Americans might be understandably confused about when they are expected to retire. Here are four milestone ages that define American retirement today.
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Americans might be understandably confused about when they are expected to retire. Here are four milestone ages that define American retirement today.
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The N.C. Department of Transportation spent about $2.5 million earlier this month repairing the pavement and protective sand dune along coastal N.C. 12. Now another nor’easter has undone all that work.
A commission responsible for one of the Charlotte region’s biggest bodies of water says it now opposes a plan to move more water out of the Catawba River.
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