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Friday, February 26, 2021
Robersonville – A called meeting was held for the residents of Robersonville Thursday night (Feb. 25).
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Williamston – The love of the game has carried one Williamston native through a 40-year career as a player and coach in professional baseball.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Robersonville – New jobs are on the way as a company expands into Martin County.
Williamston – The parents of a 2-month old baby who died in 2019 have now been charged in her death.
Williamston – Police have charged one suspect and are looking for another in drug-related death of a Martin County woman.
Williamston – The town of Williamston lost a friend and servant of the community with the unexpected death of local attorney Dan Manning on Feb. 18.
Friday, February 19, 2021
RALEIGH – North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has urged North Carolinians to use an extra measure of caution, especially when using portable heaters during the winter season.
Area residents should beware of callers trying to sell deeply discounted subscriptions to The Daily Reflector and other Adams Publishing Group-ENC publications in the region.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
The Martin County Board of Commissioners will be having a Planning and Budget Retreat on Wednesday, February 24 and Thursday, February 25.
Sports Stories
Friday, February 26, 2021
WILLIAMSTON – Tonight's 2021 regular-season high school football opener between Riverside and Perquimans has been cancelled, Knights' athletic director Phil Woolard announced.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Dozens of years ago, before the availability of personal computers and the internet, it was common for sports fans to collect trading cards.
Sunday, February 21, 2021
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has released the final brackets for the 2020-2021 state basketball playoffs.
Saturday, February 20, 2021
East Carolina's 25th-ranked baseball team is 2-0, ensuring an opening-weekend series victory over Rhode Island with a 7-1 win Saturday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Friday, February 19, 2021
ROBERSONVILLE - South Creek High School's varsity boys basketball team defeated Northside 47-44 Tuesday night to ensure a Coastal 1A Conference split in its basketball games with the Panthers.
ROBERSONVILLE – South Creek’s varsity boys basketball team had a solid first quarter in the rematch with Coastal Plains 1A Conference leader Riverside last Friday night (Feb. 12).
WILLIAMSTON – When Scott Farmer first took a look at his Riverside soccer roster for this season, the word he initially thought of was rebuilding.
WILLIAMSTON – Riverside High School’s varsity boys basketball team is three wins away from a perfect regular season.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
East Carolina will play four of its first five football games in the state of North Carolina later this year.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Kinston native Aaron Jarman is the latest player slated to join the East Carolina football tight end room for this season.
Opinion Stories
Friday, February 19, 2021
In baseball, three strikes and you’re out. In today’s politics, it’s one strike and you’re out. Just ask Richard Burr.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Recently I was out and about when someone I knew stopped me and told me how much she enjoyed my concert photographs in Eastern North Carolina Living Magazine.
Monday, February 08, 2021
It’s human nature to feel more confident when we are in control of a situation. Control or the idea of having control keeps us in our comfort zones a little more.
Thursday, February 04, 2021
I begin this column by making a statement I never thought I would make.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Politics and the pandemic are inseparable in North Carolina.
Monday, January 25, 2021
Jan. 28 marks one year since my husband and I brought home our four-legged, squirrel chasing, refrigerator stalking third member of the family.
Monday, January 18, 2021
How many of you have a task that you have to complete by the same time every two weeks?
Monday, January 11, 2021
My pastor, LuAnn Charlton, led the drive-in worship in the church parking lot. Her scripture was Psalm 51, but she focused on one sentence in the chapter: “Create in me a clean heart, oh God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
The other night we were watching television and I hear a promo for “Walker, Texas Ranger.”
Friday, January 08, 2021
Without consulting “the Google” or any other resource answer these questions. What are the three branches of government? How many justices serve on the US Supreme Court? What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution? How many voting members are there in the US Congress? Name at…
Feature Stories
Friday, February 26, 2021
Friendship, a love of music and a blend of influences – that’s where it all began for the Martin County Ramblers.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Sitting at the spindly card table that is my bedroom work station, I was reminded by the family dog, Max, that my setup for at-home office work stinks.
Saturday, February 20, 2021
My mother, like her mother before her, had a large garden. Unlike her mother, the garden was her place to retreat and find peace after a hard day at work. In her garden she could shake off the stress of work and relax. Working in the dirt is an age old therapy. I have felt it many times. I h…
Monday, February 15, 2021
It's probably time to declare the stacked firewood too pretty to burn
Sunday, February 14, 2021
In his final East Carolina Board of Trustees meeting Friday, Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson let the numbers do most of the talking. Those figures told trustees and the public that over a chaotic 18 months he ensured the ship did more than stay afloat.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Long ago I awoke one morning to a day that in the pastoral ministry all ministers dread. Two wonderful families, independent of one another but both resolute components of our small congregation, unexpectedly experienced tragedies you would never wish upon anyone.
Tuesday, February 09, 2021
As a young man, I recall knowing a few middle-aged men who carried around heavy bags every day — and not the luggage variety.
Monday, February 08, 2021
19 That Sunday evening[b] the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. 20 As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy…
Sunday, February 07, 2021
Years after ECU’s chamber music series started introducing classical compositions in local elementary school classrooms, it looked like the coronavirus pandemic might just stop the music, at least for a season.