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Taxes collected from all the people should be spent only for the benefit of all of the people, not selected groups.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 8:28 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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When we are in the heat of political battle many of us may have difficulty in identifying the enemy.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 10:04 am
By: Hood Richardson
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As we approach the November 3rd election date, we need to consider the character of every candidate, whether Democrat or Republican.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 1:52 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Republican primary voters will have three groups of candidates running for county commissioner to choose from this election, and they reflect the three groups that have been on the commission over the past few years.
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 @ 5:32 am
By: Steven P. Rader
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I am getting complaints about the quantity and quality of the filming of commissioner meetings.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 10:19 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Among the medium to small populated counties in North Carolina, Beaufort County is blessed to have a huge, valuable, unique and un movable asset.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 7:55 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Early voting started today in Washington, Belhaven and Aurora early voting will be later this month.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 4:03 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Commissioners voted to form a committee to "investigate the jail situation". The committee is empowered to look at all alternatives. This sounds good until one examines the whole situation.
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2020 @ 8:17 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Propaganda takes many forms. The American people have had a complete and broad education in all forms of propaganda during the past three years of the Trump administration.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 8:57 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Our elected officials have a duty to manage our money effectively and efficiently.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 8:51 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Beaufort County Republican Executive Committee is charged with replacing former Beaufort County Commissioner Gary Brinn, R, now deceased, since the election is less than 2 years from the commissioner's death and replacement.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2019 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Thursday October 24 at 6:30 PM the Beaufort County Republican Executive Committee will nominate the person to fill the unexpired term of Gary Brinn.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2019 @ 12:31 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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I have written several articles over the past few years addressing the financial viability of the Vidant Health System.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Michael Peter Buzzeo, III, age 25, a resident of 107 Charles Court, Chocowinity, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 @ 5:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The annual Beaufort County Republican Party convention was held at the Beaufort County Court House on March 19, 2019.
Published: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Barbara Ann Buzzeo, wife of Michael P. Buzzeo, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 5 at Vidant Palliative Care in Greenville
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 3:25 pm
By: Announcements
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It happened at the Commissioners meeting on October 1, and again at a special called meeting on October 22 2018.
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Recently, the Beaufort County GOP elected to support the candidacy of Frankie Waters even though he has publicly professed an alliance with Liberals in support of Liberal issues for Beaufort County; raging, rampant tax escalations all in support of a "progressive Beaufort County".
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 @ 1:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Commissioners by a vote of 5 to 2 requested Sheriff Ernie Coleman present a policy providing for a notice to be given by his department to the person(s) designated by the inmate should the inmate be admitted to the hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2018 @ 11:10 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Once upon a time there was a former banker who decided he would run for a public office.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 @ 4:32 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Belhaven Mayor Adam O'Neal drove nearly 30 miles west from his Town of Belhaven to present the news from his hamlet on Pantego Creek, and, right now, the news is not good.
Published: Friday, January 20th, 2017 @ 9:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The most important business of the people in the first meeting of a singular political /governmental year is the selection of the board's chairman. Almost always, maybe always, it sets the roles of certain commissioners to do the people's business for the balance of the year.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 2:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Even disinterested voters in this election have an unusually clear and knowledgeable definition of almost all the candidates.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 8:51 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Just about anything the any government does gets complicated very quickly. All government functions, from federal to state to county are complicated. The average person has great difficulty in understanding the policies, the whys and wherefores of all those people and the decisions being made...
Published: Monday, February 29th, 2016 @ 3:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Here tonight, December 7, 2015, at the general meeting of the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners, former chairman of the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners, Jerry Langley, was elected to serve as the Chairman this night, and will serve until the next December general meeting.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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