Mebane to get candy factory
Orange County spent months luring Japanese executives to locate a candy factory here — and now the county will spend millions in incentives to keep them in Mebane.
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Orange County spent months luring Japanese executives to locate a candy factory here — and now the county will spend millions in incentives to keep them in Mebane.
One year later, Rolanda Hedgepeth still visits her sister’s grave about four times a week.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a reporting error, a previous version of this story said Jacki Taft died on N.C. Highway 86. The location of the accident was Old N.C. 86. The article has been amended to reflect this change.
When Chris Carini bought Linda’s Bar and Grill on Franklin Street in 2011, one of the first things he learned was the bar’s history with The Daily Tar Heel.
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A UNC graduate student injured in a shooting at New York City’s Empire State Building in August has filed a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for what she is calling negligent and careless behavior.
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Tomato Jake’s leaves Franklin