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The Lenoir Committee of 100, Inc. Relocation Incentive Program Committee Chair, Mr. Dan Sale, recently presented Mr. Shiver Person with a $1,000 relocation incentive check. Mr. Shiver Person recently moved from New Bern to Kinston and bought a home. He currently teaches at Arendell Parrott Academy. For more information about the Lenoir Committee of 100, Inc. Relocation Incentive Program, please contact Dan Sale at dan@saleautomall.com. For information about the Lenoir Committee of 100, Inc. mission and programs, please contact President, Tom Vermillion, at tvermillion@depsnet.com. For information about the Lenoir Committee of 100, Inc. membership, please contact Membership Committee Chair, Gordon…
Raleigh, N.C. – Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) is expanding its operations in Lenoir County. The company plans to create 18 new jobs and invest $30 million over the next three years in Kinston. “DuPont is one of North Carolina’s best known employers,” said Governor McCrory. “By adding these high-paying, quality jobs to their production facility in Kinston, the company is making a much-needed difference to the economy in this part of the state.” DuPont employs more than 750 workers in North Carolina. The…
Mother Earth Brewing is featured in a the July 2014 issue of Our State Magazine. The article titled Photos: North Carolina Brewers Guild features ten of North Carolinas more than 100 craft breweries. Click here to view the full article from Our State Magazine.
By Junious Smith III Kinston Free Press An ode to the past gave representation to a local business in the present and future at Tuesday’s North Carolina General Assembly meeting. Vivian Howard and Ben Knight — owners of Chef and the Farmer and stars of the PBS reality show “A Chef’s Life” — were honored with a resolution lauding the legacies of two late individuals who left national and worldwide legacies, cookbook author James Beard and philanthropist George Peabody. The resolution was passed 116-0 and named the works of “A Chef’s Life,” which won a Peabody Award — the highest…
Kinston, NC Horseware Ireland had its new location ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, at the Fred Hunneke Building, at 1350 Cunningham Road. Owners, Tom and Carol MacGuinness flew in from Ireland to help the company celebrate its new home. During Tom MacGunniess ‘s remarks, he stated that Horseware Ireland started with a small team, in Dundalk, Ireland, in 1985. After months of research and hand-stitching, the prototype of the Rambo blanket was born. Since then, they have grown to become the world’s most trusted producer of horse blankets. “Horseware was recruited for business in Kinston, North Carolina, in 1999,” stated Mark…