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for "Hajian, Eleanore J."
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3724
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Rabies continues to spread across the state, with twelve more counties infected in 1997. Only twenty-two counties out of one hundred have no confirmed cases. Raccoons continue to be the prime carrier of the disease.
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3725
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When traditional incentives, such as new roads and extending waterlines, did not attract businesses, the city of Concord and Cabarrus County in 1996 successfully offered financial incentive grants, such as property tax relief for a specified number of years.
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3761
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Special federal grants, called hazard migration, assist local governments in removing, relocating, or elevating homes of citizens who live in flood prone areas. Boone is one of the first towns to utilize the grant program.
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3967
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Jesse Warren was city attorney of Greensboro from 1961 until his retirement in November, 1998. During his tenure he dealt with some high-profile situations, including the civil rights demonstrations of the early 1960s and the November, 1979, shoot-out between members of the Nazi Party, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Community Workers Party that left five dead.
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4045
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Concerned that the things that came with growth-big shopping centers, increased traffic, chain restaurants-would affect the desirable elements in their cities, Hickory and Winston-Salem formed committees of citizens to recommend how their features can be preserved.
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4057
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Before a brownfield, an underused or abandoned commercial or industrial site having contaminants, could be used, the site had to be totally cleaned up. Liability for the old pollution rested with the new owners. The Brownfield Property Reuse Act of 1997 removed that liability from potential developers.
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4058
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On July 1, 1999, Phase II of the Division of Water Quality's enforcement policies dealing with wastewater overflows and discharge permit violations becomes effective. Permitted wastewater treatment facilities number 1,629 statewide, of which 300 are municipal. In 1998, under Phase I, 407 violations were assessed resulting in $1.5 million in fines.
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4078
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in October, 1999, an Environmental Protection Agency regulation requiring municipalities to report the quality of the drinking water to their citizens goes into effect. Items to be reported include where the water comes from, the contaminants it contains, and the health effects of any contaminants.
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4080
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In 1991, Wilson decided to remove blighted neighborhoods from its urban center and replace them with low-income, affordable homes. Using a combination of funding sources, the city built twelve new homes in 1995. The project proved so successful the city then acquired fifty-six properties in a seven-block area, demolished old buildings, and built thirty-five new homes. By 1998, twenty-three of the homes were complete and sold.
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4116
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Once the positions of city manager, city attorney, director of public utilities, and police chief were the provinces of men. Now a number of women occupy these positions. Anne-Marie Knighton, Edenton city manager; Linda Mills, Greensboro city attorney; Karen Bradshear, Goldsboro director of public utilities; and Durham police chief Teresa Chambers are profiled.
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4151
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Numerous national news reports about assaults on children by sports coaches prompted the Knightdale Sports and Recreation Department to conduct background checks on potential volunteer coaches as part of the overall application process. Knightdale is one of the first parks and recreation departments in the state to do this.
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4153
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Selma's business district had some stores, but many buildings stood unoccupied and rundown. Efforts to recruit service businesses were unsuccessful. Making aesthetic improvements and offering free rent failed to bring other tenants. Finally in 1997, a theme approach - antiques - was tried. Sixteen dilapidated buildings were offered rent free for a year. They were quickly occupied by antique dealers, who, surprisingly, bought and fixed them up. Selma has had twenty-two grand openings since January, 1998, and the dying district has comer alive.
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4286
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Every election year, many elected local officials, including mayors and council members who have served their communities long and well, retire from office. The mayors of Whiteville, Horace Whitley; Greensboro, Carolyn Allen; Mooresville, Joe Knox; and Morehead City, William C. Horton, Jr., are profiled.
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4346
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The police approach to domestic violence has changed. Formerly police saw stopping fights, separating the couple, and calming the situation as their job. The Domestic Violence Task Force in Durham is more pro-active. Procedures include sixteen questions for the investigating officer to ask; issuing warrants for the perpetrators; and follow-up work by the officers, such as keeping a file on further domestic violence and working closely with the district attorney in prosecuting the offenders.
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4347
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Many cities and towns across the state responded to needs caused by the disastrous Hurricane Floyd flooding. In Raleigh, city department heads called their counterparts in flooded areas to see what they could do to help. Raleigh also sent sixteen firefighters to Kinston and twenty police officers to Greenville. Cary sent six teams of building inspectors to Princeville. Over 100 municipalities volunteered help. Police officers, building inspectors, and heavy equipment were among the greatest needs.
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