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While many candidates hold meet-and-greets in swanky hotel ballrooms, Tedesco holds court at dutch-treat events in small town cafés.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 9:37 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I don't find the structure of North Carolina's tax code to be at all surprising. I find it confusing, destructive, unfair, and absurd, as do most folks who have ever studied it. But no one should ever be surprised that tax systems are screwy.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ms. Louise Combs Jett, age 79, a resident of River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, died Friday, September 28, 2012 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 10:48 pm
By: Announcements
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Beginning Oct. 1, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital will expand its cancer services to include radiation therapy. This service will be located at what was the Ahoskie Cancer Center.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 10:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Looks like the Beaufort County Commissioners are serving up a large helping of Obama style change. Obama promised change. Sure enough things changed, for the worse. Cannot say we did not get change.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 4:35 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The candidates for the District 1 seat in the North Carolina Senate agree on two key transportation issues that have dominated coastal Carolina headlines, but that's where the common ground ends.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Community College will hold the installation ceremony for its fifth President, Dr. Barbara Tansey, at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 5, in the auditorium of Building 8 on the BCCC campus.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N&O is presenting the surprising, shocking news that the NC Association of Educators is upset with GOP gubernatorial nominee -- and general election frontrunner -- Pat McCrory.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 12:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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For many of the unemployed, prosperous times are a cloudy memory. More than 46 million Americans now feed their families with the aid of government food stamps. Look around you right now.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For those who've been following the Embassy attacks of 9/11 and then the assassinations of ambassador Chris Stevens, his computer aid Sean Smith, and 2 former Navy SEALS, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, it was obvious that the President and his State Department were not on the same page.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 1:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Cherie Berry has been North Carolina's labor commissioner for nearly 12 years, and the Catawba County native knows just how to describe her responsibilities.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 1:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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