U.S. Sen. Richard Burr will be spending much of the congressional recess visiting spots in Eastern North Carolina.

Some of the highlights:

Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, will attend a National Community Health Center Week banquet in Ahoskie this evening.

On Wednesday, Burr will visit the Edenton National Fish Hatchery, attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a FedEx building in Hertford and a ribbon-cutting for a water plant in Currituck.

On Thursday, Burr will attend a luncheon at PCS Phosphate, and visit the Heart Institute at East Carolina University.

On Friday, Burr will visit The Automation Federation and Talecris Biotherapeutics in the Research Triangle Park.

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