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Men's Health Fair to be held Saturday in Greenville
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 9:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Anelys Rojas, a young woman from Venezuela who lives in Cary, is learning English. She helped test accessibility at several sites in the Spanish-language travel guide for people with disabilities: ACCESO Carolina del Norte.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 6:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born near Farmville, Virginia on February 3, 1807.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2013 @ 1:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Plans are currently underway for dredging to begin at the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on N.C. 12 over the Oregon Inlet in Dare County.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 3:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 28, 1818, Wade Hampton III was heir to one of the largest fortunes in the South. Wade Hampton III was a proficient businessman and legislator, who had misgivings about the slavery system.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Medical Center was among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for reaching gold, silver, and bronze levels of outreach for organ donation and registration.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center offers a variety of special programs and activities to help cancer patients, survivors as well as their primary caregivers deal with the emotional and physical challenges associated with having cancer.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Co-founder of Food Town (later renamed Food Lion), Ralph Ketner started working in the grocery business as a child in his father's meat store in Salisbury, North Carolina and later as a teenager during the Depression in his brother's Kannapolis, North Carolina store.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2013 @ 1:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congress established Kill Devil Hills National Memorial on March 2, 1927 to commemorate Wilbur and Orville Wright and their contribution to aeronautics and for conducting the world's first successful heavier-than air flight.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that for the first time since the State Employees Combined Campaign began in 1985, the leadership team of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has achieved 100 percent participation.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two children from Mongolia are recovering with a host family in New Bern after having open-heart surgery at Vidant Medical Center in late October.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos today released the product of a departmental work group established immediately following the abrupt closure of several adult care facilities early this year.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 11:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 28th annual Lights of Love tree lighting ceremony at Vidant Beaufort Hospital will be held on Tuesday, December 3rd at 6:00 p.m.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 9:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Called by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1789, the Fayetteville Convention was the second meeting to consider ratification of the Federal Constitution in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 8:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCroy proclaimed November 21, 2013 as Rural Health Day in North Carolina, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health and Community Care
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 6:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Patriot, Continental Congress member, and North Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Penn was a native of Caroline County, Virginia.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 5th annual Paint the Town Pink breast cancer awareness event and fundraiser is in the records books.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 12:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Board of Directors of the Shepard Cancer Foundation is proud to announce the election of new officers.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kohl's Department Stores will present a $20,693 donation to Vidant Medical Center to support the Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program. The event will be held at the Kohl's store on Galleria Drive at 3 p.m. Nov. 20.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2013 @ 7:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 1669 act was an early regulation of marriage in Carolina. The statute was enacted by the Lords Proprietors, who governed according to the Charter of 1663 (above). image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2013 @ 10:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, November 7th, DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos announced the McCrory Administration's Crisis Solutions Initiative, a new statewide effort to improve mental health and substance abuse crisis services in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 9:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Pediatrics - Edenton has earned the prestigious recognition of being added to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home 2011 Program, an innovative program for improving primary care.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During the formation of the United States, male politicians, writers, and philosophers were at the forefront in establishing the government for the new country after the Revolutionary War.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Rehabilitation Center at Vidant Medical Center has received the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization by the Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
Published: Saturday, November 9th, 2013 @ 8:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Waste Industries USA, Inc. is based out of Raleigh, North Carolina and is one of the fastest growing waste and recycling service companies in the Southeast. Lonnie C. Poole Jr., a graduate from NC State University, founded the company in 1970.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 8:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two hospitals within Vidant Health earned top honors in patient experience surveys among hospitals across the country.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 @ 11:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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November 25th is Public Health Thank You Day. This day is celebrated on the Monday before Thanksgiving and is used to remind us of how Public Health is on the frontline in keeping Americans safe from disease and illnesses.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 @ 12:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Benjamin Everett Jordan was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, in the town of Ramseur on September 8, 1896.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2013 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently conferred a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the bariatric general surgery unit at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 @ 10:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center offers a variety of special programs and activities to help cancer patients, survivors as well as their primary caregivers deal with the emotional and physical challenges associated with having cancer.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 @ 12:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Red Sox baseball has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It was introduced to me by my father at my first game in 1973.
Published: Friday, November 1st, 2013 @ 7:27 pm
By: Mike Hayes
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Vidant Health, a mission-driven, not-for-profit corporation, owns, leases or has a majority membership interest in nine eastern North Carolina hospitals and has a management agreement with one other.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 3, 1979, an armed confrontation between members of the Maoist Communist Workers Party (CWP) and several Klansmen and Nazis ended with four CWP members and one supporter being shot dead.
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Born on March 3, 1923, Arthel "Doc" Watson is an icon for folk, bluegrass, and country music due to his mastery of the flat-top guitar.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2013 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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