FOOD & DRINK
Mother and Daughter duo open new bakery in Tarboro
TARBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — A mother-daughter duo left the teaching world to open their own bakery. Ginger Snaps Bakery is family-owned. Mother and daughter Jaime and Savannah are the head bakers while the behind-the-scenes staff, Thomas and Jamie, work to manage sales and social media for the bakery. Jaime started baking at a young age […]
‘Freedom Hill’ documentary spotlights how historic flooding and climate change has impacted land owned by Black families
Princeville, North Carolina, formerly known as Freedom Hill, was disregarded and deemed uninhabitable by white people in the 1800s. However, newly freed Black people settled on the land after the Civil War. For generations, the area has experienced historic flooding because the town sits atop swampy land, wet, low land along the Tar River.
ENC bird park founder receives the largest honor UK can give
SCOTLAND NECK, N.C. (WITN) - The founder of a bird park here in Eastern Carolina received a high honor from another country. Mike Lubbock started Sylvan Heights Bird Park 18 years ago, receiving many different awards and honors since the park opened. “Today is just another momentous occasion. It’s very...
Camp opens young minds to film-making, history
A Princeville-based youth camp is working to provide greater accessibility to North Carolina students interested in documentary filmmaking and the historic town’s past. The free four-week Freedom Hill Youth Media Camp aims to teach students 14-19 the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking while they conduct interviews, delve into oral history and explore archives related to America’s first black chartered town. This program will culminate in a student-produced short documentary about Princeville’s annual Homecoming celebration. ...
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