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Coltrain Hardware and Garden Center in Ayden, NC took Gold for Best Hardware Store in The Daily Reflector's 2026 Best of Pitt County. Th...

Buy one Best Look interior or exterior paint, get one free, September 28 through October 3 at Coltrain. Watch your mailbox for details.

STIHL's fall sale is here. Battery and gas chainsaws, blowers, and accessories are all marked down at Coltrain now through December 31.

Coltrain is proud to sponsor Aubrey Gates in this year's Ayden Collard Festival Pageant, Tuesday, September 8 at 6:30pm.

A Labor Day note on the tradespeople who keep Ayden running, and where this month's Support the Trades donations are headed.

Coltrain is matching customer donations dollar for dollar, up to $2,000, to benefit the Ayden-Grifton High School Auto Department's Skil...

How to tell the difference between heat stress, pests, and disease in a late-summer Eastern NC lawn.

Coltrain's free Planting Guide covers what to plant and when for a strong fall garden in Eastern NC.

Practical picks and mulching tips to help Eastern NC gardens get through the hottest stretch of August.

This month at Coltrain: a new Trunk Show vendor on the porch, August's Special of the Month, and a storewide Garden Center sale.

A no panic checklist of what Eastern NC homeowners should have on hand before hurricane season peaks in mid-August.

If you have been outside lately, you already know Eastern North Carolina weather has been keeping us on our toes. One week we are watchi...