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For immediate release:

GREENVILLE, N.C. - Effective June 2012, health care providers at Inner Banks Urgent Care in Washington will begin seeing patients at other practices throughout the county.

The providers will no longer see patients at Inner Banks Urgent Care.

The urgent care providers will rotate among internal medicine, family medicine and women's care practices.
The former Beaufort County Hospital now owned by Vidant Health, formerly University Health Systems. photo by Stan De... (read more)
Beaufort County Now completes its second full year, in current existence, and is pleased to announce a continuance in traffic increases. 2011 was a building year for Beaufort County Now (BCN), our prototype of our proprietary Symbiotic Publisher CMS (Content Management System).

We spent a good bit of time refining the technology, or script, and then honing the look (design) and navigation of BCN. Twice during 2011, we reloaded the BCN data into an updated variation of the Symbiotic Publisher ... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

We, and other local media outlets, have reported that Fountain Powerboats has closed shop. That appears to be confirmed by a simple observation of but six vehicles in the company's employee parking lot on October 17, 2011. Calls from us to John Walker, Operations Manager, in returning earlier contacts via email, again went unreturned.

Mr. Walker, in Feedback comments to earlier articles in the Observer, in addition... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

In spite of hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money that have been poured into the Fountain Powerboat business, it appears that the new ownership is doing no better than former CEO Reggie Fountain did.

The company that the Beaufort County Economic Developer Tom Thompson touted as the savior of Fountain has now pulled out. Trade Only Today, a trade publication for the marine industry, is reporting:
Libert... (read more)

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Your Economy

Publisher's note: This informative article, by Brian Balfour, was published originally in the Economy section of Civitas's online edition.

The first decade of the 21st Century for North Carolina was a difficult one. In terms of the state’s economic condition, many may label it a lost decade.

Lost jobs, lost fiscal restraint by state government, lost opportunities for spending reform, and more lost ground in terms of worker pay. These topics all dominated North Carolina’s economic landscape dur... (read more)
Everybody needs a Ferris Bueller day off - even Wikipedia. Unlike Ferris, who could make the most of any moment, the management of Wikipedia just has something to say, and it is a most narrow message. Like Ferris's best friend, the lonesome Cameron, Google is reluctantly going along for the ride.

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder and CEO, took the ever popular Wikipedia down for a 24 hour period to protest the proposed anti-piracy bill, currently under consideration, in the United States Congr... (read more)
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

recent filing outlines the issues, but doesn't give a clue about when they will be settled

The lawyers are having a field day with the Fountain issue. Meanwhile, it appears when one rides by the plant on Whichard's Beach Road that little is going on there. The parking lot remains mostly empty.

But there has been a recent development of interest to those who are tracking the story.

On March 8, 2011 Reggie Founta... (read more)
Publisher's note: Warren Smith's famous "Dear Commissioner" letters has been replaced with this (Dear) Mr. Tom Thompson letter. When Warren floats these inquisitive notes, he generally wants answers. When members of the community want answers, they need to be answered.

To that effect, we will report what answers are offered as soon as they are offered.

Mr. Tom Thompson
Economic Development Commission
705 Page Road
Washington, NC

Mr. Thompson,December 7, 2011

In an email on May 23, 2011, e... (read more)

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Real Estate

Press Release:

Pactolus Farms, LLC (Pitt County Execution File Number 10cvs2024)

On Thursday, March 8th,Beaufort County Sheriff's Sale 102 W. 2nd St., Washington , N. C., a sale to the last highest bidder will 2012 at 12:30 pm at the front door of the Beaufort County Courthouse,be conducted for one parcel of approximately 80.0 acres of land located on the east side of Cherry Run Road, Washington, NC, Washington Township, Beaufort County, between Wharton Station Road and Page Road near th... (read more)
Every Friday, a list of the current foreclosure inventory in Beaufort County is compiled for your reference.

Though Beaufort County Now attempts to be accurate in everything it publishes, the accuracy of the following information is not guaranteed and should not be solely relied upon for making financial decisions. Inaccurate information is, sometimes, found among the data within the foreclosure files, and the attached substitute trustee must be contacted to correct or clarify. The fol... (read more)
Every Friday, a list of the current foreclosure inventory in Beaufort County is compiled for your reference.

Though Beaufort County Now attempts to be accurate in everything it publishes, the accuracy of the following information is not guaranteed and should not be solely relied upon for making financial decisions. Inaccurate information is, sometimes, found among the data within the foreclosure files, and the attached substitute trustee must be contacted to correct or clarify. The foll... (read more)
Every Friday, a list of the current foreclosure inventory in Beaufort County is compiled for your reference.

Though Beaufort County Now attempts to be accurate in everything it publishes, the accuracy of the following information is not guaranteed and should not be solely relied upon for making financial decisions. Inaccurate information is, sometimes, found among the data within the foreclosure files, and the attached substitute trustee must be contacted to correct or clarify. The foll... (read more)

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The Markets

North Korean state television has reported that the 69 year North Korea Leader had passed on. The domineering dictator of a poor, pathetic nation, who could not feed its people, but found the resources to struggle to acquire nuclear weapons, suffered a stroke in 2008. Today, after 13 years of serving in a position of North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Il is finished.

The North Korean government is one of the few true Communist / Dictator governing models remaining in this modern world,... (read more)
Dateline - November 21, 2010: The Congressional Super Committee, and President Obama, fail to do their respective jobs. Stock Market drops over 2% after being down 3 of the last 4 trading days.

The Congressional Super Committee, consisting of six Democrats, six Republicans from both the United States house and Senate is on the brink of failure. This may come as a surprise to some you, but it does appear that the Democrats and the Republicans can not come to grips on how to devise a way forw... (read more)
Steve Jobs, a decidedly original creative force, and one of the most iconic CEOs in the history of the world is dead. Steve Jobs lived 56 years, making each one of those years the building blocks of his ultimate, and most celebrated uniqueness, has died of a rare, and very aggressive form of Pancreatic Cancer after several years of fighting this terrible disease.

Mr. Jobs, through his Apple Brand, employed 49,000 employees, most of them Americans, which they created, and built, and ultimately... (read more)
Should I sell, should I buy, or should I just put a gun to my head and relieve the misery? If these questions have not yet crossed your mind in the last week - you're in a pretty good place. This means you are probably not investing in the United States equities markets, or you are a "high frequency trader," and you're loving the volatility; however, for the vast majority of us, who struggle to invest in this most uncertain environment, we just know the high anxiety of certain risk.

And cer... (read more)





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