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After being delayed and then canceled in 2019 due to weather and the 2020 event being scrubbed due to the COVID-19, the Smithfield Yacht Club will open once again for the River Rat Regatta on the…

The Ava Gardner Museum flooded in January, which affected almost half of the museum. Left with standing water in the front reception/gift shop area, the theatre, and all along the gallery wall and…

The new Hampton Inn at 160 Towne Center Place in Smithfield was developed, and is owned and managed by Wintergreen Hospitality of Chapel Hill. Unique features include an outdoor lounge area with…

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“I grew-up in Smithfield. My Dad and his brother owned Heavner-Wallace Implement Company – which started as a mule company a very long time ago. But I was always around farms and farmers in the…

The Johnston County Visitors Bureau is opening our visitors center to local businesses selling local products. This initiative aims to promote our tourism partners through visitor center events. The…

The second annual Smithfield River Rat Regatta on the Neuse will be held on Saturday, July 13 beginning at 4:00 p.m. The event will feature a race between 2-person teams in cardboard boats from…

'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…

Becky’s Log Cabin Restaurant opened in 1977 in Smithfield, NC off Exit 95 on I-95. It was a popular spot for locals and a favorite stop for frequent highway travelers looking for southern cooking.

**Note: Johnston County Hams is closed, but Lady Edison products are still available** I was going to start this blog off with the phrase, "can you think of anything more southern than ham?". But then…

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"Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." Jeremiah 18:12 As a child in Duplin County, Frank Grubbs remembers digging in the clay at creek beds to mold little works of…

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River Rat Regatta Returns

Ava Gardner Museum Reopens

New Hampton Inn Opens in Smithfield

Native Emily Wallace & Her Delicious New Book

Products for Purchase in Our Visitors Center

Smithfield River Rat Regatta Returns July 13th

'White Liquor and White Lies' - Moonshine History

Becky Opens Her "Home" Back Up to Visitors and Locals

The Hoofed Temptress of North Carolina

A Potter. A Preacher. A Process.

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