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After 11 Years, NCDOT Roundabout Plan Reaches Snow Hill Board, Which Chooses Its Own Engineer for Utility Work
It took 11 years for a state roundabout project to reach the Snow Hill Board of Commissioners, and when it finally did on Monday night, several members said they were seeing it for the first time.
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Lane Street Project: if you’re new to this.
A Google search unexpectedly yielded this pretty accurate AI summary of Lane Street Project:. The Lane Street Project is a community-driven conservation collective in Wilson, North Carolina, dedicated to recovering, documenting, and restoring three historic, neglected African-American cemeteries: Odd Fellows Cemetery (est. circa 1900), Rountree Cemetery (est. circa 1906), and Vick Cemetery (est. 1913). [1, 2, 3]
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Communities ready to celebrate Veterans Day
Communities across eastern North Carolina are honoring veterans this week with music, prayer and speeches. Veterans Day celebrations in Greenville, Ayden, Winterville, Snow Hill, Farmville and Falkland are planned today and Wednesday to thank members of the U.S. armed forces for their service to the country. The federal holiday commemorates all military veterans who served in times of war and times of peace. Its origins extend to 1919, when Nov. 11 was proclaimed Armistice Day to honor veterans and celebrate the end of World War I a year earlier. Congress made Armistice Day a federal holiday in 1938, but after World War II and the Korean War, the holiday’s name was modified to honor all veterans. Greenville’s ceremony, organized by the Pitt County Veterans Council, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Veterans Memorial at the Town Common. This year’s event will feature three speakers: retired Maj. Gen. Rob Tempel, Army Sgt. Ernie Harrison and Maj. Gen. Todd Hunt. The average Vietnam War veteran is in their mid 70s to early 80s, according to Together We Stand, a military veterans directory. This means there are fewer and fewer veterans each Veterans Day, said Scott Barker, president of the Pitt