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1696
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The successful consolidations of tax collection, planning, and inspection departments leads Durham city and county officials to believe that a total merger of city and county operations is possible.
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1697
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The North Carolina Law Enforcement Support Services office has been created to help local law enforcement agencies acquire materials for combating drug activity.
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1698
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The Greensboro Police Department has begun printing trading cards with the pictures of officers and police dogs in an effort to foster a positive relationship with young citizens.
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1699
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The Buy Back the Hill Task Force, a Chapel Hill committee created to stem the proliferation of guns in the town, recently bought back over 100 guns using money collected from fund raisers.
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1700
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Mooresville firefighters traded their hoses for hammers and transformed a vacant town-owned building into the new Mooresville Fire Department headquarters.
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1701
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The Surry County community of Mount Airy was one of ten winners in the 1994 All-America City Award program, which annually recognizes communities that engage in creative collaborative problem solving.
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1745
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The North Carolina League of Municipalities recently concluded a stormwater runoff permitting program that joined hundreds of local governments in a group application for the EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System stormwater runoff permits
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1746
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Davetta 'Sis' Steed, executive director of the North Carolina League of Municipalities from 1949 to 1969, died on June 11, 1994, at the age of 85.
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1747
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Avery C. Upchurch, five-term mayor of Raleigh and past president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, died June 30, 1994, at the age of 65.
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1748
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Sit-In Movement Incorporated is slated to open a $5.7 million civil rights museum at the site of the 1960 sit-in at a Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter.
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1749
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Municipal Insurance Trust participants and North Carolina Interlocal Risk Management Agency participants are being offered financial incentives to create employee assistance programs, which offer confidential, short-term employee counseling services.
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1750
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The Raleigh Police Department's Carolina Mudcats Rookie League was created to steer at-risk youth away from the lures of the street and toward the enjoyment of baseball. The program also helps the youngsters to view police in a new light.
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1751
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Cornerstone, a joint effort between the state and federal governments, is a single facility that provides transitional housing and services for the homeless in Raleigh.
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1752
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The city of Durham invited residents to city hall to view the documentary \"Kids Killing Kids,\" and followed with a town meeting aimed at airing concerns over and suggesting solutions to the epidemic of violence among children.
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1760
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A spirit of volunteerism is permeating North Carolina communities, as citizens acknowledge the importance of their roles in bettering their communities.
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