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"For more than half a century, student bus drivers helped North Carolina achieve one of the most efficient pupil transportation systems in the nation." North Carolina first began providing transportation to students in 1911. By 1928, every county in the state has provisions for transporting public school students. In 1966, the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibited the use of individuals under 18 as bus drivers. North Carolina and some other states received an exemption to this that lasted until 1988.
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"For nearly 70 years, a racetrack in Cleveland County has rumbled with the thunder of drag racing -- and one man's love of speed, family, and red clay." Ronnie Buff purchased Shadyside Dragway in 1980. It remains a throwback to North Carolina's red-clay auto-racing roots. Buff's grandsons, Zach, Set, Bryson and Lennie have managed the business since his death at age 68. Shadyside began in1958 with Marshall and Travis Hamrick and is located in Shelby.
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"Led by a professor who sees himself as an 'accidental linguist,' a nonprofit program at NC State celebrates dialect diversity and shows that the way we speak is something to be embraced." Walt Wolfram is a linguist and director of the Language & Life Project at North Carolina State University. Wolfram has identified five main dialect regions in North Carolina; namely, Appalachian Highlands, Coastal Plain, Pamlico Sound, Virginia Piedmont and North Carolina Piedmont.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 93 Issue 4, September 2025,
p144-150, il, por, map
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44560
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The Lenoir County Agricultural Fair attracts 14,000 visitors annually. It traces its roots back 110 years when it was called the Great Kinston Fair, when it was a regional event including 10 nearby counties. Contained within the article, "Beyond the Midway" lists and describes other county and regional fairs currently operating in North Carolina.
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"In a century old sanctuary in Kinston, an organist fills the air with music that sounds from pulpit to pew -- reverent, radiant, and rooted in tradition." Weil Sawyer is organist at Gordon Street Baptist Church in Kinston.
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