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Monday, January 27, 2020
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Paul Cassese (left), a civilian contract employee at the U.S. Coast Guard base, and Chief Jason Browning help prepare the wooden frames for a dugout being built at the baseball and softball fields at Albemarle School, Sunday. Both men work at the Coast Guard’s Aviation Logistics Center on ba…
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City Council will vote this evening on whether the city will partner with Pasquotank County on a $25,000 effort to reduce the county’s resident geese population.
Visit Elizabeth City Director Corrina Ferguson always had a short answer whenever she was asked how many people visit Pasquotank County annually.
The Coast Guard Half Marathon and the Guardians of the Atlantic 5K race moved closer to the starting line last week.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
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MANTEO — John A. Holmes and Pasquotank participated at the Manteo Redskin Duals Saturday at Manteo High School.
BARCO — Ever since First Flight High School opened in 2004, the rivalry between First Flight and Currituck has been one of the fiercest in the area.
The Albemarle School boys’ basketball team defeated Lawrence Academy 78-57 Friday at Lawrence Academy.
The Northeastern High School basketball team built a substantial double digit lead, and then held off a determined Pasquotank comeback to post a victory by the final score of 54-42. The game between the cross town rivals was played before a large, enthusiastic crowd on the Eagles home court.
The Mid-Atlantic Christian men’s basketball team fell to Eastern Metro Athletic Conference foe Johnson & Wales-Charlotte 69-64 Saturday afternoon in MACU’s Chesson Gym.
As the first Mid-Atlantic Christian regular baseball season is about to get underway soon, head coach Jason Goetz has preached one thing in particular to his team.
Opinion
Monday, January 27, 2020
Super Tuesday began as a Southern regional primary designed by the Democratic Party to allow more moderate candidates to emerge who could win the White House. In 1988, then Tennessee Sen. Al Gore was the favorite going into that string of contests, but it was the Rev. Jesse Jackson from the party’s left who emerged with more wins and delegates than Gore on that day.
House Democrats have made a powerful case for turning President Trump's impeachment faux-trial into an actual trial, where the goals are truth and justice. Republicans, so far, have no coherent answer.
The Senate impeachment trial began with political theater over rules. Senate Republicans prefer an expeditious trial while Democrats who rushed to impeach in the House are suddenly demanding witnesses and crying “coverup.” So let’s break down what’s really going on in the fight over witnesses.
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I don’t remember ever seeing the likes of what’s going on around the country these days.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Donald Trump didn’t reckon with Gary Herbert.
President Donald Trump rightly touted “America’s extraordinary prosperity” in his speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. But his history of overlooking the global component of that success is wrongheaded, especially because transnational threats can reverse the uninterrupted U.S. economic growth that began during the Obama era.
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Sunday, January 26, 2020
The Elizabeth City Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., held a meeting to gauge interest in the Kappa League on Saturday, Jan. 11. Kappa League is a national program of Kappa Alpha Psi to provide high school male students opportunities to exercise leadership, engage in scholar…
Greetings and welcome to 2020. I will attempt to predict some historical and major events for our collective futures in the Albemarle region, North Carolina and the world.
Saturday, January 25, 2020
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, Eclectic Jewelry Designs owner Maria George is already gearing up for gift-hunters at her shop at 513 East Fearing Street.
We’ve all heard of the glycemic index. Many dieters and all diabetics constantly monitor carbohydrate intake. Carbohydrates don’t all influence our systems at the same rate and that can be important for our blood sugar management.
Jane recently was told by several doctors that she should severely restrict her intake of sodium.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Tomorrow, Monday, Jan. 20, formally recognizes the contributions of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Efforts to create a federal holiday honoring King’s legacy were met with decades of legislative resistance.
