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Month: August 2019

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Wake Forest, NC Dementia Awareness Education Series Begins Sept. 4

August 30, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts will host an array of classes, workshops and other event over the next several months to raise awareness about Alzeheimer’s disease and related dementias. Each occasion in […]

2019 Irish Fest in the Forest banner. Source: Ancient Order of Hibernians - Wake County NC - Governor Thomas Burke Div 1
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Wake Forest, NC: Irish Festival Set for Sept. 21

August 30, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Get ready for Irish Fest in the Forest — Wake Forest, North Carolina, that is. On Saturday, September 21, 2019, 3-10pm, join the fun at this annual cultural event in downtown. The free festival includes: […]

Rocky Mount Event Center. Photo: Kay Whatley, October 25, 2018 (grand opening day)
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Rocky Mount Event Center to Host Down East Classic Concert and Celebrity Ball

August 30, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Actress and R&B Star to Host and Perform at Multi-Use Sports Facility in Rocky Mount, NC The recently nominated Best New Sports Venue Rocky Mount Event Center is with partnering with one of the biggest […]

NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
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NC Opioid Overdose Deaths Drop for First Time in 5 Years 

August 30, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Emergency Department Visits Also Show Nearly 10% Decrease For the first time in five years the number of unintentional opioid-related overdose deaths among North Carolina residents has fallen. According to preliminary data collected by the […]

A 2009 phytoplankton bloom in the Bering Sea. New research shows cloud seed bacteria may feed on phytoplankton. Credit: NASA/Jeff Schmaltz.
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Research Shows Bacteria Feeding on Arctic Algae Blooms Can Seed Clouds

August 29, 2019 Kay Whatley

New research finds Arctic Ocean currents and storms are moving bacteria from ocean algae blooms into the atmosphere where the particles help clouds form. These particles, which are biological in origin, can affect weather patterns […]

Spacewalker Christina Koch enters the Quest airlock. Source: NASA Johnson
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North Carolina Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station

August 29, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Students in North Carolina will talk live this week with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live on Friday, August 30, 2019, 10:10am (EDT), on NASA television […]

A small fruit showing irregular coloration hangs from a citrus greening-affected tree. Source: USDA APHIS (Animal and Plant Heath Inspection Service)
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Citrus Greening in Florida: Is NC Ripe for Citrus Groves?

August 28, 2019 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor Did you know that we have, for over a decade, been losing vast orange groves in Florida? Orange trees have been dying in Florida, acres at a time. Citrus Greening disease […]

Graeme Watson with hsi 2019 Guinness World Record gooseberry. Photo: Paul Anthony Wilson
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UK: New Guinness World Record Set for Largest Gooseberry

August 27, 2019 Kay Whatley

Graeme Watson of the United Kingdom holds the newest Guinness World Records title for the heaviest gooseberry. A gooseberry grown by Graeme and submitted to the Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show on August 6, 2019 weighed […]

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Things To Do in NC When You’re Bored — Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2019

August 26, 2019 Kay Whatley

Compiled by Kay Whatley, Editor This week’s list may include events from North Carolina counties of Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson, and beyond — occasionally including unique coastal or mountain events. While most […]

Interior of East Regional Library, Knightdale NC, in November 2017. Photo: Kay Whatley
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Knightdale, NC: East Regional Library Programs for Sept. 2019

August 26, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Check out the September 2019 programs planned at East Regional Library in Knightdale, North Carolina. Unless otherwise noted, events take place at East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Court, Knightdale, NC. Library information may be […]

Hemp field under the North Carolina blue sky. Photo: Kay Whatley
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Next North Carolina Hemp Public Meeting by Conference Call is Sept. 3

August 25, 2019 Kay Whatley

The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission will hold a public meeting via conference call “to review and approve research pilot program applications.” Members of the public may join the conference call on Tuesday, September 3, […]

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Havelock Chili Festival Offers Hot Tastes and More Oct. 18-19

August 25, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

This is the 38th year the Havelock Chili Festival has been providing fun and entertainment along with some world class chili to the local population. The Festival began in 1981 when the then Commanding Officer […]

Logo and Year of the Snake banner. Source: North Carolina State Parks
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North Carolina “Year of the Snake” Offers Education, Events at State Parks

August 25, 2019 Kay Whatley

Did you know that North Carolina State Parks considers 2019 the Year of the Snake? All year the park has been holding snake educational workshops and hikes, teaching beneficial vs. venomous, and providing classroom-quality learning […]

A 4DX Theater with moving seats and atmospherics. Source: Ryan Smith, Rogers and Cowan
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New Line Cinema’s “IT Chapter Two” to be Released in Next-Generation Cinema Formats 4DX, 4DX Extreme, and ScreenX

August 22, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading cinema technology company, together with Warner Bros. Pictures, announced in August 2019 the release of New Line Cinema’s IT Chapter Two in three leading next-generation cinema technologies: the multi-sensory 4DX format, […]

Pigs-in-a-blanket with Miss Heidi's Sauce as dip. Source: Wendy Perry / Miss Heidi’s Sauce
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Zebulon, NC: Locally-made Sauce Business Celebrates Anniversary

August 21, 2019 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor Miss Heidi’s Sauce of Franklin County, North Carolina is celebrating one year in business. The first jar of this unique, creamy Chipotle sauce ran off the line on August 1, 2018. […]

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Florida: Public Help Needed to Document Panthers with Walking and Coordination Problems

August 21, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is investigating a disorder detected in some Florida panthers and bobcats. All the affected animals have exhibited some degree of walking abnormally or difficulty coordinating their back […]

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The Strange-ness: Colorado Movies-on-Mattresses Event Goes Wrong, Then Goes Viral

August 20, 2019 Kay Whatley

Been to an outdoor movie lately?  Your town’s movie event likely didn’t get national attention like The Bed Cinema’s event in Denver, Colorado this week. Set up as four days of movie-watching on comfy air […]

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Things To Do in NC When You’re Bored — Aug. 22-25, 2019

August 19, 2019 Kay Whatley

This week’s list may include events from North Carolina counties of Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson, and beyond — occasionally including unique coastal or mountain events. While most listed events are free, ticketed […]

Amelia Earhart, pilot. Source: Eric Jackson, Historian, Selma, NC
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Selma, NC: Museum to Honor Amelia Earhart on Aug. 24

August 16, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The August program of the Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum will be a look into the life and legend of Amelia Earhart. The event will take place at the museum on Saturday, August 24, 2019, […]

Back To School Bash planned at Zebulon Farm Fresh Market. Source: Town of Zebulon, NC
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Zebulon, NC: Back To School Bash at Farmer’s Market on Aug. 24

August 15, 2019 Kay Whatley

On Saturday, August 24, 2019, during the Zebulon Farm Fresh Market hours of 9am-1pm, the town Parks and Recreation Department will be holding the Back To School Bash with special activities and giveaways. There will be […]

The command from USCGC Walnut (WLB 205), and the Charge d’Affairs Tony Greubel of US Embassy Samoa spent time with peers on HMNZS Otago (P148) off Samoa Aug. 4, 2019. Photo: HMNZ Navy Lt. Samuel Murray/Released
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US Coast Guard, Royal New Zealand Navy Conduct professional Exchanges Amid Operations in Oceania

August 15, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The United States Coast Guard and Royal New Zealand Navy took time in early August 2019 to conduct professional exchanges while off Samoa and in American Samoa. Said Rear Adm. Lunday, commander, Coast Guard 14th […]

Nash County Sheriff's Office Hot Dogs for Kids event in Middlesex NC (November 2016). Photo: Kay Whatley
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Nash County Deputies to Grill Hot Dogs for Kids on Aug. 24

August 14, 2019 Kay Whatley

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office will hold one of its Hot Dog for Kids events on Saturday, August 24, 2019, 11:30am-1pm, in Whitakers, North Carolina. The NCSO Mobile Command Unit, complete with volunteer deputies, grill, […]

Surfers Healing, Wrightsville Beach, NC. Photo: Courtesy D.J. Struntz
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First of Three Epic Surf Gatherings in NC Coming This Weekend 

August 14, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Three headline surf events return to Wrightsville Beach in a span of ten days in August. O’Neill/Sweetwater Pro-Am Surf Fest First up, August 16-18, 2019, one of the largest surf contests on the East Coast […]

TC Carter, of Four Oaks, NC, a member of the Johnston County Writers Group, reads his poem, “Church in the Sierry Petes,” which won an honorable mention in the recent PLJCS poetry contest. Source: Cindy Brookshire
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Johnston County Writers Group Moves to Smithfield

August 14, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

On Thursday, September 12, 2019, the Writers Group’s guest speaker will be Wanda Robinson Lee, Ph.D., author of the autobiography, God’s Voice: Choices That Led My Journey. Attendance is free and open to the public. […]

Wayne County Museum, Goldsboro, NC. Source: Wayne County Historical Society
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Wayne County, NC Museum Happenings in Fall 2019

August 14, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The Wayne County Historical Society, which oversees the Wayne County Museum, has several history-oriented happenings planned for September, with a unique Victorian funeral event coming to Goldsboro, North Carolina in October 2019. The Mission of the […]

2019 Lady Cardinal Mentorship Program Student Participants. Source: NC Department of Administration
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New NC Program Offers Mentorship Opportunity to High School Girls Interested in STEM Careers

August 14, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Program Seeks to Improve Workforce Development and Gender Equity in North Carolina Ahead of Women’s Equality Day on August 26, 2019, the NC Department of Administration (DOA) launched a new mentorship program on July 1 […]

Exterior of the Honda Power Equipment Mfg. entrance in Swepsonville, NC. Source: Honda North America
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Honda Invests $46 Million to Expand Power Equipment Plant in North Carolina 

August 14, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Plant Adds Production of All-new Honda HRN Lawn Mower and New GCV Engine, Makes Local Donations Associates at Honda Power Equipment Mfg., Inc. (HPE) on August 6, 2019 marked 35 years of producing power equipment […]

Source: St John AME Zion Church, Wilson, NC
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Wilson Historic Church to Hold 3 Unique Events

August 14, 2019 Kay Whatley

St John AME Zion Church in Wilson, North Carolina, for its 151st Anniversary, has planned several music-oriented events for the remainder of 2019. The public is invited to join their August Women in White, September […]

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UFO Sightings by US State: November 2019

December 18, 2019

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

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UFO Sightings by US State: June 2019

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By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

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