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""On "The Avenue" the beating heart of Roanoke Rapids, a shop called Rivertown keeps reinventing itself, delivering just what its customers are looking for-- Including, simply, a comforting spot to spend the afternoon." Ed Williams and Tony Hall started Rivertown Consignments four years ago. The business has since evolved and currently 95 percent of its inventory is new merchandise. Overcoming challenges from the recent Pandemic, the business, now simply Rivertown continues to thrive on re-inventing itself.
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"A former cotton mill just off the interstate in Halifax County has taken on a new life. Today, the enormous 122 yea-old building is an antiquarian's playground packed with rare treasures and stories around every corner." Riverside Mill is located just a mile and a half off Interstate 95 in Weldon. It opened in 2009.
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"The mad scientists of Johnston County have won friends and awards with their smoked pork, chicken, and brief brisket. And the experiments continue: At the Redneck BBQ Lab in Benson, they're always cooking up something new. Jerry Stephenson and his sister Roxanne Manley make up the Redneck Barbeque Scientific team. Together, they've won 24 Grand Championships in the Kansas City Barbeque Society competitions.
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"What was once a tobacco factory humming with machinery has been transformed into a showcase for the arts and sciences, a stage for performance, and a hands-on space for kids that unlocks and unleashes their creativity." The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences opened in 1999 in a former tobacco factory complex located in downtown Rocky Mount. The Imperial Centre aims to tap into children's creative reserves as pertains to science and the arts.
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"A minor league ball team returns to its new home stadium this year after the pandemic disrupted its 2020 season. now, Fayetteville Woodpeckers fans can continue making joyful summertime memories -- of hot peanuts, booming fireworks, and the sweet crack of bat against ball." About 250,000 Poured into Segra Stadium in 2019 during which time the Fayetteville Woodpeckers made the venue their permanent home.
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""A new commission of Indian affairs ensures representation for North Carolina's Indigenous population. In politics, journalism, the arts, and more, the state's original residents make strides and speak out." The commission works to affirm the dignity of eight North Carolina tribes totaling 64,000 people. Discussed here are the Coharie and Lumbee tribes.
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"Six years ago, A U.S. Marine established a safe space in Lumberton for the imagination to flourish. now, after a challenging 2020, his visual and performing arts center expands to a historic building in the heart of downtown." In 2019, Melvin Morris got the opportunity to relocate his facility, the Inner Peace Center for the Arts, to a 122 year-old building in Lumberton's historic downtown area.
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