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WAKE FOREST, N.C., Jan. 2, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — New Year! New Look! As of January 1, 2020, Fuzzy’s Empanadas is now The Naked Empanada. We’re not going anywhere – just shaking things up a bit. Fuzzy will still be the master mind behind your favorite empanadas.

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 20, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal, a leader in automobile advertising in North Carolina, opened a new, cutting-edge office space in the Charlotte area. Sokal has been a long-time frontrunner in the competitive automobile marketing business.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 16, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Although many parents enroll their children in traditional daycare facilities and schools, there is a large gap when it comes to finding part-time childcare for working parents, stay-at-home moms, and after hours. Giggles Drop-In Daycare addresses those needs and is excited to announce the opening of their Charlotte location in the Ballantyne neighborhood on December 29, 2019.

RALIEGH, N.C., Dec. 12, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Automotive Group has generously donated $26,050 to the Susan G. Komen(R) NC Triangle to the Coast (Komen NCTC) local affiliate. The campaign, which was designated “Share the Awareness Breast Cancer Campaign” in October of this year, enabled the dealership to donate a portion of their proceeds for the month.

ASHEVILLE, N.C., Dec. 9, 2019 SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Cottage Cooking, known for their dinner-party style cooking classes, has recently expanded into offering daytime baking classes. Founders, John Godts and Liisa Andreassen, recently attended some baking classes at the King Arthur Flour Baking School in Norwich, Vermont, and are excited to share what they learned.

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 5, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Chevrolet Buick GMC of Lexington is partnering with American Children’s Home in hosting a toy drive to benefit local foster children. The Lexington community is being asked to participate in the spirit of the holiday by donating a variety of items in order to give these children a happy celebration.

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., Dec. 5, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Ford Lincoln of Rocky Mount will host a Christmas celebration with a focus on honoring their community’s courageous first responders. The Rocky Mount Police Department, Nash County EMS, the Nash County Sheriff’s office, and the North Carolina Highway Patrol will organize the celebration.

RALIEGH, N.C., Nov. 18, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal, a full-service automobile advertising agency, is pleased to welcome Alex Bryant to their team. Alex is the new director of Dealer Acquisition and OEM relationships at Sokal. He will oversee business development as well as lead the charge in OEM partnerships.

CARY, N.C., Oct. 29, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Candice Yagmin, founder of CY Design Studio and Cary resident, is pleased to announce the opening of her new retail location, 919 Designs. The shop is located at 955 N. Harrison Avenue in Cary. A grand opening event is slated for Saturday, November 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time.

ASHEVILLE, N.C., Oct. 23, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Rick Bayless, owner and founder of A Healthier Home, LLC, today offers a new e-book, “Radon Health Risks: What You Need to Know When Living or Working in the Southern Appalachians.”

GOLDSBORO, N.C., Oct. 22, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Deacon Jones Auto Group is pleased to announce the opening of its newest location. Deacon Jones Kia will open its doors on Monday, October 21, 2019. The dealership plans on doing a Chamber of Commerce and an official grand celebration later this year.

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 18, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Subaru of Greensboro will host a free dog wash event in honor of Subaru’s “Make a Dog’s Day” effort. Sparked by the “Subaru Loves Pets” initiative, the Greensboro dealership will welcome dogs and their owners to enjoy the celebration, spotlighting their support for the love and well-being of our furry friends.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 16, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Move For Hunger announced today that registration is open for the first-ever Charlotte Truck Pull, presented by MYMOVE. The event, in which teams of 5-10 will compete to see who can pull a moving truck 100 feet in the fastest time, will be held at Lenny Boy Brewing Co. (3000 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, 28217) on Saturday, November 16 from Noon-4 p.m.

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 16, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Capital Automotive Group has chosen to bring awareness to the breast cancer topic for the month of October. The specific Capital stores that will participate in the event include: Capital Ford Raleigh, Capital Chevrolet, Capital Ford Rocky Mount, Capital Ford Hillsborough, and Capital Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM.

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 10, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EHOP Health, a chronic disease reversal company headquartered in the Triangle region, recently implemented their Journey 2 Health(TM) program at Dayspring Christian Academy. Dayspring, which educates students from kindergarten through high school, wanted to offer additional support to their team.

RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 25, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — An easy, affordable way to access a team of experts focused on solving problems and moving forward is now an option for nonprofit organizations across the country. Recognizing the common challenges facing nonprofits, such as limited budgets and bandwidths, North Carolina-based My Change Agent (MCA) has taken notice of a concept known as a flash organization. The result: the Capacity Building Consortium.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 19, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Phone Ninjas, a certified phone coaching company, analyzes inbound sales, outbound sales, parts and service calls for car dealers. In some cases, its advanced phone and Internet training has increased appointment setting to nearly 86 percent.

DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 6, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In addition to opening a brand new showroom on August 30, 2019, University Kia showed their support of local community by presenting Meals on Wheels Chapel Hill – Carrboro with a donation of more than $10,000. This appropriation will help seniors and adults with disabilities in the Chapel Hill – Carrboro area.

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 7, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EHOP Health, a chronic disease reversal company headquartered in the Triangle region, is proud to announce the hire of Baker Freiberg as Vice President of Sales. A veteran of the insurance industry, Freiberg brings extensive experience working with large employers that are looking for help reducing their healthcare costs.

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 6, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Automotive advertising agency, Sokal, signs as agency of record for Empire Automotive Group. Empire is a large multi-rooftop automotive retail group with a main location in Huntington, New York.

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 6, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal, a leader in the automobile advertising business recently signed Pinnacle Ford Lincoln as their agency of record. Pinnacle Ford Lincoln is the newest addition to the current 16 store, booming Hudson Auto Group located in Tennessee. The new dealership address will be 4080 Lexington Road in Nicholasville, Kentucky.

RALEIGH, N.C., July 16, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Automotive advertising agency, Sokal, recently signed as agency of record for Montgomery Ford-Lincoln. Offering a wide variety of cutting-edge technology, Sokal will provide a new website in addition to assisting in many other areas of dealership business.

RALEIGH, N.C., June 6, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Ford in Raleigh generously raised $1,000 for Camp WinShape, a children’s day camp to be held July 1-5 at Wake Crossroads Baptist Church this summer. The camp provides an unprecedented day camp experience for children who have completed grades kindergarten through eighth grade.

RALEIGH, N.C., May 30, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal signs Colonial Harley-Davidson of Prince George, Virginia and will act as agency of record. Starting immediately, Sokal, a leader in the automobile advertising industry will take on various services, in addition to consulting for the Harley-Davidson dealership.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 15, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — N.C.-based rock band, Killakoi, opened the inaugural Epicenter Festival. On May 9, 2019 Killakoi took the stage in the Epicenter Village for the early arriving festival campers. The festival was estimated to have an estimated 10,000 campers.

GREENSBORO, N.C., April 22, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Creative Aging Network-NC (CAN-NC) is excited to announce its 2019 Creative Aging Symposium: Building Creative Communities Across Generations on April 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bell Campus in Greensboro. Artists in and around North Carolina have a unique opportunity to learn about the growing field of intergenerational arts at the fun and highly interactive event.

GREENSBORO, N.C., April 19, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Creative Aging Network-NC is excited to announce its 2019 Creative Aging Symposium: Building Creative Communities Across Generations coming up April 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bell Campus in Greensboro, the event will be repeated on May 1 during the same hours at the Harris Conference Center in Charlotte.

RALEIGH, N.C., April 12, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Automotive marketing agency, Sokal, is the new agency of record for Huntington Ford Lincoln of N.Y. Beginning immediately Sokal will create new ad campaigns for Huntington Ford Lincoln and assist in many other areas of advertising, including a new website launch in May for Huntington Ford.

ASHEVILLE, N.C., March 13, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bright Star Studio, llc proudly presents a pioneering, unique, and much needed, Angel Pet Conference 2019 in North Carolina, covering many topics on senior pet care needs, end-of-life care, caregiver support and grief healing.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 12, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sean M. Clayton of The Karney Law Firm has been selected to the 2019 North Carolina Rising Stars list, The Karney Law Firm announced today. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

RALEIGH, N.C., March 1, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This is no April Fool’s joke! On April 1, 2019 TenPlus Systems is celebrating 27 years in business at 500 Uwharrie Ct., Raleigh, North Carolina as the Triangle’s most trusted, locally owned, Apple Value Added Reseller and Apple Premium Service Provider. To celebrate, they invite you to visit their newly renovated showroom.

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 1, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal Media Group, an automotive advertising agency, and Webstreak LLC, a digital advertising agency, today announced they have entered into an agreement to merge the companies and resurface overnight as one of the largest full-service automotive agencies in the country. With the merger comes a new name. Moving forward, the company will simply be known as “Sokal.”

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 24, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Automobile advertising agency, Sokal Media Group, is proud to be the new agency of record for the Ben Mynatt Family of Dealerships. Sokal Media Group took the reins January and has already launched new websites for the group. They will also create new advertising campaigns each month and will assist in many other areas of dealership business.

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 23, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — J.S. Fletcher and Kathy Newbern, founders of YourNovel.com, are still going strong after nearly three decades of personalizing romance novels for couples far and wide. Imagine you and your Sweetheart starring in a book. How romantic. (VIDEO)

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 7, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The first full-service, online brokerage for home sellers, Properly, is launching in Charlotte, N.C. in January 2019. The fast-growing city of Charlotte was selected as Properly’s second market from a shortlist of potential cities.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 14, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Walking Classroom Institute has released results of a research study conducted in spring 2018 by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by the Oak Foundation, confirming that walking while listening to The Walking Classroom podcasts improves student learning as well as retention of information, student mood, and attitudes toward learning.

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal Media Group signs Nissan of Stanhope and will act as agency of record for the dealership. Starting in mid-November of 2018, Sokal Media Group will begin a program to launch new websites for the Nissan store, create new advertising campaigns, and assist in a variety of other areas of dealership business.

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 7, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal Media Group company signs Nissan of Atlantic City as agency of record. Beginning in mid-November 2018, Sokal Media Group will start a program to launch new websites for the dealership, create new advertising campaigns, and assist in many other areas of advertising.

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 6, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Auto dealer marketing firm, Sokal Media Group, signs as agency of record for Freehold Nissan. By mid-November 2018, Sokal Media Group will begin launching new websites for the store, create new advertising campaigns including digital and traditional ads, and assist in many other areas of dealership business.

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., Oct. 26, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Steve Harvey’s “STEVE” and Capital Ford of Rocky Mount give the surprise of a lifetime to local Rocky Mount woman, Jaylesya Corbett. Capital Ford of Rocky Mount teamed up with Steve Harvey’s hit syndicated daytime show, “STEVE” to donate a New 2019 Ford Fiesta to help Corbett get to work easier.