Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for June, 2014.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 10:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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How serious are our state leaders about economic growth and long-term recovery? Are they committed to broadening the base of taxpayers so that everyone pays something and nearly everyone pays less? Will they stand strong to continue the reforms that are turning the state around?
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center offers a variety of special programs and activities to help cancer patients, survivors as well as their primary caregivers deal with the emotional and physical challenges associated with having cancer.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 10:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Clyde Nicholson Boyd, age 84, a resident of 605 Wilson Street, Washington died Thursday May 29, 2014 at his home.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 9:41 pm
By: Announcements
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Sylvia Boyd Gilbert, 62, of 210 Shad Bend Drive, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 in Rivertrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 9:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Annie Elizabeth King McCullough, 85, resident of 675 Pamlico Beach Road Belhaven died May 24, 2014.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 5:39 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Gladys Moore, 61, of 613 East 9th Street died Monday, May 26, 2014.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 5:35 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Phoebe Yvonne Coleman Cox, 65, resident of 231 East Bay Street in Belhaven died Saturday, May 24, 2014.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 5:30 pm
By: Announcements
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) issued the following statement of congratulations to Eastern North Carolina's winners and participants in the 2014 Congressional Art Competition.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Chocowinity Town Board will hold the fate of a 15% tax increase for all taxpayers and renters in Beaufort County in its hands when it meets Tuesday (6-3-14).
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 1:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In 2006, Thom Tillis ousted fellow Republican and incumbent John Rhodes in a nasty primary fight for a Mecklenburg County state House seat.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 12:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A current provision in the North Carolina Senate budget prompts the formation of a study done by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 12:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed June as Safety and Hazard Awareness Month to promote the safety, health and well-being of all state employees in the workplace.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a recent decision, the state's second highest court ruled that a local regulation limiting the number of cars that can park legally on a residential lot is not a parking ordinance but a zoning ordinance. The case, which originated in Chapel Hill, could affect the property rights of property...
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although Raleigh did not lead these expeditions to the New World, he funded and authorized them.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Farmland, a film by Oscar-Winning Director James Moll, will take an intimate look at the lives of farmers and ranchers in their '20s, all of whom are now responsible for running their farming business.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 8:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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, June 2, 2014
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
By: Chris Downey
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State recreational water quality officials today are alerting the public that initial testing at a sound-side site in Beaufort County showed levels of bacteria exceeding the state and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality swimming standards.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's state income tax penalizes people's income-generating activities by reducing the rewards to work, saving, investment, and entrepreneurship.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 12:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My title has two meanings. The first is that, since the 1980s at least, what calls itself literary criticism has consisted largely of abstract theory, less concerned with literature than with itself.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Senator Bill Cook filed Senate Bill 792 to stop ferry tolling. Senator Norman Sanderson joined with Sen. Cook to find other monies to permanently replace receipts that would have been generated by ferry tolling.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 11:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With World War II imminent, in December 1940, the U.S. Government awarded $16.8 million in contracts for building one of the first military installations in preparation for that war.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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If you've ever wondered why we at the Observer are stickers for enforcement of the Open Meetings law this story will amply demonstrate the problem of governing boards meeting in secret session to make various decisions.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Senate Budget Plan Includes Largest Teacher Pay Raise in State History North Carolina's state Senate last night released its proposed changes to the second year of the 2013-15 biennial budget.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Department of Veterans Affairs — formerly the Veterans Administration — started out with a noble mission: Taking care of those who sacrificed for our country.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 12:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If you like your teacher tenure plan, you can keep your teacher tenure plan, Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, told educators at a Wednesday press conference. Just don't expect a pay raise.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement upon signing House Bill 1050.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 6:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Franklin Jordan “Frankie” Bowen, age 68, a resident of 24749 NC Hwy 32 N. Plymouth, NC died Monday May 26, 2014.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Ginger Shannon (Hodges) Finney, 74 of Seven Lakes, passed on Friday May 16, 2014 at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
By: Announcements
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BCCC's Travel/Study group has recently returned from its visit to London and Paris this month. Besides visiting the usual sights, they sampled fish and chips in a London pub and ate duck breast in a 13th Century cellar restaurant in Paris.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a free society, the right to express one's political views without governmental restraint or reprisal ought to be sacrosanct. Unfortunately, it isn't. Some politicians and political activists seem to believe that, because of a sense of moral superiority, they have the right not just to express...
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against legislation that would allow the federal government to continue violating the privacy of American citizens through unnecessary spying.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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College of The Albemarle in Elizabeth City will present the musical, Joseph, the Dreamer, as its final production of the 2013/14 Performing Arts Center season.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has issued the following statement following the passing of Dr. Maya Angelou today at her home in Winston-Salem.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:23 am
By: Christopher Maye
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