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Food For Fines 2018. Source: Town of Nashville NC

“Food For Fines” Week Coming to Nashville NC Library

March 23, 2018 Kay Whatley

For National Library Week, the Harold D. Cooley Library will be offering patrons a chance to pay off overdue library fines with non-perishable food. From Monday, April 9, 2018 through Saturday, April 14, 2018, the […]

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The Strange-ness: Ice Cream and Banking Together

September 15, 2012

A bit of odd news from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A local ice cream shop has started a bank, of sorts, that provide ice cream interest without the usual banking fees. Oh Yeah! Ice Cream And Coffee […]

The Strange-ness: NUFORC Data Shows North Carolina #12 in UFO Sighting Reports

November 19, 2019

Compiled by Kay Whatley, Editor The National UFO Reporting Center, or NUFORC, contains UFO sighting reports for the State of North Carolina going back to the mid-20th century. According to NUFORC data, North Carolina ranks […]

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The Strange-ness: Mice, Parachutes and the US Air Force

March 1, 2013

In the North Pacific Ocean, several thousand miles West of Hawaii and East of the Philippines, lies the small island of Guam. In Guam, mice laced with acetaminophen are being air-dropped to control brown tree snakes. The US […]