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for "Humphries, Tara L"
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1439
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When Nathaniel Thompson joined the Durham Fire Department in 1958, he was one of the city's first black firefighters. Chief since 1985, he continues to serve the community.
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In an effort to make police more accessible to, and more aware of, the community, Lumberton created four substations, instituted an \"officer in residence\" program for a public housing community, and began bicycle patrols.
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1587
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Concerned citizens in Charlotte have created a committee to fight parole for violent criminals and to lobby the parole board on behalf of the citizenry.
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1588
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Community leaders have begun to recognize the value of historic theaters as catalysts for downtown revitalization, and have commissioned renovation projects to restore these theaters. Humphries features three theaters in Durham, Goldsboro, and Wilson.
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1697
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The North Carolina Law Enforcement Support Services office has been created to help local law enforcement agencies acquire materials for combating drug activity.
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1699
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The Buy Back the Hill Task Force, a Chapel Hill committee created to stem the proliferation of guns in the town, recently bought back over 100 guns using money collected from fund raisers.
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1700
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Mooresville firefighters traded their hoses for hammers and transformed a vacant town-owned building into the new Mooresville Fire Department headquarters.
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The Raleigh Police Department's Carolina Mudcats Rookie League was created to steer at-risk youth away from the lures of the street and toward the enjoyment of baseball. The program also helps the youngsters to view police in a new light.
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1751
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Cornerstone, a joint effort between the state and federal governments, is a single facility that provides transitional housing and services for the homeless in Raleigh.
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The city of Durham invited residents to city hall to view the documentary \"Kids Killing Kids,\" and followed with a town meeting aimed at airing concerns over and suggesting solutions to the epidemic of violence among children.
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Appalachian State University student Hunter Schofield became the first student elected to the Boone Town Council. Schofield has ambitious, yet reasonable, plans to protect Boone's environmental character.
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1830
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North Carolina has seen a relocation of art pieces from museums and galleries to downtowns, parks, and other public gathering places. Such art is seen as a reflection of the identity of an area, and is available for the general public to view and assess
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934
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The Rocky Mount/Edgecombe Community Development Corporation is transforming five condemned buildings in a historic district into a retail, residential, and community center in Rocky Mount.
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993
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Two Barton College students are successfully interning in Wilson's public information office.
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995
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A number of cities, including Charlotte and Raleigh, have introduced bilingual programs, such as bilingual utilities policy manuals, bilingual emergency dispatch operators, and language programs for municipal employees, in an effort to accommodate and assist Spanish speaking citizens.
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