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Capital Pizza Tavern opens in Edenton
What started as a casual conversation between two local businessmen has brought a new restaurant and new cuisine to Edenton’s South Broad Street business district. Capital Pizza Tavern, a New York-style pizza shop has opened in the former 309 Bistro building on South Broad Street, is the brain child of business partners Ronnie Bates, Jim Long and Pennsylvania-based entrepreneur John Maurer. Bates operates the Edenton-based My Custom Swag, an ad-specialty and customization operation that produces clothing and personal items emblazoned with logos and other messages. Long purchased the 309 Bistro building and realized an opportunity had opened when the Bistro restaurant closed. The two envisioned a place serving quality pizza and wings in a comfortable dining atmosphere seven days per week. Bates brings considerable restaurant experience to the project. He previously worked as a corporate trainer for Chili’s and TGI Fridays, traveling around the country helping open up new restaurants. He said that experience shaped Capital Pizza’s menu and its emphasis on quality ingredients. “We focus on service, good service quickly,” Bates said. He said the restaurant specializes in hand-stretched New York-style pizza with carefully selected dough, cheeses and sauces. Bates said the parters deliberately accepted higher ingredient costs to
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Edenton minister returns from 10-day mission trip
The Rev. Melvin Tatem recently returned to Edenton from a 10-day mission trip to Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation of 24 million people in West Africa. While there he joined 13 other volunteers bringing Christian ministry, humanitarian assistance and encouragement to rural communities there. The mission, conducted Oct. 12-22, brought together volunteers from North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland and Washington, D.C. He traveled there with representatives of Victory Praise and Worship Center in Elizabeth City and Teebo Ministries, a Maryland-based organization working to reduce poverty and improve living conditions in Burkina Faso. Tatem said the name, Teebo, means hope. He said the organization’s approach centered on three principles, engaging communities to identify their needs, equipping residents with resources and practical training and empowering them to become more self-reliant. During the visit, the missionaries participated in both religious and humanitarian activities, including village home visits, feeding programs, Vacation Bible School in local schools, prayer services and evangelism. They also taught and shared personal testimonies, as well as organizing a concert featuring a professional Christian artist. Burkina Faso has a diverse population representing several ethnic groups and religious traditions. Its population includes Muslims, Christians and various traditional African religions. The name