Gavin and Alex Whitehurst were recently presented with a Command Coin and a thank-you letter from Cmdr. Randy Meador, commanding officer of Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City. Gavin, a fourth-grader at Camden Intermediate School, and brother Alex, a first-grader at Grandy Primary School, learned that…
Camden students donate to USCG during shutdown/School-life/2019/02/19/Camden-School-News-Feb-19.html11
This year’s Arts of The Albemarle Gala will celebrate a decade of AoA’s new home at The Center and a corresponding metamorphosis from a small gallery of visual art to a busy hub for visual and performing arts and a crucial economic driver for downtown.
AoA move to 'The Center' a story worth re-telling/Lifestyles/2019/02/17/History-of-The-Center-a-story-of-people-pulling-together.html11
To celebrate Black History Month, I wanted to reflect on the life and work of Elizabeth Keckley. If you’re unsure of who she is, or why, like myself, you don’t remember her name from your history classes, let me begin with this: She was among one of the first African American women to…
Keckley rose from slavery as couturier, author /Lifestyles-Columnists/2019/02/17/Albemarle-Column-Feb-17.html11
With his coiffed hair and rock-and-roll swagger, 1950s teen idol Conrad Birdie grabs the microphone, belts out lyrics to a song and wins the hearts of his adoring fans.
COAST Players hoping audiences swoon for 'Bye Bye Birdie' /Lifestyles/2019/02/16/COAST-Players-hoping-audiences-swoon-for-Bye-Bye-Birdie.html11
Whether it’s a sofa damaged by water in a hurricane or a cherished chair in need of repair, Pat Temple gives new life to furniture at her upholstery business in Hertford.
Temple has upholstered sofas and chairs at Pat’s Upholstery since she opened in 1985. She also creates slip covers,…
Upholstery helps Temple give new life to old furniture/Albemarle-Neighbor/2019/02/16/Albemarle-Neighbor-Feb-16.html11
I was walking around in the brush recently and noticed thick stands of cockleburs. I tried to avoid them, but before I realized it my pants collected dozens.
People with hunting dogs know all about cockleburs. Long-haired dogs have even more problems. Sometimes prickly burs get so entangled that…
Cockleburs can cause more than just inconvenience/Lifestyles-Columnists/2019/02/16/Cockleburs-are-more-than-just-an-inconvenience.html11
As we celebrate Valentine’s Day I am grateful for a love song that is as unlikely as it is infectious.
Steve Earle’s “Galway Girl” has really grown on me since I first heard it just a few years ago. It’s a great love song in that it just basks in the joy of love and…
'Galway Girl' ode to love, sobriety/Lifestyles-Columnists/2019/02/14/Galway-Girl-ode-to-love-sobriety.html11
