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Sunday, July 12, 2020
Pasquotank sheriff’s deputies may soon be equipped with body cameras.
The Pasquotank Board of Elections will discuss Monday expanding one-stop early voting in the county for the Nov. 3 general election.
While there doesn’t appear to be a consensus for moving the Confederate monument from the Pasquotank Courthouse square, there also doesn’t appear to be one for keeping it there.
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Cash customers are getting the nickel-and-dime treatment at Eagle Mart convenience stores in Elizabeth City.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
The number of COVID-19 cases across the region rose by 15 on Friday to 726 as seven of the eight counties in Albemarle Regional Health Services’ district reported increases.
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A group called the SuitedMovement757 marched in Elizabeth City, Saturday afternoon. The group is based in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and is composed primarily of Black business professionals who for many are required to wear a suit to work.
HBCU Heroes hosted the first-ever esports competition dedicated to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on July 5.
After a miserable evening at the track in the last outing a couple of weeks ago due to an engine failure, defending champion Troy Brickhouse came back Friday determined to turn things around and did just that by scoring the win.
EDENTON — The Edenton Steamers defeated the Old Dominion Hitters in two games on Thursday night at Hicks Field.
Elizabeth City State University has suspended its fall athletics because of safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the university said in a press release Friday.
EDENTON — The Edenton Steamers defeated the Greenbrier Knights 9-1 Wednesday night at Hicks Field.
On December 24, 1913, deep in the northern Maine woods, loggers put down their tools and made their way back to the communal cabin in response to the clanging dinner bell.
Opinion
Sunday, July 12, 2020
I was 16-years-old, living in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. I was in the car with my mother, on a dark road, on our way to pick up my father from his second-shift job. Two police officers pulled us over for a trumped-up traffic violation.
It all comes down to the Fickle Five Percent.
That much news coverage is biased against President Trump goes without saying. But every now and then there comes an episode of bias so egregious that it deserves attention. The coverage of the president’s July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore is one of those episodes.
There’s a saying in the sports world that nothing good ever happens after midnight.
In the wake of nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd in May, some protesters have taken to toppling statues of figures from history they say practiced or endorsed slavery or white supremacy. The main targets have been monuments to the Confederacy.
Kudos to Elizabeth City City Council members Jeannie Young, Billy Caudle and Chris Ruffieux for expressing supportive, professional and forward-looking viewpoints with regard to situating a dog park in the Enfield area behind the Sonic Drive-In and Bo’jangles restaurants. Boos to the other c…
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Sunday, July 12, 2020
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Albemarle recently received a $25,003 grant from the North Carolina HealthCare Foundation’s COVID-19 Fill the Gap Response Fund.
Friday, July 10, 2020
Editor’s note: The following is a condensed version of a sermon delivered recently by the Rev. Farren Roper, pastor at Corinth Baptist Church.
“Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But even if He does not, let it be known t…
I cannot recall a time in my life when there was so much anger, finger-pointing, hatred, and judgment of other people, and I am not assigning blame to any particular person or group as it seems that our entire culture has become filled with it.
If you are walking in downtown Elizabeth City and a window at Arts of the Albemarle catches your eye, chances are good Allison Cianciulli created it.
I am learning to never say “never.”
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