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This Small North Carolina Town Built A Whole Food Tradition Around Pickles
What makes a town drop a giant pickle instead of a glittering ball on New Year’s Eve? In North Carolina, cucumbers have serious main-character energy. Every December 31, a glowing pickle descends into a giant jar at 7 p.m. sharp. Midnight is apparently far too late for this kind of dill.
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WARN filing lists Greenville Foster facility for closure
How many workers will be affected by the Greenville Foster closure?. What other Foster location is listed for closure besides Greenville?. GREENVILLE, Pitt County — The Foster facility located at 1060 Taylors Creek Drive in Greenville is scheduled to close March 5, 2027, affecting 12 workers, according to a WARN filing.
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Twin Rivers Friends Big Fall Book Sale returns to New Bern Oct. 28-31
Thousands of books will be available during the Twin Rivers Friends Big Fall Book Sale from Oct. 28-31 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1125 Pinetree Drive. Organizers describe the event as Craven County’s largest book sale. Available items will include novels, children’s books, cookbooks, history books, biographies, memoirs, works by local authors, CDs, DVDs and puzzles.
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Coastal Carolina Regional Airport awarded $750K grant to pursue DC flights
NEW BERN, Craven County — Coastal Carolina Regional Airport has been awarded a $750,000 federal grant to help bring daily nonstop flights between New Bern and Washington, D.C. The airport announced the funding in October through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Coastal Carolina...
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These North Carolina Bluffs Still Hide Trenches Civil War Soldiers Dug Over 160 Years Ago
High above a bend in the Roanoke River, a set of earthen walls has outlasted every soldier who shaped them. From the water, almost nothing shows except a split rail fence at the top of a steep clay bluff. Climb up, though, and the 1860s are waiting in plain sight....
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Gilbert Hadley, Co. D, 37th United States Colored Troops.
On 31 January 1864, Gilbert Hadley enlisted in the United States Colored Troops in Washington, North Carolina. Born in what is now Wilson County about 1844, Hadley likely was enslaved by Thomas J. Hadley III (who held dozens in bondage) or IV. Hadley was mustered into service at Norfolk, Virginia,...
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The Daily Reflector
Dickinson Avenue building owners want rezoning change
The owner of a century-old building in the downtown Dickinson Avenue corridor is seeking a zoning change that could allow more growth in the district. ELKCO LLC, a Charlotte- based company, requested a nearly 7,000-square-foot structure on Dickinson Avenue, about 60 feet southwest of Ficklen Street, be changed from downtown commercial fringe to downtown commercial zoning. The Greenville Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to recommend the request at its Oct. 20 meeting. The request now goes to Greenville City Council for final approval. According to Pitt County tax records, the building, which was built in 1922, has four address numbers: 807, 809, 811 and 813. It has housed a variety of tenants, including the studio of sculptor Jonathan Bowling. The building was zoned downtown commercial fringe in the late 1960s, according to the commission’s meeting materials. Assistant Director of Planning Chantae Gooby said there are a few areas with downtown commercial fringe zoning left in the area. When a building almost runs to the property line, it’s a much more appropriate zoning, she said, because downtown commercial doesn’t have setbacks, vegetation or parking requirements. The downtown commercial zoning generally is for entertainment, recreation, urban office and retail uses. Microbreweries