Weekend Update: Sept. 9-11

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Opa! The 35th Annual Greek Festival is Friday from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday  from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Graham Building. Adult admission is $3, but you can find a coupon for free on their website. Admission for children ages 13 to 19 and … Read more

Wildflower must “leaf”

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I hope I don’t offend any of my fellow state government interns by saying that I definitely had the best internship this summer. The N.C. State Government Internship Program places around 100 interns in different state government departments, and I’m sure I hit the jackpot with my internship in the N.C. Department of Agriculture and … Read more

Weekend Update: July 29-31

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Check out the horses at the Raleigh Summer Dressage I & II Show Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Barn E Ring of the Hunt Horse Complex. Admission is free. Also coming up: The Sportscard and Sports Memorabilia Show is Friday from 2 to … Read more

Fair Fan: Stephen Evans

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Stephen was one of the lucky winners of our first blog contest back in July (can you believe it’s almost October already?). You may remember his brilliant “Dn’t 4get 2 get my frYd $ & funL Kk!” text message. Well, he was handsomely rewarded for his creativity with one of our new State Fair tie-dyed … Read more

T-shirt winners

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Congratulations to Sonja Foust and Dawn Rierson for winning State Fair T-shirts for responding to our post about Favorite Fair Foods! Please send me an e-mail at andrea.ashby@ncagr.gov with your addresses so I can send you your shirt. Wear them with pride ladies!!

It’s a revolution!

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We are starting a revolution…well, Jared Fogle (the Subway guy) is at least. As part of his 10-year anniversary with Subway Restaurants, Jared is embarking on a cross-country “Tour De Pants.” Along the way, he’ll promote Subway restaurants and 10 years of maintaining a healthy weight. As part of the promotion, there are lots of … Read more