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AULANDER – There will be four candidates competing for a spot on the Aulander Board of Commissioners.
Those wishing to seek office in the town of Lewiston Woodville can file now.
World Day Against Human Trafficking is Friday, July 30.
WINDSOR - Thought about being a sponsor for Relay For Life?
A trio of well-known candidates will be seeking the mayor’s seat in Kelford.
MERRY HILL – Bertie Beach Day is coming soon.
Sports Stories
I’m not one to recycle columns but I knew what I wanted to cover this week and then remembered I had written about it a few years ago.
Most fishing stories end up with the words “I had a big one, but it got away”.
EDENTON — In a game that featured ups and downs, the Edenton Steamers were able to ride the high wave in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Team USA men’s basketball has a problem.
Opinion Stories
Softball season always seems to pull at the heart strings.
For the last couple of days I have watched a reality show called “Alone.”
“A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.”
Lyndal and I were yet to be married. Alex was barely six. Camden was still a thought in our minds.
“Mama I love you is,” probably the sweetest words I have ever heard.
Feature Stories
I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
In 1970, a pastor’s wife asked a 20-year-old new convert to help with children’s church. She’d only been in the church a few weeks, and had never taught children. She wasn’t trained. She wasn’t “called.” She was willing.
On my jogging route around the community college, there are trees planted as memorials. Each one has a plaque on a post bearing the name of the tree, the person who planted it and the one remembered.
In a world where a global pandemic closed movie theaters and delayed the release of blockbuster movies, one local filmmaker brought his first feature film to life.
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.