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You have heard of the green campaign to eat locally grown food. But there is an equally active nationwide effort urging consumers to buy everything they need from locally owned businesses.
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16570
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Baseball is a large part of North Carolina culture. From million dollar stadiums and Class A farm teams, to 300 North Carolinians in the majors, baseball is played by youth and senior citizen alike.
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Although rarely appearing on the list of Triangle culinary icons, Lex Alexander has been one of the most important tastemakers for over 25 years. Alexander is the man indirectly responsible for bringing The Whole Foods Company to the Triangle.
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Clinical testing has begun at Duke University using stem cell therapy as a treatment for diseases such as critical limb ischemia.
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Georgia Kyser made the \"Village\" her home for well over half a century after marrying famous band leader and radio and movie star Kay Kyser, a Rocky Mount native who retired to Chapel Hill. St. Lewis presents an except from Kyser's memoir NOW AND THEN.
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Don't tell Carrboro but Cary has reason to believe it's the real Paris of the Piedmont. That reason is La Farm Bakery, a little taste of the Left Bank in Cary. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Lionel and Missy Vatinet's bakery in Preston Corners, a manicured residential development.
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North Carolina State University has broken ground on a landmark, state-of-the-art library promised to be the best learning an collaborative space in the country, as the hart of the Centennial Campus. The $115 million James B. Hunt Jr. Library will contain robotic stacks as part of its futuristic design.
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In North Carolina there are currently 4000 people who have been diagnosed with some type of blood cancer. Although statistics for those with blood cancer are sobering, the residents of North Carolina are fortunate to have some of the best facilities in the nation when it comes to diagnosing and treating leukemia and other major blood cancers.
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In 1974, H. G. Jones learned that Gilliam and Annette Wood, owners of Edenton's historic 1814-1817 Hayes Plantation House, were interested in donating the contents of Hayes' rare, intact, 19th century gentleman's library to the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. With the transfer and restoration of the library's contents underway, a replica of the original library was suggested, as well as a book about the Hayes Plantation.
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16579
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Although everyone knows that North Carolina has a long sea coast, most people are unaware that the State has a navy. Sometimes referred to as the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division, the navy has 24 ships, a shipyard, a dredge, tugs, barges, military-type landing craft and various support vessels.
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16580
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To kick off the spring season, the Chapel Hill Garden Club will once again host the town's biennial garden tour.
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16581
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Locally made wines are a delicacy in any country, but in North Carolina wine consumers are spoiled. Numerous areas in North Carolina grown exceptional grapes, but in the Yadkin Valley, there is an abundance of unique wineries.
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North Carolina's largest Red Bay has been discovered in Wilmington. According to the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, the tree has a circumference of 121 inches and an estimated crown spread of 46 feet. The Red Bay tree is far larger than the state's previous record holder. Red Bay is a native North American evergreen tree.
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Thanks to colleagues at the North Carolina Museum of Art, a large collection of one of the world's most famous artists, Rembrandt, in on display at the Museum.
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To honor a lifetime of achievement in and for the profession and practice of landscape architecture, North Carolina State University (NCSU) has announced the Richard C. Bell Lecture Series. Bell himself gave the first lecture September 19, titled appropriately enough: "Bridge Building," that also refers to the title of the first volume in a series of autobiographical books published this year.
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