RALEIGH — Thomas Mallory Denham, economic development director for the Town of Ayden, recently graduated from the N.C. Rural Center’s Homegrown Leaders program.
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RALEIGH — Thomas Mallory Denham, economic development director for the Town of Ayden, recently graduated from the N.C. Rural Center’s Homegrown Leaders program.
FARMVILLE — The path he took may be less traveled or pedaled by others, but Steven Hardy-Braz continues to promote the East Coast Greenway in hope that will change.
FARMVILLE — Saturday in the Park on the grounds of May Museum will return 4:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday with food trucks, a beer and wine garden, vendors, and live music.
AYDEN — After much anticipation, Quilt Lizzy opened its doors Tuesday to eager shoppers in downtown Ayden.
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A break-in that led to the theft of $2,900 worth of mechanical equipment is being investigated by the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office.
SNOW HILL — The calm waters of Contentnea Creek have invited outdoor enthusiasts to fish, paddle, boat and swim for generations.
When David Gagnon was growing up, he remembers hunting and fishing near Contentnea Creek outside of Ayden. Decades later, retirement pursuits have brought the former engineer back to his old stomping grounds.
The final day of filings for November’s municipal elections produced a third candidate in the Winterville mayoral contest, a seven-person race for the Fountain Board of Commissioners and a challenger for Grifton’s mayor.
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The Pitt County ABC Board is building a new retail store on a site in the Marlboro area of Farmville near the Brightleaf Shopping Center on U.S. 264 Alternate, Mayor John Moore announced.
Winterville’s longtime mayor announced Thursday he is retiring after he completes his current term.
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House Democrats say an expected 39 million households will benefit from expanded child tax credit payments, set to begin today, and 151,000 of those households are in the state’s 1st Congressional District.
Pitt County Solid Waste and Recycling resumed glass recycling last at six convenience sites across the county.
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of coin collection from a property in Ayden last month. The incident occurred in the 2400 block Doc Loftin Road and was reported on July 8, according to a case report issued by the sheriff’s office.
Members of Concerned Citizens of Eastern North Carolina are voicing their concerns about critical race theory and how to keep it from being taught in schools.
WINTERVILLE — Pitt Community College and the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office are partnering to provide services that will help incarcerated females successfully re-enter society upon release from the Pitt County Detention Center.
The bad news is the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus accounted for 20 percent of positive tests in eastern North Carolina last week.
