An earlier governor likely installed the first flushing toilet in the region in the 1750s. That toilet is now permanently on display at the Brunswick Town-Fort...
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Celebrate the life of Linda Leslie, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Cotten Funeral Home.
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Artificial intelligence is powerful, but what about natural intelligence? This hour, TED speakers explore the intrinsic genius in animal...
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Why is it so hard to end child marriage in America? In 1762, North Carolina's colonial governor, Arthur Dobbs, married his second wife,...
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Fifty-five men attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, but none were there the entire time. On the last day,...
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The first person known to become enamored with the unique plant was Gov. Arthur Dobbs, an amateur botanist who chose Brunswick County as his home.
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A historical marker describing Shallotte sits along Main Street and the Shallotte River. JAMEY CROSS/STARNEWS. The N.C. State Highway...
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While spending a few days in London this fall, historian David Cecelski visited the Linnean Society, the oldest biological society,...
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If you've ever walked along Carolina Beach, you've been within a few miles of one of North Carolina's oldest ghost towns.
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I remember Pithole, Pennsylvania. I don't remember it well, but I remember it: a city of 20,000 souls in 1865, that dropped down to 200 by...
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