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39964
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This article features the Ava Gardner Museum, which opened in Smithfield, Johnston County in 200. It features more than 20,000 artifacts about the life of Ava Gardner collected by Tom Banks.
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42643
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Jim Green shares memories of his experiences as a concert photographer at The Attic in downtown Greenville, N.C. from 1993 - 1996.
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39461
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The Aurora Fossil Museum was founded in 1976 and opened in 1978 as a non-profit science education resource center, This article features the museum and its outreach in the community.
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42786
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After graduating from ECU in 1974, Leroy Bland, a Robersonville native, began his career by starting a marching band for Creswell high School. In 1988, he became band director for Plymouth High School and built a successful program there for 22 years. In 1997, he lost nine band members and one former member in a tragic highway accident just two miles out of town. He retired n 2003.
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42857
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At 76, Barney Conway is Director of Martin County Tourism Development Authority. A Williamston are native, Conway moved to Atlanta in 1971and worked with WGST Radio where their nighttime program became number one mainstay in the Atlanta area.
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42876
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Bishop Jerry McCrary was licensed and ordained as an Elder on Oct. 11, 1975 at the Annual Conference of the Northeast "B" Division of the UAFWB Denomination, making him the youngest Elder in the history of that denomination. in 1991, McCrary a native and resident of Parmele founded The Youth Conference Inc., designed to assist youth in artistic, academic, social and spiritual development.
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42959
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Located 10 miles east of Williamston in Williams Township in Martin County, the W.W. Griffin farm house and surrounding farm buildings evoke the character and setting of late 19th and early 20 century farm living in Martin County and eastern North Carolina as a whole. The 6.8 acre complex, which is part of a larger 1200 acre farm was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. the house is a classic example of the once popular l-housee in eastern North Carolina. Griffin was the first person in the county to grow sweet potatoes on a commercial scale and was a "champion timberman" owing to his extensive business selling timber rights to various lumber companies.
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41273
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A Washington theatre called “crown jewel of Eastern North Carolina” has expanded its vaudeville roots, assuring its continued bright reputation across the region. Established in 1913, Turnage Theatre has become a local venue for youth arts, movie events, comedy, summer art camps, and workshops. It's also a performing home for East Carolina University’s school music opera program.
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39475
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The article is a feature on Henry 'Hank' Stoop, Girls Basketball Coach at Pungo Christian Academy at Terra Ceia, Beaufort County
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39926
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This article features Joella Turner Brown, Athletic Director of Northeast Academy, Northampton County, NC.
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39931
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This article features Kay Overton, executive director of the Tyrrell-Washington Partnership for Children.
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21746
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Sheila Lee of the Bear Grass Community has been crafting for the past thirty-three year. She creates primitive-looking figures of all sizes that appear old and antique looking. The majority of them are Santa Clauses and other Christmas items. But she also makes other items for the various seasons and holidays. Green and Lee discuss how her creative process works.
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42694
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Plymouth, North Carolina was founded from properties once part of a plantation owned by Arthur Rhodes called Brick House. In 1807, it became the first incorporated in town in the then newly formed Washington County. Today, the town's largest industry is Domtar Paper Company, LLC.
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38145
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A business founded in 1919 attributes its success to a solid foundation, one attributed to its founding families building good customer service and community presence. Its foundation has survived challenges such as competition from Bertie County Peanuts, changes in its cash crop’s storage and transportation methods, and hurricanes.