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If her signature “How-w-w-DEE-E-E-E” greeting doesn’t give her away, the price tag dangling from her straw hat surely will.
Politicians really don’t like to talk about taxes because it, if anything does, quickly gets the attention of the citizenry. Just about everyone pays taxes, in one form or another, and they are prolific.
On Tuesday, 101 years to the day of the launch of the first-ever Pitt County fair, the gates reopened to begin what is considered to be another historic year.
The Pitt County Health Department’s Diabetes Self-Management Education Program will host a free retinal screening provided by Prevent Blindness North Carolina from 9 to noon on Friday.
The Famville Public Library dedicated a new flag on Friday to recognize Constitution Day along with the mayor, police chief and members of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
A foundation that supports scholarships and letter jackets for Ayden-Grifton High School student-athletes honored four legendary Ayden and Grifton athletes last week during its annual fundraising golf tournament.
Following the second consecutive week of decline in the number of cases of COVID-19 on campus but with thousands quarantined due to the virus, the county’s public school system plans to make COVID testing available to staff.
Nearly 3,800 students attended summer sessions, with more than half that number earning promotions, Pitt County Schools reported Monday.
AYDEN — An East Carolina University archaeology professor and his students are laying the groundwork — in more ways than one — to restore an ancestral African American cemetery.
SNOW HILL — Greene County’s part-time EMS workers will receive a raise and the department will be able to fill three new positions following the approval of an amendment by the Greene County Board of Commissioners at its Monday meeting.
Sports Stories
SNOW HILL – One streak continued while the other came to an end last Friday (Sept. 17) at Greene Central.
CARY – A pair of South Central High School runnners placed in the top 20, while two D.H. Conley competitors reached the top 50 in the Boys Open 5,000-meter run of the 10th annual Adidas Cross Country Challenge at Wake Med Soccer Complex on Saturday.
It was a great weekend for your favorite football team… probably. It depends on which North Carolina team you were rooting for.
SNOW HILL – They are not the same old Rams, but the Ayden-Grifton volleyball team still found a way to defeat Greene Central in an Eastern Plains 2A Conference match last Tuesday (Sept. 7).
SNOW HILL – Greene Central’s football team earned its second straight victory Friday night (Sept. 10).
The emotions for the Farmville Central football went from happiness to heartbreak – all within five minutes.
A run of 34 unanswered points and a swarming Kinston defense proved to be too much for Ayden-Grifton Friday night.
Greene Central’s boys soccer team improved to 5-0 overall with a 3-2 victory over previously-unbeaten J.H. Rose in a nonconference event in Greenville Thursday (Sept. 2).
After two defeats, the Greene Central football team put one in the win column Friday night (Sept. 3).
A third-quarter touchdown and 22 points in the fourth quarter was enough for North Lenoir, as the Hawks pulled away from Farmville Central 42-19 on Friday night.
Opinion Stories
There’s no sugarcoating it: More that 50 percent of North Carolina’s school children failed to achieve grade-level expectations last year.
Zac Campbell paused suddenly and took a minute to gather himself, while colleagues shuffled toward him to touch his back in support. The emotion that can accompany the act of baring one’s soul in front of a phalanx of TV cameras, photographers, and notepad-bearing journalists on a controvers…
Do the ends justify the means? This familiar question produces strong feelings precisely because its answer is necessarily complicated. Just about all of us admit to a scenario, such as the proverbial ticking time-bomb, in which we would countenance unsavory means if required to save lives. …
According to the most-recent ranking I can find, North Carolina requires state-approved licenses in more occupations (nearly 200) than most other states do. North Carolina licenses twice as many occupations as Virginia does, and three times as many as South Carolina.
About this time in the legislative session — when the session runs interminably long and little is happening — the press corps, lobbyists, legislative staffers and even some lawmakers start a pool to predict how long the session might last before adjournment. Currently, Halloween seems a pre…
It’s my go-to slide. I’ve shown it to all the classes I teach at Duke University. The slide is striking. It’s revealing.
In the game of chess, the pawn is the lowliest piece in the game. In life, a pawn is a person used by others for their own purposes. Most folks don’t even know when they are being manipulated like pawns.
“Why do you pick on Republicans so much? Don’t you know it was the Democrats who were the authors of Jim Crow?”
Even as Hurricane Ida was dissipating, it dumped torrential rainfall and unleashed devastating tornadoes on the Northeastern United States, leading to several deaths there. This is what climate change looks like: Furious hurricanes and hundred-year floods are an annual event in Louisiana and…
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This is a time for each of us to reach out to those around us and take steps to prevent suicide. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s theme for the month is “Together, we can help #StopSuicide.”
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Q Can you spread the word that September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month? — CD, Greenville
In his farewell discourse immediately after the Last Supper Jesus says, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that …
Let’s talk about suicide. After all, September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Oh, you don’t think we should be talking about suicide? I see. It’s not that common, you say. And you think talking about suicide will put that thought in someone’s head.
“Glory, glory Hallelujah! Since I’ve laid my burdens down I feel better — so much better — since I’ve laid my burdens down.”
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How many of us got ready for church last weekend and thought to ourselves that it was after Labor Day so we should not wear white below the belt? There is a cute Peanuts cartoon which shows Lucy reading aloud, “Miss Manners says that white shoes may be worn only between Memorial Day and Labo…
AYDEN — Town employees may have a raise in their future.
SNOW HILL — The Snow Hill Board of Commissioners approved changes to the town’s cemetery ordinance at its Monday meeting.
AYDEN — Featuring rides, entertainment, clowns, crafts, cars and more, the Ayden Collard Festival returned last weekend for its 47th year.
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