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Chapel Hill chooses Stocks Elementary for study

Telegram photo / Alan Campbell

Stocks Elementary School teacher Juliana Harris, center, assists kindergartners Jason Knox, 5, right, and Quaytavious Jones, 5, with an arithmetic project Wednesday at the school in Tarboro.

TARBORO — The FirstSchool initiative out of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has targeted Stocks Elementary School for observation in an effort to analyze trends that will serve as a foundation for improving the school’s student integration and learning.

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Child cuts her hair for good cause
Gabbi Ams, who will turn 4 years old in April, recently cut her hair and is donating it to Locks of Love in memory of Linda Cooper Roane, her teacher at First United Methodist pre-school and kindergarten.

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Nash County sells bonds at low interest rate
Bonds were sold Wednesday that are financing four capital projects in Nash County, including the new Rocky Mount High School.

The projects will cost a total of about $58.7 million with principal and interest over the next 20 years.

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The rings are here: Tarboro gathers to recall memories of 2-A football title
When Tarboro High School football coach Jeff Craddock put on his suit Wednesday night, he reached into his pocket and found a receipt.

. . . From 2007.

“Obviously I don’t dress up too often,” Craddock told the roughly 350 people in attendance at a ring ceremony for the 2-A state champion Vikings in the school’s gym.

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Owner grows healthy firm
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Life on the road
Taking time off isn’t one of Tim Reynolds’ strong suits.

He returned late Tuesday from a month-long tour in Europe. In two weeks, his rock band, TR3, will begin a month-long, 18-city U.S. tour. A three-month tour as a sideman with the Dave Matthews Band will follow that.

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