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38134
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This museum in Tarboro, opened in 2004, is more than a way to honor Edgecombe veterans from wars spanning the American Revolution to Middle East conflicts. It offers a way of life across the centuries and all military branches. Its 30,000 plus gems include bayonets, Civil War battle flags, a restored WWII jeep, samurai swords, Nazi helmets, and 1,000 photographs.
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42824
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“Businesses are sprouting up in Nash and Edgecombe Counties, where agriculture was once the top economic producer. Reaping that bounty took a lot of sowing, including workforce training, small-business assistance and some urban amenities.” Norris Tolson is president and CEO of Rocky Mount-based Carolinas Gateway Partnership, an economic booster for Edgecombe County, Rocky Mount, Nashville and Tarboro.
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486
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Tarboro used an imaginative combination of downtown revitalization and historic preservation to create new opportunities for economic growth and development.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Fall 1990, p50-54, il, bibl, f
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38144
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The survival of a business founded in 1913 can be found in more than its Tarboro location. What has helped the store to survive two major setbacks can also be found in personality traits such as patience and determination. It is such traits that helped build good customer service and community presence for Marrow-Pitt Hardware and its four generations of store owners.
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25228
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The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation shares their positive views on the removal of a state regulation that would have cut the protected area above Tarboro’s water intake.
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Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Fall 1998, p1, 4, il
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37164
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Tarboro’s Town Common, established in 1760, currently has a place in town life as part of a park. Its original purposes, designated by the Colonial legislature, including livestock grazing and military drills. Purposes today include the inspiration for a product made by the Tarboro Brewing Company and site for the Happening on the Common each May.