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1158
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Cloe Moore has been the Mayor of Murphy, North Carolina's westernmost town, for the past 27 years.
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1159
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Ten minor league teams call North Carolina home, and fans consistently pack the ballparks to experience the national pastime live.
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1167
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North Carolina's cities and counties offer incentives to businesses to lure them to the area. This practice is viewed positively by some, negatively by others, but as an existing and necessary reality by all.
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1180
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The newly opened Caswell No. 1 Fire Station Museum in downtown Kinston features a restored 1922 American LaFrance fire truck, a Browden life-saving machine, and other fire-fighting accessories.
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1181
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As development intensifies and makes natural areas more scarce, greenways are becoming an indispensable aspect of cities in the state. Greenways provide havens from the necessary evils in large cities and allow citizens to escape for a spell.
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1182
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The Cable Television Act, passed by Congress in October, 1992, gives local governments who apply and become certified the right to regulate basic cable rates and customer service standards.
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1183
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The Piedmont Environmental Center's new education center building is a monument to recycling from floor to roof, as virtually all components of the new building are constructed from recycled materials.
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1184
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The restored Borden House opened in February as a meeting center and home of the new Raleigh City Museum.
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1185
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The Global TransPark is a proposed air cargo complex/industrial park to be built in Lenoir County. Backers are already marketing the facility, but recently difficulties have arisen in securing adequate funding.
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1249
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The juvenile crime rate is rising at an alarming rate each year in North Carolina. The blame for this is shared, and the solutions should be shared as well.
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1250
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More and more police stations in North Carolina are popping up where the action is, as departments decentralize to move into community policing.
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1251
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In celebrating its centennial, the town of Valdese sponsored a settlers' reenactment, a Waldensian feast, a crafts fair, an art exhibit, and bocce tournaments.
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1252
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Local officials are creating ways to deal with expensive government mandates regarding water, recycling, sewer, disability, and environmental regulations.
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1253
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A recent survey shows that seventy percent of Tarheel municipalities kept their property tax rates the same as the year before, with only twelve percent raising tax rates.
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Partners Against Crime is a program in Durham that coordinates community resources to create a more secure living environment.
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