From painting and weaving to pottery and sculpting, young artists and their parents were able to spend Sunday afternoon creating beautiful keepsakes to take home and enjoy for many years to come.
Bottles of paint and brushes sat beside paper plates and blank canvases on folding tables.…
Youth arts festival fosters community through creativity/News/2018/04/23/Youth-arts-festival-fosters-community-and-creativity.html11
WINSOR — Questions linger in the two-year-old case of a beheaded jail escapee.
Kelvin Singleton, 26, was found decapitated in the rural community of Merry Hill on April 7, 2016. His story is just one of dozens of missing person cases, unidentified bodies and unsolved murders in Eastern North…
No clues to escapee’s morbid fate/News/2018/04/23/No-answers-in-escapee-s-morbid-fate.html11
The Pitt County Council on Aging, along with Literacy Volunteers of Pitt County, offers reading assistance from 9-11 a.m. on Mondays and math help and tricks from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesdays. These services are available to persons who want to improve their reading comprehension…
April 23 Community Calendar/News/2018/04/23/April-23-Community-Calendar.html11
Residents in three housing developments outside Greenville said the Pitt County Board of Commissioners does not have enough information to decide if a neighboring property should be rezoned to allow for a new development.
Individuals living in Holly Ridge, Moss Bend and River Crest subdivisions…
Rezoning request facing opposition /News/2018/04/23/Rezoning-request-facing-opposition.html11
Thousands of items of clothing, electronics, housewares and completely random objects of all shapes and sizes, were strewn across tables in tents, on grass and in church auditoriums, awaiting as a hundreds rushed in to discover some treasure amidst the organized chaos of a yard sale.…
Working for a good cause: Annual Spring Fling supports local charities /News/2018/04/22/Waking-for-a-good-cause-Annual-Spring-Fling-yard-sales-support-local-charities.html11
A 20-year-old woman was charged with driving while impaired after she ran off the road and crashed into a ditch.
According to troopers, Ursula Paige Brown, 20, of 4690 Bryan Hardy Road, La Grange, was traveling west on U.S. 13 when she ran off the road to the right, re-entered the roadway, crossed…
Woman charged with DWI after crashing into ditch/Crime-and-Rescue/2018/04/22/Woman-charged-with-DWI-after-crashing-into-ditch.html11
The Community Youth Arts Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Town Common, 105 E. First St. The festival will feature more than 150 visual and performing artists and various musical dance and theatrical groups, including performances by children. Call 328-…
April 22 Community News/News/2018/04/22/April-22-Community-News-7.html11
My mother died two decades ago, but I have never stopped missing her. During the spring the ache is a bit more acute.
My mother was a wonderful gardener. When Michigan’s icy grip finally gave way to warmer weather she was out the door and working on one of the many flower beds that surrounded…
Storm: Love planted long ago blooms were forsythia grows/Columns/2018/04/22/Storm-4.html11
About 50 East Carolina University students recently assumed the role of a family member living in poverty while juggling monthly bills, buying food or going to the doctor.
The students took part in a community action poverty simulation at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU. The simulation was…
Simulation brings awareness about living in poverty/News/2018/04/22/Simulation-brings-awareness-about-living-in-poverty.html11
