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Category: Attractions

Visit 911���� Coloring Book Educates and Entertains

By Ashby Brame on May. 13, 2020

As digital experiences have become more of the norm right now, and because we know that parents and teachers are looking for entertaining ways to engage kids, we have created a 911���� Coloring Book…

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An Ava Film for Every Mood

By Ava Gardner Museum Staff on May. 05, 2020

*Note from the JCVB: this is the first post in a partnership we've started with the Ava Gardner Museum Blog. The JCVB will be cross-posting some of their blogs over to our own blog so that readers…

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American Music Jubilee is Now Live@The Rudy

By Ashby Brame on Oct. 25, 2018

Located along the I-95 Corridor at exit 97 in Selma, NC, the long-running American Music Jubilee has been a Johnston County tradition for many years. Recently rebranded as Live@The Rudy, audiences…

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Clayton Fear Farm is Open for Fun and Fright

By Ashby Brame on Oct. 03, 2018

Boyette's Family Farms Inc. has farm fresh fun for the whole family. Johnston County locals and visitors have been traveling to Clayton to experience hayrides and haunted houses at Boyette's for many…

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'White Liquor and White Lies' - Moonshine History

By Randy Capps on Sep. 21, 2018

'White Liquor and White Lies' details county's history of moonshining As long as there have been governments, there have been taxes. And since governments began trying to collect those taxes, people…

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Clayton Bootleggers Expanding Rugby Club

By Ashby Brame on Jun. 15, 2018

Updated: 6/15/18 Did you know that Johnston County has a Rugby team? Well, it does. The Bootleggers. Appropriate for this area, no? Established in 2013 the Clayton Rugby Football Club, or the…

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The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Cuts Through 911����

By Ashby Brame on Jun. 01, 2018

The Clayton River Walk on the Neuse is a beautiful 4-mile, 10-foot wide paved trail that begins at the Wake/Johnston County line and parallels the Neuse River under Covered Bridge Road. Similarly…

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Ava as “Hemingway’s Heroine” New Exhibit

By Ashby Brame on Apr. 24, 2018

In 2018, the Ava Gardner Museum opened the “Hemingway’s Heroine” Exhibit, which showcases Ava’s close friendship with Ernest Hemingway. This exhibit features, for the first time, a movie costume…

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Mad Mule Pro Mod Shootout at GALOT

By Tyler Douglas on Feb. 26, 2018

Just how fast is 200 miles per hour? A skydiver, cutting through the clouds, can reach speeds of up to 160mph. The AH-64 helicopter has a top cruising speed of 176mph. The TGV, France’s high-speed…

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Ava Gardner Museum is Still Standing

By Ashby Brame on Feb. 09, 2018

Ava Gardner Museum is Still Standing, and They Said It Wouldn’t Last! The board members of the Ava Gardner Museum may have heard a thousand times that the fans of Ava Gardner are old, dying off, and…

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