The newcomers down at the WDN have made a startling discovery: Not everyone who registers or gets elected as a "Republican" votes the way Republicans are supposed to vote.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 11:32 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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When the GOP majority took over the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, we were promised an end to pay-to-play. Pay-to-play has typically meant the shakedown of lobbyists and other interested parties for campaign donations in exchange for legislative attention to their concerns.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 10:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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There is no one so talented that he can't be put in a job for which he is ill-suited.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 9:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commissioners have just sold the QSII building. It is impossible to know if they should have waited or continued ownership. W
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 9:15 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Mrs. Ardelia “Dee Pearl” Kennedy, a resident of 10 Maillison Harvey Road, Washington, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 5:11 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Lela King Moore King, 10 resident of 4023 John Small Ave., Washington, died Friday, Sept, 28, 2012, at home.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 5:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Janet Lee Balzer Respess, 58, a resident of Dan Taylor Road, Washington, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 4:52 pm
By: Announcements
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We've got to save the Turnage. We being the taxpayers. If you don't believe me, just check out the headline and accompanying article in the Friday (6/29) WDN.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 4:33 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Gov. Bev Perdue's campaign committee is considering using some of the money left over in her campaign account to compile and publish papers from her life in public service.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 4:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the entire Middle East Arab world exploded, President Obama went to Las Vegas in vigorous campaign mode.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 10:30 am
By: Alicia Colon
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Kelli Jo Griffin Godley, 43, of Belhaven, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2012 @ 4:27 pm
By: Announcements
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Lela M. King, a resident of 4023 John Small Ave., Washington, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, at her home.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2012 @ 4:22 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Edward Leigh Mann, age 60, a resident of 815 E. 4th St., Washington, died Monday, September 24, 2012, at his home.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2012 @ 4:16 pm
By: Announcements
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Sam Lee “Tommy” Silverthorne, age 68, a resident of 7664 US 17 North, Washington, died Thursday, September 27, 2012, at his home.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2012 @ 4:10 pm
By: Announcements
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Elizabeth (Beth) T. Formisani of Kernersville, NC, passed away on September 27 at her home, at the age of 67.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2012 @ 4:03 pm
By: Announcements
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While increasing dependency on government is a very real problem, with both economic and political consequences, it cannot be measured effectively by annual income-tax statistics. Taxation is a process, not an event.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2012 @ 12:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, October 1, 2012
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bath native James M. Sullivan has been named Dean of Research and Institutional Effectiveness at Beaufort County Community College. His appointment was announced earlier this month by BCCC President Barbara Tansey.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 9:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina and 34 other states have what are called Certificate of Need (CON) Laws. The purpose of CON Laws is to restrict entry into the market for medical facilities and equipment.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 8:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obama's EPA is preparing to shut down more than 200 coal-fired generators. What does that mean in terms of the big picture? An independent group is arguing that it means higher electric bills for Candidate Hussein Obama's favorite demographic -- the working poor and middle class.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 5:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Choice Grocery has moved a crucial step closer toward opening a store in Holly Springs. Residents tired of long drives to North Raleigh and Cary have been seeking a nearby grocer for over a decade.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 12:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Polls don't reflect it, the media isn't reporting it and our leaders are not talking about it but the number one issue today is healthcare.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 7:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A little-viewed video is not the provocation for anti-American violence in the Middle East, and America should shut down its foreign embassies and bring its ambassadors home, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said Thursday at Duke University.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 6:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Continuing Education Schedule is unveiled at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 1:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigator Wesley Waters applied for and obtained warrants charging Cornelius Terry Lee Sparks, with two counts of Breaking and Entering and two counts of Felony Larceny.
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2012 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Edward Leigh Mann, 60, a resident of 815 E. Fourth St., Washington, died Monday, September 24, 2012, at his home.
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2012 @ 7:27 pm
By: Announcements
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Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of England, was closely associated with the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany in 1938. After ceding part of the Czech motherland to Adolf Hitler, he returned to England and loudly proclaimed, "We have peace. We have peace in our time."
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2012 @ 11:47 am
By: Marvin Sparks
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The only thing the two candidates for North Carolina's District 10 congressional seat agree on is that their opponent is an extremist who will move the country in the wrong direction.
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2012 @ 10:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are at least as many different ways to explain the origins of political disagreement as there are political commentators.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 11:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've seen and heard WAY too much lately about Mitt Romney's tax returns. The Obama sycophants at the AP slobbered all over the Romney documents, pointing out -- from the Marxist, statist, class warfare perspective - how much the Mittster made and the percentage he paid. WHO CARES ??????
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 11:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Beginning this week, three physician practices in Belhaven will join Vidant Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician and provider group that is part of Vidant Health.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 10:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Durham County Democrats say Republican complaints about hosting partisan Democratic events at government facilities are off-base because nothing prevents Republicans from using public meeting space for their own partisan activities.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 10:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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