie County and is President/CEO of the Bertie Alumni Community Association.
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39451
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The article gives a history of Pleasant Plains Baptist Church halfway between Winton and Ahoskie, Hertford County
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39487
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The athletes featured are: Julius Frazier Peppers; Charlie Sifford; Ray Charles 'Sugar Ray' Leonard; Meadowlard Lemon III; Catherine 'Kathy' Laverne McMillan; Roman IIdonzo Gabriel, Jr.; Burgess Urquhart 'Whitey' Whitehead; Gaylord Jackson Perry; James 'Catfish' Augustus Hunter; Michael Jeffrey Jordan; Richard Lee Petty; Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr.; and Dominique Wilkins.
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39952
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Windsor, Bertie county is home to three museums--The Windsor Train Museum, Russell's Back in the Day Museum and the Windsor Craftsman and Farmers Museum--all within several blocks of each other.
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39965
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This article is a biography of Joe Cherry, born in 1929 to Joseph B. Cherry and his wife, Ethel Raymond. Joe's father, Joseph started the J. B. Cherry Insurance Company in Windsor, NC in 1912 and served as county treasurer. Joe went to UNC Chapel-Hill, was drafted into the Army, returned to UNC Chapel-Hill and came back to Windsor to continue the family business. His insurance office has been flooded four times from tropical storms and hurricanes,
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34384
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Bertie County farmers are farming for industrial hemp through a pilot program sanctioned by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The production of industrial hemp was made legal in 2015, as farmers are looking for alternative crops to grow. There is still much to learn about growing this new commodity, but industrial hemp may play a role in local farming’s future.
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38122
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The 250th anniversary of Windsor’s founding yielded a three days’ celebration. Food and fun were offered by food trucks and carriage rides. Entertainment and enlightenment were provided in music by the Pocosin Band, historic homes tours, and visits to the “Back in the Day” museum.