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44249
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In September 2024, Edgecombe County Commissioners approved a $4, 925,444 contract for a new facility on3005Anaconda Road with A.R Chesson Construction in Williamston, N.C.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2024,
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44274
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The former Edgecombe County Health Department on 3003 N. Main Street, vacant since 2016 has been acquired by Hykal Homes LLC, a North Carolina HUB certified business. Plans are to convert it to an apartment community for young professionals. The three on-site building comprise more than 60,000 square feet. Renovations bein the first half of 2025.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , December 2024,
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44273
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Founded in 1935, the company moved from it original location on Main St. in Tarboro to its current sit in 1958. then owners, Rob and Carolyn Pigg positioned the business for further expansion and growth along with their involvement with local suburb developments and the Tarboro Shopping Center. A recent renovation and inventory expansion began in May 2024.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , December 2024,
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44272
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The author updates on persons doing recent genealogical research related to Edgecombe County. Noted are Nigel Wells from Ozark Alabama researching his "Wills" family patriarchs and visiting Strawberry Hill, the home of Anna Whitaker Wills. Likewise was Charles Dozier, who visited the historic Wilkinson-Dozier home near Conetoe..
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , December 2024,
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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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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(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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44484
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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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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , July 2025,
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44485
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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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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(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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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(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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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(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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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(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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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2025,
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