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44704
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The author notes the state of affairs for Edgecombe and its seat of government. The newspaper, The Tarboro Southerner was then published every Friday. Fred Phillips was mayor of Tarboro and Joseph Cobb, sheriff of Edgecombe. James H. Bell was a jeweler and watchmaker in the town. A popular hardware store was operated by a former Confederate general, William Gaston Lewis.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2026,
p29-30, il
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44722
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Quigless was a noted African American physician in the town of Tarboro. He first arrived there in 1936 and soon after built a clinic and hospital bearing his name.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2026,
p45-46, il, por
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44639
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This article is a follow-up to a previous article written by the author reviewing weather in the area of Tarboro for the past 50 years. The current article touches on weather events for 2025.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2026,
p35-36, il
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44638
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Rex Blackwell started Rex Jewelers in Tarbo in 1957. the business moved to its current location in 1979. Lynn Taylor is current manager.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2026,
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44692
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McKayla Robinette, Tarboro woman's Club member shared at a recent meeting services available through the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute. Service promoted recognize physical and mental stress incurred by farmers and others in the agricultural community.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2026,
p11, il
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44694
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Amazon purchased the 31.8 acre property in 2024. Promoters notes the facility strengthens Edgecombe county as a logistics center for industrial concerns along eastern North Carolina's transportation network.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2026,
p18, il
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44693
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LS Cable & System USA produces cable products for the growing energy sector The company innated operations in 2012.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2026,
p14, il
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44303
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Locating a 32 acre parcel in the Tarboro Commerce Center, the facility is expected to employ about 50 persons. the goal is to reduce wait time for orders, even to the point of a customer similarly being able to drive to the store.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2025,
p15, il
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44383
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Initiated in 2018, the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Pipeline (RAMP East) is a collaborative effort between and education and workforce to increase skill development and hiring for workforce. Counties serviced include Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Wilson, Edgecombe, Beaufort and Bertie.
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44381
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An Edgecombe County native and graduate of Atlantic Christian College, Weeks was a regular columnist for the Raleigh News and Observer. Her first publication was "God Given Messages" in 1930 and her last was "Beauty and the Truth" in 1960.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2025,
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44395
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The new book, "Dr. Milton D. Quigless, Sr. Story: A Memoir of Race, Medicine, and Purpose in the Segregated South" is essentially the same as an earlier edition published in 2009 and titled "Looking Back - The Way Things Were, The Autobiography of Dr, Milton D. Quigless". Quigless originally came to Rocky Mount to practice but was referred by Dr. Avon there to a post in Tarboro. his Story is interesting as fifth grade dropout, entertainer, Pullman porter and finally medical student and practicing African American physician during the Great Depression.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2025,
p42, por
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44396
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It is noted that four facilities in North Carolina, including one planned for Tarboro will act as final stops in Amazon's transportation network before packages are delivered to customers. the Tarboro facility will have approximately 70,000 square feet of space and will be located in the Tarboro Commerce Center.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2025,
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44397
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Author Monika Fleming talks about winter storms for Tarboro in more recent memory. Included are the 1967 spring Blizzard, the March 1980 storm and most destructive, the Dec. 9, 1989 ice storm. Major storms were recorded in January 2009 and January 2010.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2025,
p23-24, il
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44586
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In 1905, Edgecombe was divided into 14 townships with a population of around 26,600 people. The county seat, Tarboro had a population of 3,800. The county had access to two hospitals, Pittman Sanatorium and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Hospital.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2025,
p31-32, il
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44302
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This article reviews some significant past winter storm events in the town of Tarboro. Earliest notation is the winter of 1848. The winters of 1856 and 1857 were particularly active. In January 1857, it was reported that the Tar River had frozen over. With some successive snow falls , the thermometer eventually reached 5 below zero. Most notorious was the 1927 blizzard that stopped all forms of traffic, including, railroad trains from the Norfolk area.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2025,
p33-34, il
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