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Nashville Zoo welcomes first red river hog piglets
Staff at Nashville Zoo celebrated the birth of their first litter of red river hog piglets, footage released on April 30 shows. The zoo said the piglets were born on April 11 and have been named Fig, Peach, Persimmon and Clementine. “This is the first litter of red river hog piglets born at Nashville Zoo, […]
$1.5M vet tech annex ready to welcome more students
An opening ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Friday at a new building that is going to serve as an annex to provide more space for Nash Community College’s Veterinary Medical Technician Program. NCC President Lew Hunnicutt, in a recent presentation to the Rocky Mount Rotary Club providing his yearly update about the community college, said that Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington is the only other community college in the eastern part of the state with such a program. ...
Boys & Girls Clubs to hold Wine, Women & Shoes event
Attention fashionistas. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tar River Region is holding a unique fundraiser that the organization’s day-to-day executive said can only be found in select areas, Rocky Mount being among them. The Wine, Women & Shoes marketplace, dinner, auction and fashion show is set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rocky Mount Event Center. Clubs President Ron Green, in a recent interview, said that the organization...
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