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The Economic Development Commission's budget and the Industrial Parks have combined to remove $8,494,000 from the available cash balances of Beaufort County government since 2002.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 @ 9:58 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Mr. Durwood Scott Weston Sr., 70, a resident of 294 Weston Drive, Blounts Creek, died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at his home. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Elizabeth Chapel Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Weston family cemetery.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 @ 2:47 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Mildred Warren, a resident of 4590 Highway 17 N., Washington, died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Durham Regional Hospital. The family will receive friends at the home of her son, Larry Warren, 5525 Fleta St., River Creek. Arrangements will be announced by Leon Randolph Funeral Home, 208 W.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 @ 2:42 pm
By: Announcements
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Irvin Whitley “Whit” Ross, 67, a resident of 1040 Dixie Trail, Williamston, died Saturday, May 28, 2011, at Martin General Hospital.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 @ 2:35 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Neil Colin Alligood, 64, a resident of 5907 Slatestone Road, Washington, N.C., died Saturday, May 28, 2011, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 @ 2:19 pm
By: Announcements
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Admiral Mike Mullen is scheduled to Retire October 1, 2011 as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. President Barrack Obama has picked US Army General Martin Dempsey to replace Admiral Mullen.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Neither they nor we contend the list is a true reflection of the best and worst of the nation's high schools, but what it does do is reflect those schools that make a concerted attempt to prepare their students for college.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2011 @ 5:40 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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County Assembly Day brings county commissioners to Raleigh from across the state of North Carolina to hear this redundant message of belt-tightening.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2011 @ 1:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jimmy Ward, the winner of this year's Beaufort County School Bus ROADeo rounded out the top ten once the scores were tallied at the NC State Annual School Bus ROADeo in Raleigh on May 26.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 12:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Willie B. Grimes, a resident of 402 Washington St., died Friday, May 20, 2011. A funeral service will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday at Deeper Life Ministries. Visitation will be today from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at L.R. Randolph Chapel and other times at the home.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 12:30 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Vernon Vanwert Daw, 83, a resident of 1054 Swindell Road, Pantego, N.C., died Wednesday May 25, 2011. A funeral service will be held 2:30 PM Saturday May 28, 2011, at the Chapel of Paul Funeral Home in Belhaven officiated by the Rev. Allen Harmon.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 12:27 pm
By: Announcements
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Linald Reginald Caroon, 83, of Lowland, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at home.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 12:19 pm
By: Announcements
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Pauline Collier Allen, 87, formerly of Smithfield, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Beaufort County Hospital.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 12:14 pm
By: Announcements
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Another "Dear Commissioner" letter from Warren Smith is worth publishing again.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2011 @ 9:47 am
By: Warren Smith
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Scotty McCreery, 17, of Garner, North Carolina has won the 10th annual American Idol over Lauren Alaina, 16, from Rossville, Georgia.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 @ 4:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On January 17, 2011, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a breaking and entering of a residence located on Carrow Road in Chocowinity. The homeowner discovered an air rifle was missing from a work shop located behind his residence.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Dale Farris West, 74, a resident of 1266 CBH Lodge Rd., Washington, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at the Beaufort County Medical Center.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 @ 11:58 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Vernon Vanford Daw, Sr., 83, a resident of 1054 Swindell Road, Pantego, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at his home.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 @ 11:50 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Jo Linda Gorham, a resident of 76 Whootentown Road, Washington, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at Beaufort County Medical Center. The family will receive friends at the home.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 @ 11:47 am
By: Announcements
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Byrle Ellsworth Gross, 92, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 @ 11:34 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Katherine McCluer Bennett, 77, a resident of Cedar Lane, Greenville, died Monday, May 23, 2011.
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 @ 11:14 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Frances Cole Cutler Keech, age 93, a former resident of 4809 Christian School Road, Pantego, and more recently of Pungo, died Tuesday morning, May 24, 2011, at Roanoke Landing Nursing and Rehab Facility in Plymouth, N.C.
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 @ 11:11 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Alton Ray Mobley, 56, a resident of 1786 Carolina Ave., Washington, died Monday, May 23, 2011. Arrangements will be announced by Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Home.
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 @ 11:06 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. John Alfred Wooten, 91, of 4886 Old Blounts Creek Road, Chocowinity, died Friday, May 20, 2011.
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 @ 11:00 am
By: Announcements
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Last July, 2011, I took an entire day from dawn to way past dusk to travel to Charleston, South Carolina. This is a chronicle in images of the Charleston County leg of that trip that afternoon.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 @ 3:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On May 23, 2011, William Earl Little, II was arrested in Duval County, Florida, on outstanding warrants obtained by the Washington Police Department.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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George Martin Dahl, 90, a resident of 1011 W. Queen St., Edenton, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at his home.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 @ 2:20 pm
By: Announcements
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Sam Barber O’Neal, 87, a resident of 23080 U.S. Highway 264, the New Holland Community, Swan Quarter, died Monday, May 23, 2011, at Pungo District Hospital, Belhaven.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 @ 2:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Treva Neal Pittman Walters, 78, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at her residence.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 @ 1:53 pm
By: Announcements
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Having recently attended a Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting where county manager Paul Spruill presented the budget for the next fiscal year, I came away with more questions than answers.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 @ 10:14 am
By: John Lacava
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This article concerns itself with the second, 2011, edition of Music in the Streets. It is an exposition told in pictures, which, on its own merit, provides an historic account of that evening.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2011 @ 2:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Celebrating 100 years in Washington, enjoy the additional communitywide events and support our vendors and local merchants.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2011 @ 1:50 pm
By: Leslie Schneider
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On December 3, 2010, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of animal cruelty in Blounts Creek.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2011 @ 1:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's that time of year again for North Carolina, hurricane season. The time of the year when tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean is from June to November peaking in early September.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2011 @ 12:21 pm
By: Leslie Schneider
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