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Fishing at River Park North

Families Find Plenty of Reasons to Get Outside in Greenville

Listening to Tony Khoury talk about his weekends in Greenville can almost tire out a listener. His family – including wife Jarma and children Ely, Bryn and Gabby – are always on-the-go, with theater, sporting events, music in the park and art shows. “Unless you are totally dull, there is always something to do here,” Khoury says. “It’s a good, old American town.” The Khoury family is not alone. On a weekend last fall, they found themselves with 2,000 other residents at Freeboot Fridays, a music... Read More »
Historic Fleming House

Greenville's Flemining House Gives History a Home

The renaissance of Uptown Greenville has a new poster child. The recently renovated Fleming House, with its inviting sky-blue porch and sun-dried tomato-colored cupola, is a perfect symbol of the rebirth of this historic district as well as a vital link with the city’s past. In the early 1900s, state Sen. James Fleming sat at his desk and drafted legislation that would establish East Carolina University. It’s only right that today that same desk holds special prominence in the parlor of the... Read More »
Filet Mignon at Finelli's Cafe

Finelli's Cafe Brings a Taste of Italy to Greenville

Meal times at Grandma Finelli’s house were something to behold. After emigrating from southern Italy in the early 1900s, Maria Scarenzi Finelli had 12 children, who went on to have many children of their own. On Sunday afternoons, 40-50 people would sit down for Grandma Finelli’s spaghetti and meatballs and baked penne. Grandma Finelli didn’t teach her grandson David how to cook. She didn’t have to. “You constantly see good food being prepared, you eat good food, you don’t have to be taught... Read More »