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for "Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine"
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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,
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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,
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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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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2025,
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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,
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44394
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Noted is a student project in 2009, in which stones were cleaned in Tarboro's Old Town Cemetery, located in the block of St. James, St. Patrick, St. David and Pitt Streets. Uncovered on the stones were inscriptions revealing clues to Tarboro natives. The oldest marked graves date to the 1820s.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2025,
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44425
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In 1996, Citizens for Responsible Zoning successfully blocked Iowa Beef Packers from building an extensive facility on 400 acres in Edgecombe County. The effort was hailed as an environmental victory for citizens and the future of Edgecombe County. Eventually QVC came in to occupy this area.
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The facility replaces the old shelter located on 209 N. Main Street in Tarboro. With approximately 13,000 square feet, the new location will employ three animal control officers. Expected to be completed near the end of 2025, the project was approved by Edgecombe commissioners through a contract with A.R. Chesson Company in Williamston at a cost of $4.9 million.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , July 2025,
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Other than dug out canoes used by Native Americans, the earliest conveyances along the Tar River wee flat boats. these were usually 50 or 60 feet long and were propelled by pushing poles along the banks of the river bottom. Steamboats first started to appear around 1836.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , July 2025,
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44500
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This article focuses on tombstones connected with Old Town Cemetery adjacent to Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church.. Two items of particular note are the Bond family plot and the 1938 Memory Chapel behind it. Patriarch of the Bond family, Lewis Bond operated a large furniture making business on Main St.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2025,
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44502
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The recent advances to the hospital's Labor & Delivery unit were contributed by donors and community support..
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2025,
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44504
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This replica display includes copies of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights and the nation's Civil Rights Amendments. Roosevelt Higgs began the project in 2023 after approaching the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners. The display is the 69th one in the United States and the 41st one in North Carolina.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , July 2025,
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44503
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A graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, Knicole Bryant, a Tarboro High School graduate recently launched Tailored Dreams Academy in Tarboro.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , July 2025,
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44501
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The business, first launched in 2016, occupies the former B&M Chevrolet dealership building. Judie Rinearson is current interim president.
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(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2025,
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44512
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River traffic near Tarboro after the Civil War saw an increase. One of the most noticed vessels of that time was the steamer Cotton Plant, beginning service about 1867. This vessel sank in 1869 but was eventually recovered and put back in service until 1892, when destroyed by fire. One of the last active steamers on the Tar River, the Shiloh served the area until 1923.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , August 2025,
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