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The general purpose of the meeting is to receive the annual report on economic development. There will be several other matters for discussion. The public is invited to attend.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 9:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On February 23, Northside High School students participated in The Washington-Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce Job Shadow Day, sponsored by PotashCorp.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 9:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public Hearing on ferry tolls to be held on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm Auditorium, Pamlico Community College 5049 Highway 306 South Grantsboro, NC 28529 (in Pamlico County, NC)
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 8:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Frederick Randolph Taylor Sr., 71, a resident of 322 Squires Road, Ponzer community, Belhaven, died Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 12:36 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Belinda Moore Holland of 945 Magnolia School Road, Washington, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at her residence.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 12:33 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Harold Paul Weber, 84, a resident of Napoleon, Ohio, died Friday, March 16, 2012.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 12:31 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Beulah Ann Sawyer Young, 75, a resident of both Alexandria, Va., and Washington, N.C., passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Washington's Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 12:27 am
By: Announcements
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The Economic Development Commission's By-Laws of July 3, 2001 require convening an annual meeting in March. At this meeting there is to be a formal presentation of an annual report. Was such a meeting held in 2011? Are these meeting not covered by the Open Meeting Laws?
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 7:54 pm
By: Warren Smith
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As a result of the investigation, Investigator Wesley Waters applied for and obtained a warrant charging Denise McNair, age 52, of Clay Bottom School Road in Blounts Creek with one count of Sex Offender Use of a Social Website.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 7:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Although Rick Santorum made the news headlines by winning the Alabama and Mississippi primaries, it was Mitt Romney who got a bit closer to the nomination in the count that really mattered - the number of delegates awarded in all four of Tuesday's contests.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 7:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Saturday February 25th Washington High School hosted the Pam Pack Math Competition. The purpose of the competition was to provide students from Elementary, Middle, and High School an opportunity to challenge each other in their respective divisions.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 6:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Barbara Tansey, vice president of Academic and Student Services at Fayetteville Technical Community College, has been named as the new president of Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 6:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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But both North Carolinians found that they had run afoul of one of the most widespread yet least-discussed barriers to creating jobs and pursing one's dreams: occupational licensing.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 4:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Everyone from farmers to those receiving welfare has advocates and even lobbyists working for more and better payments with less regulation. Is it any wonder the nation is in bad shape?
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 2:37 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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State lawmakers questioned a N.C. Department of Health and Human Services official at a hearing Tuesday to determine why a Hoke County preschooler's homemade turkey sandwich was replaced with chicken nuggets.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 1:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ruby Williams Alligood, 91, a resident of Washington, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 12:42 am
By: Announcements
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Johnnie Holloway Sr., 68, a resident of Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home and formerly of Belhaven, died Saturday, March 10, 2012.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 12:38 am
By: Announcements
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Lena Bell Moore, a resident of 39 Joyner Circle, Washington, died Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 12:34 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Beulah Ann Sawyer Young, 75, a resident of East Fourth Street, Washington, and Alexandria, Va., died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 12:29 am
By: Announcements
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On Tuesday, February 21, 2012, members of the Washington High School FFA attended the John Deere Tech open house at Wake Technical College in Raleigh. Wake Technical Community College is one of seven community colleges to be instructing students on John Deere construction and forestry equipment.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Community College student Zachary Coltrain has been chosen to receive the Academic Excellence Award. He is one of 58 award-winners statewide who will be recognized at a ceremony in Raleigh on April 19.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 11:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Return America will have one last Return America Marriage Rally in Raleigh on April 20, 2012, at 11:00 AM.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 10:24 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The Schooner Jeanie B, a 72' tall masted sailing vessel, will be coming to the City of Washington and become a fixture to the community of Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 10:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The "hope," the "change," and the "kool aide" of deep affective devotion is still a condition of the most devoted Obama supporters here in America, and most especially in Lake County Florida.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 9:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Across the K-12 spectrum, student vulnerability manifests itself in myriad ways. Some troubled kids act out; others drop out.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 5:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Belinda Moore Holland, a resident of 945 Magnolia School Road, Washington, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at her home.
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2012 @ 12:12 am
By: Announcements
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Children with hats and a ball, and one Superintendent have a bit of fun, and we offer their pictures to the world here at BCN.
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 @ 9:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a past column I described the political debate about North Carolina's economy as a disagreement among three schools of thought about how best to stimulate growth.
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Registration allows the students and the advisors to evaluate progress and plan courses to be taken during the following semester.
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 @ 5:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Young America's Foundation will be holding its Freedom Conference on March 23 and 24 in Raleigh, called Exposing the Corruption of the Obama Administration.
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 @ 4:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This Saturday, March 17th, is the popular annual barbeque event for Pinetown, NC, in Beaufort County at the local Volunteer Fire Department.
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 @ 4:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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