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A way to pass the time

Time can be a bit of an enigma, particularly in the summer, when it can be fleeting when filled with friends, family and fun, or it can seem endless in their absence.

  • Go! guide May 24

    TodayFamily campfireRiver Park North, 1000 Mumford Road, will host a family campfire from 7:30-8:30 p.m. that will include songs, stories and marshmallow roasting around a campfire.

  • Arts datebook May 24

    Art Avenue “Momentary Myth,” a joint exhibition of Sim Asher photography and Eilisain jewelry made by Lisette Fee, is on exhibit at Art AvenueArt Avenue is at 212 E. Fifth St.

  • After hours May 24

    5TH STREET DISTILLERY annex: 120 and 122 E. Fifth St. Wednesday-Saturday: DJ. A.J. Mcmurphy’s: 1914 Turnbury Drive. 355-7956. Monday: Trivia. Tuesday: Blues night.

  • Movie capsules May 24

    Capsules of movies playing at local theaters.

  • Rhodes: Wolfpack hits road again in ‘The Hangover Part III’

    Remember that old children’s rhyme, “Same song, second verse, could get better, but it’s gonna get worse.

Coach K to remain U.S. coach

DURHAM — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski just couldn’t pass on “the ultimate honor” of representing his country again as the U.S. men’s national team coach.

  • Vikings take Game 1

    HILLSBOROUGH — It took contributions from just about everybody in the starting lineup and in the bullpen, but D.H. Conley gutted out a crucial road win over Orange in the first game of the 3-A Eastern Regional baseball series on Thursday.

  • Pirates drop tourney opener

    HOUSTON — There was little to celebrate for the East Carolina baseball team following its debut at the Conference USA Tournament, as the Pirates suffered a 9-4 loss to Houston on Thursday at Rice’s Reckling Park.

  • Hamlin shatters track record

    CONCORD — Denny Hamlin isn’t ready to say he’s back, even after winning the pole for Coca-Cola 600 with a record-setting qualifying lap Thursday night.

  • Pirate pair makes history

    Making it to an NCAA championship tournament has to be a thrill for any collegiate student-athlete.

  • Coach: Son-in-law to be gets thumbs-up

    Ruffin McNeill always refers to his football players as his sons, but when he comes back from a trip to Jamaica this weekend, the East Carolina head coach will have taken on a different kind of son — the kind with “in-law” at the end.

Reflector editorial cartoons

The Daily Reflector will feature political cartoons from in-house artist Dave Irwin on each Sunday's editorial page.

  • Editorial: Need for storm preparation

    The funerals have begun for children killed when their Oklahoma school exploded around them during a furious natural display — a tornado of such strength that nothing short of an underground shelter would have protected them.

  • Letter: U.S. workers need protection

    Whatever you think of the immigration bill that’s being hatched in the U.S. Senate, there is one obscure section that every American can support.

  • Letter: Amnesty right thing to do

    In the United States today, there are between 7 million and 8 million undocumented workers.

  • Mooneyham: Wave of debt may wash over some beachfront communities

    Responsible public financing must be a good thing unless the taxpayer money involved covers saving multi-million dollar beach homes.

  • Editorial: Shelter needs support

    September will mark the halfway point since the city of Greenville and the Pitt County Board of Commissioners formally adopted the 10-year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness.

Clark: The dust of childhood

As a boy, a favorite pastime was playing golf with marbles in our Center Street backyard in Hickory.

  • Speller: College students return home

    My husband and I picked up our daughter from college a little more than a week ago after she completed her freshman year.

  • Rutledge: Those narcissistic kids

    The current Time cover story about the “millennial generation” is creating a lot of debate over whether today’s kids are more narcissistic than people of previous generations.

  • Burns: Right to know trumps privacy

    I was 16 when I got into my first wreck. It was on Clayton Road not far from where I went to high school in St. Louis. I had been drinking.

  • Storm: Kill the kill switch

    Anyone who has ever perused a police report knows that cellphone theft is a problem. It’s not hard to understand why.

  • Grizzard: Low pay, long hours — but motherhood is dream job

    Even before newspaper reporter was ranked as the worst job of 2013, I was beginning to have my doubts.

Rain doesn’t stop rodeo

They work in thunderstorms and hurricanes, so Thursday’s showers did little to deter participants in the NCAMES Lineman Rodeo.

  • Officials gearing up for holiday traffic

    Travelers this weekend should expect more traffic than during last year’s Memorial Day holiday, according to AAA Carolinas.

  • Commissioners debate car buys

    Pitt County Manager Scott Elliott wants to wait before deciding how many cars will be purchased in the coming fiscal year.

  • City unveils new sanitation trucks

    Greenville sanitation workers tried out a new type of truck on Thursday that soon will lighten their load.

  • Census shows growth in county

    Greenville ranked 85th out of North Carolina’s 534 municipalities in growth from 2010 to 2012, according to a U.S. Census Bureau national population growth survey released this week.

  • Memorial Day Closings

    City and County offices: Closed MondayPitt County Schools: Closed MondayPitt Community College: Closed MondayEast Carolina University: Closed MondaySheppard Library and branches: Closed Saturday through Monday.

Dog tracks robbery suspect

A Greenville man who reportedly held a gas station clerk at knifepoint and stole cigarettes early Thursday was tracked by a police dog and arrested.

  • Update: Police ID shooting victims

    A 25-year-old Greenville man was killed and two more men were injured in a pair of shootings Thursday night in Greenville.

  • Deputies: Woman made up robbery

    An Ayden woman who told deputies she was robbed at a convenience store earlier this month has been charged with filing a false report.

  • Father wanted in burning of baby

    Farmville police are searching for a father they said burned a 3-month-old baby.

  • Truck in fatal wreck going speed limit

    The truck in a wreck that killed an ECU student was traveling at the speed limit when it hydroplaned in the rain on Arlington Boulevard, a preliminary report said.

  • Police have new leads in local fire

    Greenville police on Thursday reported they have developed several leads in a fire set at an Arlington Boulevard golf and ski shop but need people to come forward with more information.

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