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Home2020August

Month: August 2020

Author Pat Tiffin releases new novel, set in fictional North Carolina town, with appearances by the Virgin Mary. Source: Pat Tiffin
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North Carolina Author Releases New Novel: “Our Lady of Variety”

August 31, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Author Pat Tiffin’s new book, Our Lady of Variety, launches on September 1, 2020. It’s a funny, irreverent and thought-provoking story of an appearance by the Virgin Mary in the fictional town of Variety, North […]

The virtual North Carolina South and East Asian Film Festival 2020. Source: NCISAFF
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Watch NC South and East Asian Film Festival Screenings Online Sept. 12-13

August 31, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

NC South and East Asian Film Festival Celebrates 6th-annual Virtual Storytelling through Art of Moving Images Get ready for another year of remarkable films, with the virtual 6th-annual North Carolina South and East Asian Film […]

NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
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Greenville, NC: Beauty Bar Medispa Partners with NC Stop Human Trafficking, will Donate for Each Product Sold

August 29, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  Beauty Bar Medispa and NC Stop Human Trafficking is slated to begin an innovative partnership on September 1, 2020, blending business and advocacy with the ultimate goal of fighting human trafficking. This close collaboration […]

Produce at a farmer's market. Source: Kay Whatley.
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Zebulon, NC: Farm Fresh Market Final Day of the Season is Aug. 29

August 28, 2020 Kay Whatley

Shop the Zebulon Farm Fresh Market before it ends for the season! This Saturday, August 29, 2020, 9am-1pm, is the market’s closing day, and your last chance to pick up local farm goods, homemade, and […]

Treat at the North Carolina State Fair 2017. May not reflect item available during 2020 Drive-thru Fair Food Days. Photo: Nadia Ethier
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Raleigh, NC: State Fairgrounds to Offer Drive-thru Fair Food Aug. 29-30

August 26, 2020 Kay Whatley

The North Carolina State Fair may be far off in 2021, but  fair foods will be available at the fairgrounds this weekend. NC State Fair has added two new “Drive-thru Fair Food Days” to their […]

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Rocky Mount, NC: Residents’ Housing Repair Applications Due by Sept. 1

August 26, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  The city of Rocky Mount, North Carolina’s Community and Business Development Department is currently accepting applications for its “Urgent Repair Program” through Monday, September 1, 2020. Applications also are being accepted for the “Housing […]

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. Source: NC Office of the Governor.
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State to Assist with Rental, Utility Payments for North Carolinians

August 25, 2020 Kay Whatley

Funding covers three new initiatives to help North Carolinians North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper today announced $175 million to help North Carolinians with rental and utility payment support in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Corolla Foal Renzi April 2019
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Corolla Wild Horse Fund Kicks off Innovative Fundraiser with Song, Castaño

August 24, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  The Corolla Wild Horse Fund is pleased to announce the kick-off of their fundraiser with a unique offering, a song, “Castaño,” about the wild horses that roam free on the northern banks of Currituck […]

An iceberg in Disko Bay, near Ilulissat, Greenland. The massive Greenland ice sheet shed a record amount of ice in 2019, ending a brief period of more moderate ice loss. Credit: NASA/Saskia Madlener
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Study Reveals 2019 Record Loss of Greenland Ice

August 22, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

After a brief period of moderate ice loss, the Greenland ice sheet melted in 2019 at the fastest rate ever measured. Greenland set a new record for ice loss in 2019, shedding the most mass […]

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City of Rocky Mount Warns of Scam Targeting Utility Customers

August 21, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  The city of Rocky Mount urges utility customers to be cautious of scammers who falsely threaten disconnection of services in order to receive money. Recently, city utility customers have reported receiving phone calls from […]

NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
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Grants to NC Rural Communities to Attract 294 New Jobs and Over $103 Million in Private Investment

August 21, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 18 grant requests to local governments totaling $4,847,243, Governor Roy Cooper announced on August 20, 2020. The requests include commitments to create a total of […]

Feeling was a first-language Cherokee speaker, not learning English until he started first grade. Source: Cherokee Nation, Anadisgoi News Room
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Cherokee Nation mourns passing of Cherokee national treasure Durbin Feeling, single-largest contributor to Cherokee language since Sequoyah

August 20, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  The Cherokee Nation’s single largest contributor to the Cherokee language since that of Sequoyah — Durbin Feeling — has passed away at age 74. Feeling, born April 2, 1946 just east of Locust Grove, […]

Virtual Franklin County International Film Festival 2020. Source: Gauri Singh/Franklin County Film Festival Committee
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“Franklin Flicks” Film Festival Goes Virtual Aug. 23-26

August 20, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  The Franklin County International Film Festival (FCIFF), also known as Franklin Flicks, goes virtual for its fifth year, presenting  11 independent films — online, August 23-26, 2020. The festival was originally scheduled as an […]

A new study finds if electric vehicles replaced 25 percent of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. Credit: Michael Movchin, Felix Müller
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Widespread Electric Vehicle Adoption would Save Billions of Dollars, Thousands of Lives

August 17, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

New study finds improved air quality would avoid health and climate damages If electric vehicles replaced 25 percent of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually […]

Wayne County Museum, Goldsboro, NC. Source: Wayne County Historical Society
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Wayne County Museum Receives NC Cares: Humanities Relief Grant Funding of $4,000

August 17, 2020 Kay Whatley

  The Wayne County Historical Association and Museum has received $4,000 NC CARES: Humanities Relief Grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council. This emergency grant funding was provided to North Carolina cultural organizations experiencing hardships […]

Produce at a farmer's market. Source: Kay Whatley.
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Shop Local at Area Farmers Markets Aug. 13-15

August 12, 2020 Kay Whatley

Compiled by Kay Whatley, Editor Farmers’ markets are essential, and will be open this weekend offering local farm goods, handmade, and homemade items. Plus, this Saturday is National Honey Bee Day, and honey may be […]

Vendors at Bunn Fun Day. Photo: Kay Whatley (2017)
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Update: Bunn Fun Day Postponed to Sept. 18, 2021

August 11, 2020 Kay Whatley

Bunn Fun Day has been rescheduled to next Fall. The new date is Saturday, September 18, 2021, 10am-4pm. Statement by Town of Bunn Commissioner, Sherry Mercer: “Due to COVID-19 stipulations we are having to reschedule […]

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Updated: Rocky Mount, NC Drive-thru School Supplies Giveaway

August 10, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

PLEASE NOTE: The Rocky Mount Police Department will hold a Drive-Thru School Supplies Giveaway on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 4-6pm, in the parking lot of the Frederick E. Turnage Municipal Building. The event is for […]

A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken on Sol 2082 (June 15, 2018). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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Mars Rover: 8 Martian Postcards to Celebrate Curiosity’s Landing Anniversary

August 3, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has seen a lot since August 5, 2012, when it first set its wheels inside the 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) basin of Gale Crater. Its mission: to study whether Mars had the water, […]

NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
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Rocky Mount, NC Prepared to Continue Services during Tropical Storm Isaias

August 3, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Mayor Sandy Roberson has declared a State of Emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Isaias, which is predicted to begin affecting our area by 2am on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. During […]

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First Splashdown of American Astronauts in 45 Years

August 2, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a […]

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Deadline is Aug. 15 for Carolina Prize for Writing Contest Entries

August 2, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

The Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Writers’ Guild is sponsoring its 8th-annual Carolina Prize for Writing Contest.  The contest is open for previously unpublished works (this includes online publication) in two categories: Poetry — up […]

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Editorial: Loss of Lives Due to Covid-19 Felt throughout Communities

August 2, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  As of this writing, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has the count of deaths in the US, due to the coronavirus pandemic, as 152,870* people. That’s hard to imagine. News […]

SPCA Wake offers increased pet food assistance with grant from The Petco Foundation. Source: SPCA of Wake County, North Carolina
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SPCA Wake Increases Pet Food Assistance to Help Pet Owners in Need During Pandemic

August 1, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Recent grant from the Petco Foundation funds crucial department during this time Many families are struggling to make ends meet, but the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Wake County is […]

Great white egret in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Donna Campbell Smith Photo: Donna Campbell Smith
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Exploring The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in NC

August 1, 2020 Donna Campbell Smith

By Donna Campbell Smith The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge spans 153,000 acres lying on the mainland portions of Dare and Hyde Counties, North Carolina. It is well worth taking the time to visit this […]

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    Common Grackle Photograph Wins North Carolina Wildlife Photo Competition
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  • The annual Carolina Prize Writing Contest. Source: Kim Beall, Franklin County Writers' Guild
    Franklin County, NC: Writers’ Guild’s “Carolina Prize” Submissions Open Jan. 15
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  • The Wayne County Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Source: Jennifer Kuykendall
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    Farm & Holiday Markets in Clayton, Zebulon, Rocky Mount & Wake Forest on Dec. 12
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  • One of 3 murals planned for downtown. Source: Bill Crabtree, Town of Wake Forest
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  • Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina logo
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    December 7, 2020
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    Agritourism: North Carolina Farms Plan Holiday Activities, Participants Asked to Wear A Mask and Social Distance
    December 6, 2020
  • Martin Luther King Jr NYWTS by Dick DeMarsico, World Telegram staff photographer, Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Source: Wikipedia.org.
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  • County Lines: A Literary Journal is available via Amazon and the Franklin County Arts Council.
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    December 3, 2020
  • Vendor Fair 2020. Source: Briley's Farm Market
    Greenville, NC: Briley’s Farm Market to Hold Event with Vendors, Food Trucks, & More on Dec. 5
    December 3, 2020
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    Amphibian Die-offs Worsened Malaria Outbreaks in Central America
    December 3, 2020
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    New Murals Planned by City of Rocky Mount, NC
    December 2, 2020
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    November 29, 2020
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    November 21, 2020
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Croc Day Classic glow-in-the-dark. Source: Crocs, Inc.
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The-Strangeness: Crocs Gets “Lit” for #CrocDay on Oct. 23

October 23, 2019

Crocs, Inc. continues its annual Croctober celebration by partnering with premier streetwear brand Pizzaslime to deliver their latest, limited-edition, glow-in-the-dark version of the Classic Clog for Croc Day on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. National Croc Day was […]

Source: Rhine Research Center, Durham NC.
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Rhine Mysterious Short Story Contest Accepting Submissions

May 21, 2019

Do you have a psy-fantasy or ghoulish narrative that would make Edgar Alan Poe proud? Perhaps you or someone you know has had a psychic experience that you could relate in a short story? This […]

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The Strange-ness: Cougars of Eastern NC

July 1, 2013

In our May 15, 2011, newspaper issue, we reported on the Glen Alpine NC search for a large cat seen repeatedly in the area by residents and police patrols. Reports from their local police described the […]

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