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Wilmington is donating the fossil remains of a prehistoric giant sloth, found there in 1991, to the N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences. It is the most complete sloth skeleton ever found in the state. The creature weighed three tons and was eighteen feet long.
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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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3979
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The Raleigh Police Department's Gerald Barham is the 1998 North Carolina Animal Control of the Year.
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3980
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The state opened its first community learning center in October. Heritage Park, a southeast Raleigh public housing complex, was chosen for the pilot project. The center brings existing resources to the community, providing basic job and educational skills to both students and parents.
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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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Large-organized groups and special interests are not the only ones who lobby legislators, Private citizens do, also. Among the things citizens should know before lobbying : whether it is best to write, call, or meet the legislator; what both sides of the issue are; and how the legislative process works.
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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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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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Carousels, with wooden horses fixed in galloping positions and music gaily playing, have entertained parents and children for generations. Today slightly over 170 of them remain. Five reside in the state. Burlington's and Raleigh's are on the National Register of Historic Places. Shelby has just registered its carousel and is seeking registration.
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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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Lucius S. Jones, the new president of the N.C. League of Municipalities, will promote getting more people involved in league activities and a closer relationship between the league and the N.C. Association of County Commissioners. Jones is in his ninth year as Wendell's mayor, and his community activities include Boy Scouts, chamber of commerce, and Habitat for Humanity.
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12.Reclaiming Neighborhoods in Wilson by Hajian, Eleanore J. Southern City Vol. 49 Issue 1, Jan 1999
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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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With 70,000 athletes from 150 countries participating, the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games, which are being held in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area, will be the largest international sporting event ever held in the state. Before the games begin, over 130 towns across the state will host the athletes for several days to give them a taste of Southern hospitality. Greenville will host athletes from Japan.
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Yaupon Beach and Long Beach both incorporated in 1955 and share an island fifteen miles long in Brunswick County. On July 1, 1999, the two towns wills merge, becoming the Town of Oak Island. The new town will be the county's largest municipality and use the council-manager form of government.
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