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Local families host needy youth through Solace for the Children program.

The visiting girls and boys have lots of fun, as I saw last week at the Carrigan Farms quarry on N.C. 150 East. All wore life vests as they swam, kayaked and canoed.
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Carrigan Farms, #1 For Summer Fun

Cannonball off boulders at Carrigan Farms' quarry in Mooresville. Or dive head-first -- the quarry is twenty-five feet deep...
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Carrigan Farms evolves while ensuring tradition of quality

After hearing many comments on the beauty of the quarry, Doug envisioned an outdoor banquet hall for weddings, swim parties and corporate meetings. The setting is like none other you will find in the area, with a large strip of green grass between the high cliffs of the quarry and a lower level filled with crystal clear natural water.
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Larry Sprinkle visits Marshmallow Tree Farm

News Channel 36 stumbled on a bizarre sight at Carrigan Farms in Mooresville. Marshmallows growing on trees?? Larry Sprinkle checks it out.
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North Carolina farm sells an experience

"You're not just selling fruits and vegetables anymore, you're selling an experience," said Doug Carrigan of Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, N.C. "I could sell a gallon of strawberries, but if I sell an experience, that is what will bring that person back and get them to tell everyone they know about their experience and get them to come too."
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Prepare for Scare

Imagine walking down a trail in the middle of the night with very few lights and three of your best friends. You are scared to death and afraid of what might be hiding behind a tree or just around the corner. Imagine you make it out of the woods to find yourself in a maze of corn two or three feet taller than your head. Now imagine that you can experience all of these things now through the end of October for twenty dollars
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