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CHERRYVILLE, N.C. — A New Year’s tradition hundreds of years old echoed through Cherryville on Thursday as families fired muskets 19 hours to ring in the new year and ward off evil spirits. Families ...

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Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked an expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade ...