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Belvidere, a small town in Perquimans County, has colonial Quaker sites and a modern community of the Society of Friends. It is also one of the oldest Quaker settlements in the state. Early records indicate Quakers were in northeastern North Carolina in the late 1600s. William Edmundson, an Irish Quaker leader, held religious services near Hertford in 1672. Seiling examines Quaker traditions that helped to shape the early Carolina colony.
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For the first half of the 20th-century, Salter Path, in Carteret County, was a quiet, peaceful fishing village. Many of the inhabitants were descendants of people forced to leave nearby Shackleford Banks after two powerful hurricanes. The same families occupied Salter Path for generations, including the Frosts, Smiths, Guthries, Willises, and Lewises. During the 1950s, Highway 58, the road through town, was paved. After that, motels, restaurants, and businesses sprang up, and tourism increased. Green explores the landmarks and people in the town's history.
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North Carolina's coastal population is increasing, and many of the new residents are Hispanic. In 2004, the state's total Hispanic population was over 600,000, and in coastal counties they represent a new workforce. Most of the resources for immigrants, including health care and education, are provided by the local communities. To help communities in this region adapt to working with immigrants, North Carolina Sea Grant researchers have conducted a study comparing the immigrants' use of resources with that of citizens and retirees from other states, as well as of native North Carolinians.
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Elaine Logothetis, a Wilmington-based biologist, leads a project to tag mature female blue crabs in the ocean to track their movements and determine migratory patterns. The project is supported by the North Carolina Sea Grant Blue Crab Research Program. Tags are bright pink. Each contains a phone number or mailing address to report the capture date, location, and fishing method. In 2005, around 1,250 female crabs were tagged and released in the waters off Caswell and Holden beaches, as well as the Long Beach part of Oak Island. Almost half the tags were returned. Most crabs were recaptured within ten miles of the release point, although some made it as far as Myrtle Beach, SC. Among the findings from the 2005 release were that the crabs moved south and southwest; none ever traveled north of the Cape Fear River; and crabs returned to the nearest estuaries as they moved south.
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