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Since its days as the colonial capital of North Carolina, New Bern continues to flourish as the perfect mix of historical charm and current culture.
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16664
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Although Harry Golden's name is little known, he was a Charlotte writer whose book, ONLY IN AMERICA, made the best seller list in the 1950s and transformed Golden from a small-town newspaperman into a national personality.
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Campbell University has not had a football team in 56 years, but it is getting ready to change that. Its announcement in April of last year that it would field a team shocked the sports community. And the speed with which it has proceeded to develop a program and build the first phase of a stadium has been little short of astounding.
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16705
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Leggett muses about North Carolina's small communities and the importance of volunteer fire departments to these communities.
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16738
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Scotland Neck is a town in North Carolina with character and spirit that is determined to survive without selling its birthright: thousands upon thousands of acres of the state's most productive farm land; the Roanoke River with a loads of striped bass, brim, perch, and catfish; woods with plentiful deer; and abundant wild fowl.
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16742
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Leggett discusses the life and times of late Senator Strom Thurmond.
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16745
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Leggett discusses the Pentecostal denomination of southern Appalachia.
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16788
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Leggett presents her Top 10 list of people who are preserving the culture and sense of place that years from now will allow people to say \"I'm from Down East,\" and have it mean something. Included are Mamie's Drive-in in Laurel Hill, Pete Jones Eastern-style barbecue in Ayden, and Ashley Futrell and Hoover Adams, who continue the tradition of the locally owned, rural newspaper in Little Washington and in Dunn.
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Paul Green, born on a farm in Harnett County on March 17, 1894, grew up to write such dramas as THE LOST COLONY and the 1927 Pulitzer Prize-winning IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM. Green is profiled in this Leggett article.
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17042
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Leggett discusses how the oyster reigns in eastern North Carolina, from recipes to restaurants.
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Leggett discusses the most unlikely places to find the best southern food: convenience stores.
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Cader Harris of Elizabeth city has been awarded the Nancy Susan Reynolds Award. Harris, 84, received the award, which is given to \"unsung heroes\" annually, for his work in promoting good race relations in his community.
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The author reflected on the value that wood stoves, existing before the widespread adoption of electricity Down East during the 1940s, had for the region’s people. Leggett offered illustrations such as the better tastes of wood stove cooked foods, stories featuring family members like the author’s mother, and the important role these stoves played during holidays such as Christmas.
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Over 1,600 business executives in the state either pilot their own or travel in the company airplane because it saves time and money, improves productivity, and provides more family time.
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