Greensboro, North Carolina

Roanoke island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration. The lost colonists were the third group of English arrivals on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island, settling near the modern-day town of Manteo. Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in the New World. It was…

three, in Brooklyn New York. As a young kid michael grew up playing baseball, he did this because his dad loved the game of baseball. Michael also loved to play basketball and always dreamed of making it to the NBA. Michael grew up in Wilmington North Carolina, and wanted to play basketball or baseball for the college. Michael grew up playing basketball against his dad and his dad stated that Michael had this competitive drive in him always going the extra step to improve his game. As Michael…

Explore these Florida vacation spots before summer ends With a new school year and the final days of summer just around the corner, it appears that many vacationers are still planning for a last-minute escape. With the summer season coming to a close, it seems that most vacationers are still opting for a last minute getaway. This has made it possible for a number of locations throughout Florida to offer last minute discounts to travelers looking to save some money. This summer season has been…

How do you know it’s not a column, letter, or editorial? Give proof. First off, I know it is not a column because it is not a recurring piece of writing that has been included in a newspaper or article, this is an original writing. It is not a letter because it does not include “dear ___” at the beginning nor does it have a conclusion such as “sincerely”. Finally this is not an editorial because the article isn’t stating someone's opinion of what they think, they are giving facts, it's not a one…

expedition. Sir Walter sent Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe in 1584 to explore the new world and find a place to establish a colony. Moreover, Captain Amadas and Captain Barlowe had landed on the barrier islands of what is known as the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks to the guidance of Portuguese navigator, Simon Fernando. Simon Fernando was an experienced sailor as he had sailed to the Americas before. During their time in the Outer Banks, they made abounding discoveries and traded with…

North Carolina is truly a unique breed in terms of being a state. While North Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies, a new state after the American Revolution, and a state in the antebellum south, it has always been unique in its political footing. From the beginning, North Carolina has tried to become the best version of itself, but as the old adage says, “the more things change the more they stay the same”. This is quite an appropriate quote to describe North Carolina. Writer…

event.” Barbeque has been one of the quintessential foods of the South and especially North Carolina for over 300 years and one can find its wood-smoked legacy throughout the Old North State. In colonial Virginia, where barbecue is thought to have first been introduced to white settlers, slave-owners made the duty of cooking barbecue for slaves (this was also the case in South Carolina). However, in North Carolina, white farmers and journeymen, and black slaves practiced the art of…

is North Carolina. “North Carolina is one of the top ten human trafficking nationally.” and it also “ranked the top 8th most state for human trafficking.” The reason for this is because of the highways we have, one of the highways that traffickers love the most is highway 195 because it goes from Miami Florida to fredericton Canada. Traffickers use the highways to get their victims and transport them. But the highway is not the only way trafficker get their victims. ("The North Carolina…

and a distance of 120 feet. The brothers began experimenting with the concept of flight in Dayton, Ohio at their bicycle shop in the mid-to-late 1890 's, and in 1902, they brought their glider to the continuously windy beach at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. The glider made over 700 successful flights before adding power. The brothers built their own engine because no car engine could be powerful enough or light enough (Wright Brothers). The day their powered plane flew changed history and leads…

Stephen Alexander LaRoque, was born in Kinston, NC on August, 1963. After earning an MBA from East Carolina University in 1993, he founded two nonprofits, the East Carolina Development Company in 1997 and the Piedmont Development Company in 2004. The nonprofits acted as a transit point for loans from a U.S. Department of Agriculture lending program aimed at alleviating poverty and spurring economic growth in low-income, rural areas nationwide. Known as the Intermediary Relending Program, it…