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Record Last Day For State Fair Attendance
RALEIGH, N.C. - Record attendance on the final day didn’t prevent the 2008 N.C. State Fair from falling below last year’s overall turnout.
Sunday’s attendance totaled 101,775, breaking the mark of 98,433 on the last day of the 2007 fair. This year’s total attendance of 765,067 was down about 11 percent below last year’s record of [...]
Craftsmanship To Be Judged At Thursday Carpenter Contest
RALEIGH, N.C. — The N.C. Department of Labor will hold a contest for apprentice carpenters on Thursday at the N.C. State Fair.
Apprentices will compete in the 23rd Annual Carpentry Apprentice Contest from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Commissioner of Labor Cherie Berry and Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler will present awards to the winners at [...]
Learn Green At the State Fair
RALEIGH, N.C. – Just beside Gate 11 at the State Fair is a semi-large tent. The tent looks like most other tents, but even at the entrance, most fairgoers can see something is different at this one.
“We are in a society now where we really need to be thinking green,” said Wake Tech Dean Sammie [...]
Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse Named Best Dish In NC
DURHAM, N.C. – International star Bobby Flay of the Food Network will present the “Best Dish in N.C.” first place award for casual dining to Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse local celebrity chef Roy “Mel” Melton at the N.C. State Fair on Oct. 20. Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse, the Cajun destination in the Triangle, won for Melton’s Skillet [...]
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