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The Belhaven Memorial Museum is an eclectic assemblage of items collected by Eva Blount Way, who died in 1962 at age 92. Occupying one floor of the town hall, it includes 30,000 buttons, a whale skull, and photographs of hurricanes.
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2994
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Hurricane Bertha, which struck the eastern part of the state in July, 1996, left her mark on a number of towns, including Emerald Isle, New Bern, Southport, Beaufort, and Wrightsville Beach.
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6384
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Since 1980, North Carolina's Main Street Program has assisted a number of towns and cities in revitalizing and preserving their central business districts. In 2003, a pilot program, Small Town Development, was set up for four communities in eastern North Carolina. Lail discusses the program and the four communities - Chadbourn, Mount Olive, Weldon, and Williamston.
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Broadway in Lee County is the site for the state's only memorial dedicated to all past, present, and future military personnel. The North Carolina Veteran's Memorial was dedicated on November 13, 2005. By design the memorial and surrounding park is a work in progress. The goal is to have the name of every North Carolinian who has served in the military on plaques in the memorial. Each plaque holds eighty-eight names. The number of names is approaching 600 at present.
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Brownfields are underused or abandoned commercial or industrial sites at which on-site contaminants adversely affect profitability. Lail discusses the North Carolina Brownfield program that \"gives a potential buyer the ability - without liability - to take a neglected, contaminated site and make it a safe and clean property and economically viable property.\"
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Tourism is an important industry in North Carolina. O'Connor highlights three areas (Rutherford County, coastal peninsula counties [Beaufort, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Hyde] and Hickory) and the methods officials employ to attract people there.
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2876
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A number of citizens are carrying the Olympic flame on its journey through the state, June 22-26, 1996. They include Tommy Forney (Shelby), Alex Brown (Washington), Greg Lawson (Roanoke Rapids), and Michael Longmire (Raleigh).
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\"It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it,\" is an oft-used quote. Hajian chronicles on the job experiences of James Rucker, who shuts off power of non-paying customers in Statesville; Liz Davis of Smithfield, who listens to complaints about utilities; and Chris Cockman and James Evans, who keep the sewer lines clear at all hours in Southern Pines.
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On July 1, 2006, Camden County, with a total population under 10,000, became the first unified government in North Carolina having the statutory authority of a county and a municipality. The county has no municipalities within its borders. In 2005, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized that unified governments can form in counties without municipalities, as long as local voters approve in a referendum. Camden County voters approved the change in May 2006.
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North Carolina communities are encouraging citizens to recycle in order to reduce waste.
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7621
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In September 2004, Hurricanes Frances and Ivan struck the town of Canton in western North Carolina within the space of ten days. Destruction to Canton town property alone was $9.2 million. Lail describes the damage and lists Mayor Pat Smathers' top twelve lessons learned for emergency preparation and responses.
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Cary is North Carolina's first municipality to pipe treated wastewater to customers for cooling or irrigation uses. Titled Reclaimed Water Project, the program currently serves 354 residential and multi-family customers and 20 businesses. Its purpose is twofold: reduce wastewater going into waterways and reduce use of drinking water for watering lawns and flowers or washing cars.
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On October 18, 2004, the U.S. Coast Guard officially handed the keys to the forty-five-year-old Oak Island Lighthouse over to Caswell Beach. The municipality becomes the first town in North Carolina to have a lighthouse. The town got the lighthouse as part of the National Park Service's Lands to Parks program, which gives surplus federal land to communities for parks and recreational uses at no cost. Value of the lighthouse and land is estimated at $5 million.
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Tom Lundy, Catawba County manager, has been elected to a one-year term as president of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). He has served as Catawba County's manager since 1979. As president of the executive board, “he will preside over four board meetings and represent the association's executive board at state association and affiliate meetings.†Lundy is the fourth professional manager from North Carolina to serve as president during the association's 90-year history.
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16038
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The North Carolina League of Municipalities highlights some of the many accolades given to the member cities and towns, such as the Susan M. Burgess Sustainability Award, Distinguished Budget Award, and the Reliable Public Power Award.
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