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Wednesday, March 03, 2021
Being a small town newspaper doesn’t mean you can’t be excellent at what you do.
AULANDER – A fugitive who fled Edgecombe County settled down in the wrong town.
Tuesday, March 02, 2021
ASKEWVILLE - The Askewville Community Food Pantry will have Farmers to Families food boxes available Wednesday, March 3.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
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Residents of Bertie County are being urged to be cautious as the winter continues.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
WINDSOR – It was back in March 2020 when N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper ordered all North Carolina schools to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sports Stories
Wednesday, March 03, 2021
How are you feeling about college basketball this season? Depending on who you ask that question to, and when you ask it, the answer will likely vary dramatically.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
The East Carolina baseball team sealed a 6-1 record through seven games when it won Sunday's rubber match, 9-2, at Georgia Southern.
MURFREESBORO – The Chowan Softball team picked up a 5-0 win over Frostburg State behind another dominant pitching performance by Megan Vincent at home on Friday afternoon.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has released the final draft of its 2021-2025 Realignment Plan to member schools.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Dozens of years ago, before the availability of personal computers and the internet, it was common for sports fans to collect trading cards.
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Sunday, February 28, 2021
When the public hears the words “local legislation,” it usually envisions bills written so narrowly in scope that they affect only one or two counties or cities at most. That is, after all, the plain meaning of the word “local.”
Friday, February 19, 2021
In baseball, three strikes and you’re out. In today’s politics, it’s one strike and you’re out. Just ask Richard Burr.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
It’s easy to forget sometimes, but political parties usually evolve over time.
Recently I was out and about when someone I knew stopped me and told me how much she enjoyed my concert photographs in Eastern North Carolina Living Magazine.
Monday, February 15, 2021
In 2006, Bertie County native Carroll Daniels published What Kind of Truck Does He Drive?, a collection of stories from his childhood (copies available through the Albemarle Regional Library system).
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Wednesday, March 03, 2021
On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that i…
Tuesday, March 02, 2021
My twin daughters are living at home while attending college. Adults technically, but that does not save their dates from the mandatory ritual of coming inside to meet the parents.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
“There is music in every child. The teacher’s job is to find it and nurture it.” -Frances Clark
When I was a kid, my favorite “tv show” was any Joyce Meyer message. She’s a “televangelist,” I know. But don’t disqualify these words just yet.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Mark Hoggard Jr. first sang in front of a small church in the Northampton County crossroads of Faison’s Old Tavern. He was seven or eight years old, even he can’t remember.