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The 1970s were a hellish decade for this country. Inflation out the wazoo. Skyrocketing gas prices. Oil embargoes. Record unemployment. Communist aggression rampant around the globe.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 2:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A meeting of the Washington City Council will meet, Monday, March 24, 2014, at 5:30 pm, to discuss a number of actions listed here within.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 1:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Charles C. "Skipper" Edwards Sr., age 67, a resident of 105 Waterside Dr., Bath, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:57 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Alice Sheppard, age 90, a resident of Washington, NC died Tuesday March 18, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:53 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Glenn A. Cushing, age 61, a resident of 431 E. Main St, Washington died, Sunday March 16, 2014 at his home.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:48 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Louise Estelle Everett Brinn, age 89, a resident of 1150 Hubs Rec Road, Belhaven, NC, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Autumnfield of Belhaven.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: Announcements
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Doris Respess Bateman, age 92, a resident of Ridgewood Manor, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014.
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2014 @ 6:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University's rehabilitation counseling program is ranked among the best graduate programs in the nation, according to a listing released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The first week of February brought Wayne County mother Jennifer Strickland an eye-popping surprise. A letter from the principal indicated that one of her twin boys — a stellar, straight-A student reading at an almost sixth-grade level — was in danger of being retained in third grade...
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2014 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2013, Governor Pat McCrory signed into law a bill that increased criminal penalties for human trafficking and related crimes.
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2014 @ 2:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) has received a grant from the John William Pope Foundation for $25,000 in support of the Museum's School Bus Scholarship Fund.
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2014 @ 1:49 pm
By: John William Pope Foundation
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In the interest of transparency, I am compelled to publish this post even though it was not easy to do so. Why? Beaufort County Now did have a good February.
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 1:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Raymond Frederick McKinley, age 99, a resident of Washington died Monday March 17, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:41 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Alice Sheppard, age 90, a resident of Washington died Tuesday March 18, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:38 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Lillar Gray Nobles Etchison, age 83, a resident of 200 Mallison Harvey Road, Washington, died Saturday, March 15, 2014 at her home.
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:35 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Julia Mae Cutler Clark, 81, a resident of 108 W. Seventh St., Washington, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:30 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. William Tiny Moore, a resident of 1569 Nevil Creek Road, Blounts Creek, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:29 am
By: Announcements
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Does North Carolina need an energy policy? In my view, it depends on what you mean by the phrase. If by "energy policy" you mean a detailed plan of requirements and timetables for producing and distributing electricity and fuel in proportions set by government fiat, then the answer is a resolute...
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A challenge grant in the amount of $5,000 was recently donated by the Harriett Mish Estate to the campaign mounted by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation to build a digital sign at the front of the campus along U.S. Highway 264.
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Office of Information Technology and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) are partnering to provide students with real-world experience in the high demand technology sector.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 7:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Teachers finding their schedules packed with testing would get relief from education reforms promised by Gov. Pat McCrory and top Republican lawmakers, who say students would benefit from a streamlined list of required state and local exams.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 4:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember voting for a bond on the ballot? You know, those things city, county and the state government use to pay for things like prisons, schools, roads, and any number of things.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today presented its Medicaid reform plan to the General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new guidelines to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet calculator – one ECU physician thought he had a better idea.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On March 13, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Carlos Dewit Mayo and Rebecca Provost in Washington.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to North Carolina's unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level since August 2008.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Going to college can be an expensive proposition. Tuition has been rising steadily in North Carolina and in other states. Many students receive aid in the form of a federal Pell Grant, but the Pell Grant Program faces problems and needs serious reform. Dr. Jenna Ashley Robinson, director of...
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Next month, the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance will vote on UNC-Chapel Hill's health services fee. The committee has already approved health fees for the other campuses but stopped short at Carolina's $436-per-year fee after learning that UNC-Chapel Hill is spending some...
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:27 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Duke Energy and Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) today announced a $141,029 investment from the Duke Energy Foundation.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Raymond Frederick McKinley, age 99, a resident of Washington died Monday March 17, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:45 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Glen Alan Cushing, age 61, a resident of 431 E. Main Street, Washington, died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:43 am
By: Announcements
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Humorous anecdotes, stories of her love of learning and teaching, and praise from a former governor showered Janice Hardison Faulkner as a gallery space in Joyner Library was dedicated in her honor March 10.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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I had the opportunity for an audience with Charlotte pastor — and US Senate candidate — Mark Harris on Saturday. (I do have to commend him for not running away in terror after I introduced myself. For some reason, I scare some political candidates.)
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 12:17 am
By: Brant Clifton
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