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Then and Now: What did locals watch on TV five decades ago?
Local TV channels haven’t changed in five decades, but programming sure has. Check out this TV program listing from nearly 50 years ago. It was printed in The Star in October 1966. It lists regional channels that remain the same…
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Surviving on faith and fish, a free spirit from Conway is rescued after 66 …
Jan. 23 was a rotten day to sail out of Bucksport Marina RV Resort. An inch of rain would soon drench the swamps and rivers between Garden City and Murrell’s Inlet. The next day’s forecast wasn’t much better: thunderstorms and…
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How small mountain city Saluda branded itself for the future – Asheville Citizen
Buy Photo Donnie Fowler and his 3-year-old daughter Cleo play on a swing set in downtown Saluda on Thursday. The city had no brand and no outward identity to share with the world until a few weeks ago.(Photo: William Woody…
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Broadkill beach fill begins: Pushing back time and tide
Broadkill Beach north of Lewes is about to get an estimated $30 million gift from federal taxpayers that leaders of the sleepy bayside community have sought for decades: a massive infusion of sand creating a beach in places six times…
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Drink in South Jersey: Breweries, distilleries on the rise
Michael Ein DRINKING TOURISM Owner Dave Tomasello, of Hammonton, explains that the customer counter is made from reclaimed wood at his Hammonton brewery called 3 Threes Brewery, Tuesday March 31, 2015. He plans to open in late summer or fall…
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Singapore’s Founding Father Was a Wise Authoritarian
I first visited Singapore in 1955 and found it to be a vibrant city beginning its climb toward prosperity. This is not to take away from Lee Kuan Yew’s accomplishments, but he didn’t start with a backwater of the British…
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Rebranding underway in Fuquay-Varina
Fuquay-Varina certainly has a distinctive name, and some might say it has distinctive charm as well. But its motto of “Distinctive Name, Distinctive Charm” could see a change soon, along with its boxy “FV” logo and strategies for tourism, economic…
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