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Show Some Love campaign to Keep Wake Forest Clean. Source: Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina
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Wake Forest, NC: “Show Some Love” by Picking Up Litter along Streets and Roadways

February 9, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The Town of Wake Forest is inviting individuals and families to join the “Show Some Love, #KeepWFclean” campaign by picking up trash in their neighborhoods and along local streets and roadways. Designed to encourage maximum […]

Litter Sweep is held twice a year in NC. Photo: NC Department of Transportation.
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Big Sweep Day Part of Month-long Litter Initiatives

September 20, 2019 Kay Whatley

Residents are invited to take part in the Twin Counties Big Sweep Day on Saturday, September 28, 2019, 9am-noon. Teams will meet at the boat ramp in Rocky Mount’s Battle Park, 1308 Falls Road, Rocky Mount, […]

Volunteer of the Year - Edgecombe Co. Michael's Angels Girls Club. Photo: Robin Cox, City of Rocky Mount NC
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Keep America Beautiful Recognizes Local Organizations

March 19, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) of Nash and Edgecombe counties continually strives to educate and encourage citizens and groups to assist with cleanup efforts in Rocky Mount and the surrounding area. In recognition of those efforts, […]

Source: City Of Rocky Mount NC.
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Community Anti-Litter Coalition Continues Efforts for A Cleaner, Greener Rocky Mount NC

March 1, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Established in early 2015, the Community Anti-Litter Coalition’s (CALC) goals include heightening public awareness about the litter issue in Rocky Mount. When the city established a litter crew managed by the Public Works and Water […]

The Grey Area News reporter in Shades of Grey
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Shades of Grey: Raising Litterbugs

December 9, 2017 Kay Whatley

Some situations are viewed in black and white; right and wrong. Yet, many people think situations also have a grey area where solutions are not so easily discerned. This is not just about the choices people make, but […]

Annual clean-up held in Nash/Edgecombe counties. Photo: City of Rocky Mount NC.
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NC Communities Compete to Keep Land and Rivers Litter Free

April 12, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Tameka Kenan-Norman, City of Rocky Mount Saturday, April 22, 2017, will mark the eighth-annual Riverkeeper Cup Cleanup Challenge. The challenge is among a series of cleanup efforts within the Twin Counties — Nash and Edgecombe counties, […]

Source: Keep America Beautiful.
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KAB of Nash and Edgecombe Counties Receives Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grant

December 2, 2016 Kay Whatley

By Tameka Kenan-Norman, City of Rocky Mount NC Keep America Beautiful (KAB), the national nonprofit that envisions a country where every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live, recently announced that KAB […]

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Twin Counties Big Sweep Challenge

September 25, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Cornelia McGee Each year, Keep America Beautiful of Nash and Edgecombe Counties helps sponsor two large scale litter collection events in the Twin Counties. The event in the fall, Twin Counties Big Sweep, is […]

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Video of a chicken in Middlesex, NC making tracks in fresh concrete garnered over a million views on TikTok. Photo/video property of Nadia E.
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Middlesex Chicken’s Antics Go Viral

December 9, 2020

A Middlesex, North Carolina homeowner and concrete crew had a little “help” on a recent patio pour. The homeowner, also owner of the concrete company and manager of the crew, was completing a concrete patio […]

Reindeer bodies litter the slope following the lightning strike. Source: miljodirektoratet.no.
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The Strange-ness: Lightning Kills Reindeer Herd in Norway

August 29, 2016

According to the Norwegian Environmental Agency, lightning killed several hundred reindeer. The herd on Hardangervidda — a mountain plateau — was hit by lightning Friday, August 23, 2016. The herd included males and females, including seventy calves. […]

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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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