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Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz celebrated the preservation of Historic Tax Credits (HTC) in North Carolina at an event in Burlington today. Restoring the HTC was a major element in Governor McCrory's legislative agenda that he detailed...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 11:51 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Swashbucklers of all ages will converge on the banks of the Tar River, a paradise located in Uptown Greenville, for the 10th annual PirateFest on April 8 and 9, 2016.
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 @ 8:44 pm
By: Chris Downey
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If you're a frequent visitor to Mapping the Left (mappingtheleft.com) you have watched the website go through a transformation in the last few weeks. The look is new and mappingtheleft.com has been redesigned with advanced capabilities. You will notice faster and more powerful, yet simple...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 6:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits holds a special place in my musical heart for many reasons; not least of which, Dire Straits, led by the Knopfler brothers, came onto the musical scene with their first album, Dire Straits, 1978, at the height of the dreaded Disco craze.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 3:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The distinctions between Country and pop have been blended over the years and sometimes it is difficult to draw a fine line.
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2015 @ 2:37 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I do not need any of the high-tech highfalutin stuff that you get with iPhone, iPads, and computers. I married a GPS system. (Guaranteed personal solution)
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 4:55 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Thanks to a grassroots uproar, the whole solar subsidies scam got sideswiped and derailed.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2015 @ 12:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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East Carolina University has played a leading role in a clinical trial that may change the way health care providers treat high blood pressure.
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2015 @ 3:43 am
By: ECU News Services
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That's the quote that has stuck with me from the book "Younger Next Year." You have to admit it's catchy ... and it's hard to argue with.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 2:52 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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There are many love songs written over the ages littered along the American musical landscape, but few were ever written with the impact of Brian Wilson's and the Beach Boy's classic, "God Only Knows".
Published: Friday, December 31st, 2021 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Creedence Clearwater Revival released their Cosmo's Factory album in 1970. With all the hard rock and drug culture music on the scene it was nice to get back to some good old rock and roll driving guitar and down home lyrics.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 4:22 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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East Carolina University School of Art metal design professor Mi-Sook Hur showed 60 of her new artworks at LOOT: MAD About Jewelry at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, from Monday September 28 until Saturday, October 3. More than 50 emerging and acclaimed artists from 21 countries were invited to
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2015 @ 6:05 am
By: ECU News Services
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This is the nineteenth of a less new series of images from across North Carolina from my travels, and from the long intervals that I have spent with my camera making a record of where I have been.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 2:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Formerly known as the Chicago Transit Authority but had to drop the CTA due to the city's complaints. Chicago combined great musicians with great lyrics and a rousing beat that could wake up the dead. Or at least that is what I felt like after a long night on the stools.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 2:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The Johnson Amendment was adopted to silence Churches in the political arena and the time has come when pastors need to stand up to the intimidation.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 12:21 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I cannot say much here except it is almost impossible to sit here at the keyboard and type this without getting up and Shout. I seem to be stuck in the fifties again.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory toured Brunswick and Bladen Counties today to assess the damage caused by the recent heavy rainstorm.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 5:40 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Here is some history about firefighting. Like many things forwarded and found on the internet, I have not been able to source this information but found it interesting. All my life I have heard the phrase "Fire Plug" and I must admit that my "Intellectual Curiosity" never reached the point of lookin
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 4:46 am
By: Bobby Tony
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After a week of finding out that firm improvement on the economy is still in question, and the punctuation on the Obama Foreign Policy, its qualitative question answered long ago, firmly in place, this Amateur President is well measured.
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2015 @ 10:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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No trip down memory lane would be complete without a few sad songs mixed with a couple of good old boy hits by Jim Croce. But if you have ever stood in a phone booth late at night drunk as a skunk and tried to make that one call that would make all the difference in your life, then you can relate to
Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2015 @ 11:24 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Beaufort County NOW (BCN), northeastern North Carolina's only moderated Informational Platform, had yet another second best month in a row, and consistently improved in traffic, or was it our best?
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Obama intends to ignore the second amendment. The states must stand up to him and the government and protect the people in their essential right to have and bear arms.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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This is the eighteenth of a less new series of images from across North Carolina from my travels, and from the long intervals that I have spent with my camera making a record of where I have been.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2016 @ 4:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory said flooding and damage to the state's agricultural sector continue to be among the major challenges facing North Carolina in the aftermath of drenching rains that have covered every county in the state during the past 24 to 48 hours
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 8:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Red McDonald sent me this tip and I could not help but pass it on.
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 8:29 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory has declared a State of Emergency in all 100 counties in preparation for severe weather that is predicated to cause severe flooding throughout the state
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:39 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Three college boys who just enjoyed singing together turned the world on to folk music, but they never considered themselves as fold singers. They were just entertainers singing at colleges.
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:30 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory today signed a bill requesting that a statue of Billy Graham be placed in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Building, replacing one of the statues from North Carolina. North Carolina has two statues in the hall; one of former governor Zebulon Vance and one of...
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:06 am
By: McCrory Communications
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"Mona Lisas and Madhatters", from Elton John's Honky Château, was that special ballad of heart wrenching sincerity, forever etched on the collective soul of generation, which saved a lyrical moment in time, and became a gift to so many.
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 9:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have an old musket in my trophy room from my dad's family. It hung in the basement of our house all my life. After my parents passed, my brother hung it in his garage for a few years. It eventually ended up in my son's collection. It came back to me after he a few years when my son sold his hou
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 5:05 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The rapid rise of the terrorist Islamic State group demonstrates the power of social media, acclaimed author and journalist Peter Bergen told a crowd at East Carolina University Tuesday night.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 5:53 am
By: ECU News Services
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A native of Deep Gap, North Carolina who was blinded by an eye infection as a baby and became one of the icons of Bluegrass Music. Along with his son Merle, he made a great impact on the acoustic guitar flat picking genre.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2015 @ 5:29 am
By: Bobby Tony
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