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A candidates forum for all candidates interested in actually getting elected is planned for the public to be held at the Beaufort county Community College, Tuesday, April, 3, 2012.
Not long ago, a blogger wrote: "Recently, my Biology teacher threw a bible across the classroom! Not that I am a Christian, but that's not how you treat other people's religion.
The Lorax: It is a film for the ages ... well, at least ... certainly for all ages under the age of eight.
Director Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" into the fantastic film "Hugo" was a brilliant stroke of passion for the edgy director of quite a few gritty, pathologically viotent films, such as: "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas."
The Economic Development Commission's activities can be sorted into two separate periods, the period between 2001 and 2005 and the period between 2005 and the present.
Mr. Keri Kenlaw, a resident of 314 Academy Drive, Greenville, died Friday, March 23, 2012.
Beaufort County Sheriff's Department is making headway in the ongoing war on illicit narcotics.
As I am oft to repeat myself, the off season in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - the dead of winter - is a special time.
"If you would understand anything," wrote Aristotle, "observe its beginning and its development." Without a solid grounding in the history of our state, North Carolinians cannot hope to chart the right course for the future.
Mrs. Gloria S. Sawyer, age 63, a resident of 6863 Free Union Church Road, Pinetown, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at her home.
North Carolina sheriffs worry that President Obama's proposed 2013 budget would defund an effective initiative to combat illegal immigration while expanding another program some critics blast as more like amnesty than enforcement.
It appears that the writer had more of an issue with NC House Rep Norman Sanderson since there was no mention at all of Mr. Ken Jones, Mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, who is also contesting for this senate seat.
The tournament is an annual fund-raiser to continue the Dorothy and John Tankard Memorial Scholarship for a Bath or Belhaven student at Beaufort County Community College.
Actor / Director Clint Eastwood has once again told a story that is worth every minute of the 116 minutes of runtime it took to another of his well told tales.
When Deputies responded to the area they witnessed Donald Moore exposing himself on the front porch of a residence.
A few days ago, both Republicans and Democrats celebrated the second anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the signature program of President Obama's administration.
Mr. Charles Kenneth Holland, age 79, a resident of 52 Abbey Lane, Washington, died Monday, March 26, 2012.
Rodgers was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana, Possession with Intent to sell and Deliver Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine and three counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is sponsoring a day trip to see the award winning play, "Wicked," at the Durham Performing Arts Center and the Alexander Calder Exhibit, "Form, Balance, Joy," at the Nasher Art Museum on Sunday, May 6.
Encouraging students to perform at higher levels of accomplishment is everyone's business.
Changes could be coming soon for voluntary supplemental retirement plans that are set up for teachers and employees of school boards across North Carolina.
Registration for the five kindergarten programs within Beaufort County Schools will begin with the earliest of the registration periods at Bath Elementary School on March 29 and 30.
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Americans for Prosperity Foundation – North Carolina (AFPF-NC) and the John William Pope Civitas Institute, the partners behind NC Real Solutions, today responded to Governor Beverly Perdue’s criticisms of their new television ad.
I am asking that you join us in electing current House Representative Norman Sanderson to the North Carolina Senate.
Two government-funded surveys of "green jobs" released in March show vastly different estimates for the number of green jobs in North Carolina, even though both studies were funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Candidate for State Auditor and Wake County Board of Education member Debra Goldman placed first in a five-way straw poll held last night at the Wake County Republican Party county convention in Raleigh.
After public outcry over the suspension and resignation of the preschool teacher involved in the nationally reported "chicken nugget" incident, and pressure from a state lawmaker to reinstate her, the Hoke County Board of Education released her personnel file and other documents March 19.
G. K. Butterfield congressional press release
In an abstract world, we tend to believe what we are told. But, is that the end of it?? Or should our "belief" be tempered by what we observe in the real world??
The documents handed out by the Economic Development Commission on March 19, 2012 have grants double counted, grants postponed, grants not generated in the accounting period, jobs which are inconsistently accounted for within the EDC own documents.
Republicans could strengthen their grip on the North Carolina legislature and recapture a majority in the state's congressional delegation in 2012, due in large part to a friendly redistricting plan.
The pre-K teacher involved in the "chicken nuggets" incident in Hoke County changed her version of what happened after undergoing three separate interrogations. Margaret Maynor was brought to tears in the third session. She submitted her resignation soon after.
he session was essentially divisible into two parts. The first was a more or less roundtable discussion of "what do you see the needs to be" and the second part was a presentation by Todd Davis with Mosley Architects.
Sharon Waters Spruill, a resident of 585 Cedar Acre Drive, Chocowinity, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Over 181 children were screened in 4 days in the first wave of screenings to help determine eligibility for North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten and Title I slots across the county.
Is your medicine cabinet crowded with leftover medicines? That’s a dangerous situation! If you keep those drugs around, they might fall into the wrong hands.
We recently published an article about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It stirred up a ruckus, all the way to Sen. Richard Burr's office.
How much does your liberty mean to you? The time has come to stand up for your children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Ethel Lawrence Hopkins, a resident of Roanoke Landing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Plymouth, and formerly of Bath, died Monday, March 19, 2012.





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