Monday, May 20, 2013
Dear Abby: I have worked in the field of education for more than 40 years, with the last 25 years serving in adult education, helping students complete their high school equivalency diploma.
- Local teacher celebrates heritage
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Imagine finding out that you’re related to one of the settlers who established one of the very first American colonies.
- Punk finds its place at Met
Sunday, May 19, 2013
NEW YORK — Punk and high fashion can now share the same stage, and a new Costume Institute exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Punk: Chaos to Culture,” celebrates that influence.
- Gardens create haven for senses
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The silky petals of a fragrant pink shrub rose; the crunchy texture of a gravel path; a nook where grass rustles and a stream runs.
- Eau-so-fragrant perfumes
Sunday, May 19, 2013
While sniffing out spring’s newest scents and comparing notes with colleagues, we were reminded of the power of fragrance to conjure the past or project an image.
- Meeting place May 19
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Meeting times, dates and places for area civic, social and community groups:
Monday, May 20, 2013
Mother Nature could only delay, not deny, The Oakwood School’s perfect softball season.
- Locals make national splash
Monday, May 20, 2013
A couple of Greenville swimmers recently made a national splash.
- Bae’s breakthrough
Monday, May 20, 2013
IRVING, Texas — Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship.
- Johnson wins amid controversy
Monday, May 20, 2013
CONCORD — It’s only fitting that Jimmie Johnson’s latest romp through the record books was shrouded in post-race controversy.
- Auburn overcomes trying season
Monday, May 20, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Auburn women’s golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships.
- Pirates beat the clock, UCF
Sunday, May 19, 2013
With a single game separating a top-tier finish from a lower-half one in the final Conference USA baseball standings, East Carolina came up big in a rain-shortened, six-inning victory in its regular season finale.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Daily Reflector will feature political cartoons from in-house artist Dave Irwin on each Sunday's editorial page.
- Editorial: Participate in superintendent search
Monday, May 20, 2013
Bowing to concerns that the early start times of public forums meant to discuss the hiring of a new superintendent are suppressing turnout, the Pitt County Board of Education will hold its third and final input session at 6:30 tonight.
- Letter: Right-wing media fabricates story
Monday, May 20, 2013
A few weeks ago Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation requested a meeting with Air Force officials and was granted his request.
- Letter: Series of scandals not going away
Monday, May 20, 2013
President Barack Obama and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood, heads bowed, as Libyan Ambassador Stevens and three Navy SEALS, all killed in Benghazi, were brought into Andrews Air Force Base as their families looked on.
- Fitzsimon: McCrory's bad May
Monday, May 20, 2013
It hasn’t received much attention with all the shenanigans in General Assembly lately, but May has not been a very good month for Gov. Pat McCrory.
- Editorial: County on right path
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The series of budget workshops held this week by the Pitt County Board of Commissioners stand in stark contrast to the situation members faced one year ago.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
As a boy, a favorite pastime was playing golf with marbles in our Center Street backyard in Hickory.
- Rutledge: Those narcissistic kids
Saturday, May 18, 2013
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
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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
Sunday, May 12, 2013
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
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Even before newspaper reporter was ranked as the worst job of 2013, I was beginning to have my doubts.
- Rutledge: Live like Beautiful Betty
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Work in a newsroom long enough and it’s bound to happen.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
At first glance, James and Mary Sanders’ living room looks a little bit like an in-home day care center.
- Board to host last public forum
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Pitt County Board of Education will hold its third and final public forum to hear from community members what they would like to see in a new superintendent.
- ECU notes: Third career for grad
Sunday, May 19, 2013
After seven years in his previous career, Mike Weeks was looking for more of a challenge.
- PCC Notes: Nursing scholarships
Sunday, May 19, 2013
GREENVILLE—Pitt Community College nursing students Jennifer Curlee, Rebecca Haislip and Erin Markowski received the Pitt Golden K Kiwanis/Clifton E. Boyd Nursing Scholarship on May 8, during a ceremony at Greenville Golf and Country Club.
- Congressional voting report
Sunday, May 19, 2013
WASHINGTON — Here is how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17.
- General Assembly voting report
Sunday, May 19, 2013
HouseHB 26 — Vehicle Theft Penalties: Strengthens the laws protecting against the theft of vehicles for disassembly and resale of parts and assists law enforcement in the investigation of organized criminal activity associated with the theft of vehicles.
Monday, May 20, 2013
A man accused of strangling his girlfriend and assaulting another woman on Saturday faces felony charges in the incident.
- Wrecks: Man leaves stolen motorcycle
Monday, May 20, 2013
A man who allegedly stole a motorcycle was involved in a wreck, suffered injuries, then ran away from the scene, according to Greenville Police Department reports.
- Ayden shooting at a standstill
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A drive-by shooting investigation is at a standstill until the victim can be interviewed or witnesses come forward with information, according to Ayden’s police chief.
- DWI Report: Bicyclist charged
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A bicyclist with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit pedaled through a DWI checkpoint Stantonsburg Road despite requests by troopers for him to stop, authorities said.
- Click It or Ticket marks 20th year
Saturday, May 18, 2013
State Highway Patrol Trooper Doug Coley recalled responding to a single-vehicle wreck early on in his career. One he would never forget.
- Elder abuse focus of walk
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Local law enforcement and a group that advocates for senior citizens will hold a walk later this month to raise awareness about elder abuse.
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