AAUW celebrates NC 2-1-1 Day on Monday

Albemarle Area United Way will join United Ways across North Carolina and the nation in celebrating NC 2-1-1 Day on Monday.

NC2-1-2 is the free, confidential information and referral system that connects callers and web visitors to health and human services…

PASQUOTANK

Monday

8:30 a.m. Tai-Chi w/​Min

9 a.m. Aerobics w/​Lin

10 a.m. Mixed Media, Spades

1 p.m. Shuffleboard, Bowling

1:30 p.m. Pickleball

Tuesday

9 a.m. Strength & Flex w/​Lin, Valentine’s Day Breakfast/Gold Star

10 a.m. Scrabble/​Upwords, Spades

10:30 am. Silver Sneakers…

MONDAY

Pasquotank: Child Health, Pediatric Primary Care, General

Perquimans: General

Chowan: General, WIC

Camden: Women’s Health Services, Prenatal A.M., DEPO P.M., WIC All Day

Currituck: Women’s Health Services, Prenatal P.M., DEPO P.M., General

Bertie: Women’s Health Services…

Agriculture is one of the themes for exhibits and programming at the Museum of the Albemarle in 2019. When MOA first opened its doors in 1967, some of the first collected artifacts were related to agriculture.

Over the next 50 years the collection grew to include soybean harvesters, grain fans,…

If Angela Moskwa’s custom jewelry designs seem inspired by the ocean and picturesque landscapes of Hawaii, it’s because they are.

Before moving to Moyock last year, Moskwa lived in the 50th state with her husband, Jason, who is in the U.S. Navy.

In fact, it was while living in Hawaii…

When my son was a kid, I bought him a video camera so he could make his own little movies. Many of them featured toys and action figures. His first was a short stop-motion film starring a plastic model of Godzilla that appeared to lurch across the screen.

This week I feel like movies have come full…

I was talking to a friend recently about an expensive honey from New Zealand. It’s called manuka honey and it comes from the flowers of the manuka tree. Manuka trees are commonly called New Zealand tea trees and are in the myrtle family.

Raw honey is naturally antimicrobial and has long been…

HERTFORD — The Perquimans Arts League is hoping a “tag” sale on May 18 will boost its efforts to renovate a more-than-a-century-old building in Hertford into its new headquarters.

PAL will be accepting donated items at its new building at 133 N. Church Street from 10 a.m. to…

I have enjoyed these few warm days this week.

The cold is coming back, of course. And why shouldn’t it? It’s only February, after all.

I hear it will be significantly colder this weekend.

But the brief warm spell was a nice respite.

I drove with my windows down a couple of days. I…

Teams of adults will match their knowledge of trivia during an event at Museum of the Albemarle Friday night to raise money to help area youth.

Boys & Girls Club of Elizabeth City will host its first Trivia Night at the museum from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event, which costs each participant…