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  • Memorial service honors slain school leader

    Saturday’s memorial service for State Board of Education member Kathy Taft gave family, friends and colleagues a chance to celebrate a woman who seized every opportunity to make the world a better place.

  • State's Race to the Top chances strong

     

    North Carolina stands a good chance of receiving funding this year from the federal “Race to the Top” grant program. Should that happen, Pitt County could see as much as $500,000 to nearly a $1 million annually, education officials say.

  • House rejects troop withdrawal

    Special to The Daily Reflector

    WASHINGTON— Here’s how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending March 12.

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  • Mourners remember Taft

    Mourners filled Greenville’s Wilkerson Funeral Home on Friday night as friends and colleagues of the late Kathy Taft gathered for a visitation service with her family.

Picturing hunger

Professors' research delves into the work of nonprofit food banks and demonstrates that a wide range of people rely on them to meet nutritional needs.

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A look at the issue

Practices by officials at some of North Carolina's local Alcoholic Beverage Control Boards have raised questions statewide about the value of the ABC system. The Daily Reflector asked how Pitt County officials to answering them.

Spiritual trends

A growing number of congregations in the Greenville-area are finding that a permanent home is not necessary build a church, meeting in variety of locales from hotels to theaters.