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Years ago in the day of big movies shot with a majestic country and big social movements behind them, Steve McQueen starred in "The Sand Pebbles."
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 7:07 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 8:54 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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A woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services, when she was startled by an intruder.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 8:34 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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WOW!!! I hope you made a personal copy for review at least 10 times! It is so full of more recent history. It is totally full of "history repeating itself."
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 6:22 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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It seems the author, P.L. Travers, was quite a hand-full for Walt Disney. With all pomp and circumstance she was invited to Los Angeles to approve the script and movie.
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 12:23 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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I don't have one. Those of my Baby Boomer Generation were taught that they were ugly and a form of self-abuse. Only sailors or roughnecks had them. The women who did were supposed to be circus performers or other "low" forms of society in the female side.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 11:53 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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I trust many of you have discovered the Roosevelt series running this week on PBS at 8:00. It is Proof Positive that history repeats itself and positions change drastically so don't assume what neither Democrat nor Republican stands for.
Published: Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 @ 11:54 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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2033, Welcome to America,a nation reborn by the glorious New Founding Fathers. Tonight we will cleanse the hatred from our hearts with the sixth annual purge.
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 10:33 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The drive to work is often a way to decompress and prepare for the inevitable - the work day.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 11:04 am
By: Mike Hayes
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Until you have felt the sting of miscarried justice and been in a bad and filthy jail, you have no compassion for those in our County Jail right now! How many citizens have spent the night there and eaten the food to see what it really is???
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 4:49 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Most sailors have a seasick story: This is mine.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 8:51 pm
By: Stanhope Deatherage
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erformances of Simon Peter, Fisher of Men will be held July 15 through August 9, 2014 at the Rocky Hock Playhouse located at the Leon Nixon Catering & Banquet Facilities on Hwy. 32 in Edenton, NC.
Published: Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 @ 1:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Performances of "For God So Loved..." will be held March 22 through April 15, 2014 at the Rocky Hock Playhouse, now located at the Leon Nixon Catering & Banquet Facilities on Hwy. 32 in Edenton, NC.
Published: Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 @ 9:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The latest from Belhaven, NC is not good news. After Vidant Health Inc. reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the North Carolina NAACP, a ally of Vidant Health called Pantego Creek, LLC announced that it would stand in the way of the hospital staying open.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 6:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Celldweller is a solo multi-musicianist playing in various genres, including EDM, Metal, "Dubstep".
Published: Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 @ 9:54 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Ormond Amphitheatre is opening its doors to once again host The Promised Land - the epic true tale of a North Carolina family whose search for freedom spans generations and miles - from fighting in the Revolutionary War to traveling across America in the pursuit of religious freedom.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: Chris Downey
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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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Serving on the vestry of Saint Thomas Parish in Bath with the (supposedly hanged) pirate, Edward Salter is Blackbeard's widow's second husband, John Barrow.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 9:35 am
By: Eugene Bowers Grant, Jr
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Blackbeard, if not a native son of the Bath area, was an adopted son with blood relatives living in the area. He had the trust of the local families. He organized a core of about 20 men from the Bath area. The majority of these men were connected by blood.
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:58 pm
By: Eugene Bowers Grant, Jr
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Settlement of he Pamlico area of eastern North Carolina was first attempted by the English when the Lost Colony was established on Roanoke Island in 1585.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Eugene Bowers Grant, Jr
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Story of America contributors Eric Byler and Annabel Park are diligently preparing a documentary pursuant to Vidant's closing of Pungo District Hospital, and we have their first two installments here.
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s “an average day in the life of Charlie Brown." But, for Peanuts fans there is nothing ordinary about the innocent yet profound characters in this delightful, nostalgic musical.
Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 @ 2:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rows and flows of angel hair ... And ice cream castles in the air ... And feather canyons ev'rywhere ... I've looked at clouds that way ... as is the first stanza of Joni Mitchell's classic "Both Sides Now."
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 12:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced that five North Carolinians from diverse artistic traditions will be awarded the state's Heritage Awards, May 20, 2014 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera House in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This essential one phrase maxim is the film, veritable bookends in an analogy of its contents from start to finish.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 9:48 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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"Citing Bela Fleck's nontraditional technique on banjo as an influence on his approach to the pans, Scales crafts time-slipping compositions drawing on the dissonant harmonies and angular melodies of Thelonious Monk, the experimental classicism of Igor Stravinsky, and the urban swagger of Kanye West
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 11:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This morning more than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple's headquarters in California. Initially, the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from...
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 11:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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I got your attention didn’t I? Well, if you are a major car enthusiast, I’m going to lose you very quickly.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 2:22 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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Under His Wings performances are at the College of The Albemarle Performing Arts Center, in Elizabeth City, NC. Address: 1208 N. Road Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 12:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Andrew S. Griffith was born on June 1, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, a small rural community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Summer is almost over and BCAC is gearing up for a busy Fall.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 2:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This show, by this ensemble of consummate musicians, is part of the Sunday in the Park Outdoor Concert Series, brought to the public by the Greenville Parks and Recreation. The price of admission to the public to hear The Barefoot Movement is no charge.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 1:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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