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This is a reminder that Washington Police Department will be participating in Operation Medicine Drop on September 29th. The event will be held at Walmart in Washington from 10am-2pm.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 10:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The two candidates for governor have spent lots of energy and money debating whether North Carolina has lost our mojo, pointing out who is to blame. With days remaining before the November 6 elections it's time to debunk the rhetoric.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 9:37 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Dorothy (Harvey) Bryant of the Terra Ceia community went home to sing in the heavenly choir on September 17, 2012.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 3:12 pm
By: Announcements
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Ruth Elizabeth Riemenschnitter Meyer Diller, age 95, of Blounts Creek, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Burial will take place at a later date in Washington.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 3:04 pm
By: Announcements
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Thomas J. King, of Tarboro, NC, died on September 18, 2012, at Vidant Tarboro Hospital following a sudden illness.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 3:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Four out of ten voters call themselves Liberal. The actual percentage is 21%. However, this small percentage controls fully the Democratic Party.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 2:54 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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We've talked about A LOT of stuff in the 2012 race for governor of North Carolina. We've heard a lot about Pat McCrory's tax returns. We've been treated to commercials featuring a Pat McCrory puppet.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 2:28 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina could save $2.7 billion a year by moving away from its primary-care focused Medicaid structure and adopting a managed-care model used in five large Florida counties, based on research by the Foundation for Government
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As we approach election day in any presidential election we always debate several hot issues.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 12:47 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Gene Smith of 968 Respess St., Washington, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at the University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill.
Published: Friday, September 21st, 2012 @ 4:33 pm
By: Announcements
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Jesse Moore, 82, a resident of 1442 Mauls Point Road, Blounts Creek died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, September 21st, 2012 @ 4:28 pm
By: Announcements
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As a Beaufort County Commissioner, I was under the distinct impression that the Commissioners' direct employee, our appointed county manager, would hire the new economic director.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigator Wesley Waters applied for and obtained warrants charging Stephen Cruze Foster, age 24, of Loop Road in Belhaven and Joshua Floyd Frazier, age 20, of Wilson Lane in Winterville with one count each of Felony Larceny and one count each of Obtaining Property By False Pretenses.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 7:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington is buzzing about a bit of theater on the US House floor recently, involving a group of Members that included The Second District's Renee Ellmers:
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 7:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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School accountability comes in two forms. Either parents keep schools accountable by "voting with their feet" or states compel public school districts to administer standardized tests.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 2:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nancy Warda Wagner, age 83, a resident of Cypress Landing, Chocowinity, NC, passed away peacefully Sunday, September 16, 2012, at Ridgewood Manor in Washington, NC
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 1:33 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Eleanor Peirano Dacey, 91, a resident of Wynnewood Ct., Winterville, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 1:28 pm
By: Announcements
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A good many polls are being conducted about who is ahead, and as to which candidate could possibly win the upcoming presidential election. Our Advice: Don't believe anything you see or hear.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 12:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We have for a long time had bankruptcy laws that have served us well. They are understood and over time and usage they have worked.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 5:15 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Legislative redistricting in 2011 created a new state House District 6 that left an incumbent from each major party running to serve the same district.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 4:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, September 11 (the 11th anniversary of the barbaric attacks on the US), tensions grew in Cairo, Egypt, apparently over a short provocative anti-Islamic video portraying the prophet Mohammed in a negative light (accusing him of being a womanizer, pedophile, and a fraud).
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 4:10 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Investigator Scott Williams applied for and obtained a warrant charging William Bernise Crisp, age 32, of Avenue Road in Washington with two counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretense.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 11:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the national Democratic ticket is enjoying a modest lift in the polls after the convention in Charlotte, the party's gubernatorial nominee, Walter Dalton, remains significantly behind Republican Pat McCrory.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Enrollment for Fall 2012 semester at Beaufort County Community College is up over previous years and has set a record enrollment in a fall semester, college officials announced this week.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 6:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dorothy Harvey Bryant, a resident of 100 School St., Pantego, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at Vidant In-Patient Hospice, Greenville, NC
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 2:46 pm
By: Announcements
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Infant Terrell Latef Keyes Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Terrell and Crystal Keyes, 3917 Apperson Drive, Raleigh, entrusted to the Ministry of Care, Mercedes' Funeral Mansion & Cremation Service, Williamston
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 2:42 pm
By: Announcements
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Walter Moore, a resident of 739 King St., Belhaven, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 2:29 pm
By: Announcements
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Derryl M. Royster, a resident of 312 Taylor Place, Chocowinity, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Durham VA Medical Center, Durham
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 2:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Edward Theodore Zulkofske, 84, of Chocowinity, NC, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Hospice House Woodside in Pinellas Park, FL
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 2:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Beaufort County Commissioners met with the Beaufort County Community College way in advance of the 2013 / 2014 budget about possible state budget cuts, but that is not the story from today's meeting.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 1:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As we watched the DNC, many of us were shocked by the naked hostility that was directed towards our traditional values-like religion, family traditions, and individual responsibility.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 11:47 am
By: Marvin Sparks
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I am from sports cars, from sandy beaches and Pennsylvanian mountains.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 1:27 am
By: Joel Inzerillo
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Anyone who has spent much time studying economics has heard about the "invisible hand," a concept tied to the classical economic notion of the power of free markets to improve our lives.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 12:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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