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THOMASTON — The Town of Thomaston's Community & Economic Development Committee introduces the Small Business Micro-Grant Program, an initiative aimed at empowering local entrepreneurs and enhancing the economic vitality of the town. The program...

THOMASTON — The Town of Thomaston's Community and Economic Development Committee has introduced a Small Business Micro-Grant Program, an initiative aimed at empowering local entrepreneurs and enhancing the economic vitality

The COVID-19 pandemic not only started sickening Albemarle residents in mid-March, it also began sickening the local economy. Area unemployment rates soared in April, doubling or tripling in some counties, as the economic recession caused by the pandemic began showing its full effects. Currituck County’s unemployment rate, for example, more than tripled, rising from 4.2 percent in March to 13.4 percent in April. More than 1,800 Currituck residents — out of a workforce of nearly 14,000 — reported being unemployed in April, state commerce data showed. Pasquotank County’s une...