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Betty Ann Swindell Perkins, a lifelong Washington resident, died peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, April 5, 2017 following a period of declining health
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2017 @ 2:25 pm
By: Announcements
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What do you do after you have left the stage after the final curtain call of your last Movie or Play? You have poured your heart into the performance. You have endured the exposure to the critics and the cheerleaders. You have relinquished your part to the next headliner.
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2017 @ 1:45 am
By: Bobby Tony
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It is a plan out in the open, unconcealed to unless there are those that choose not to see it for it is - obstruction, delay, obfusticate.
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2017 @ 10:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you are like me, you may be trying to figure out what the new POTUS is trying to do. Beyond his over the top pronouncements there is an underlying principle that may help explain his goals.
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2017 @ 10:15 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Susan Joyner Shaw Gerard, 64, of Blounts Creek, N.C. died peacefully on January 11, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, N.C. after a courageous and hard-fought battle against ovarian cancer
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 5:35 pm
By: Announcements
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To assess Pat McCrory's four years as governor we must begin in 2012. McCrory was a popular, moderate Charlotte Mayor, leading the Queen City during a time of explosive growth
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 12:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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In this age of cronyism and meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss partisan turnstile D.C. politics, maybe it really does take an "outsider" executive to give up power voluntarily
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Calling all lassies, mateys and swashbucklers! Join us in your pirate garb and walk the plank at Freeboot Friday!
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 6:51 am
By: Russell Allen
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Freeboot Friday, the official pep rally of home football games, kicks-off the ECU football weekend on Friday, September 30 at 5:00pm, at Five Points Plaza
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 @ 8:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Statement from NCGOP spokeswoman Kami Mueller on the NCAA's regarding H.B. 2
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 2:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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John Fennebresque's friends and coworkers call him "Czar." That appears to be a fitting nickname, for his imperious exercise of authority was his downfall as chairman of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 12:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In an article from WRAL.com lamenting the fact that economic development grants made by the state of North Carolina did not "create" as many jobs as originally intended, John Skvarla, North Carolina's Commerce Secretary and number 1 cheerleader for taxpayer funded business incentives, stated that...
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cool temperatures and sunny skies prevailed as East Carolina University celebrated Homecoming 2015 this weekend with traditional events including a concert, pep rally, parade and football.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 9:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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On October 16, Freeboot Friday will welcome live music from The Fabulous Bel Airs and a special line up of programming to kick off the ECU Homecoming weekend celebrations.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2015 @ 12:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University alumnus Scott Avett encouraged approximately 4,200 incoming students to make the most of every moment during a keynote presentation at the annual Student Welcome and Convocation at Minges Coliseum Aug. 23.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2015 @ 11:07 am
By: ECU News Services
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Beaufort County Commissioners voted 5 to 2 to bequeath its public hospital to University Health Systems.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 12:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Just over a year ago, New York Times economics writer David Leonhardt looked at some data on the "college wage premium"
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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My daughter was a public school teacher for several years. She was a special education teacher that specialized in children with special needs.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 2:35 am
By: Bobby Tony
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One of our Clarkston High School cheerleaders has left us due to a severe stroke and God's healing powers. . . We all grieve her loss / have fond memories of her smile and good cheer / her daughter puts it this way.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 @ 8:33 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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I attended the meeting yesterday at Manteo of (BOEM), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. It was at the Ramada Inn, 4th floor conference room.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 11:16 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Shortly after the first Thanksgiving early settlers started migrating west in search of cheaper, less crowded and more available land. Ironically, today's cheaper, less crowded and open land is more often found in the rural east and far western sections early settlers left.
Published: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: Tom Campbell
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From his statement to the American people on the eve of 9/11, 2014, Amateur Obama convincingly conveyed that he trusts public opinion polls, rather than his own instincts to lead Americans in these last uncertain days of his failed presidency.
Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A perfect NFL season, a feral horse, a double rainbow--these things are rare. On October 3, Freeboot Friday and the First Friday ArtWalk fall on the same night, and Uptown Greenville, from 5-8 p.m. is the place to be for it.
Published: Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 @ 8:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the Common Core state standards for K-12 were rolled out in 2009, few foresaw the impact on higher education. Alarms about the takeover of the entire educational system with the new national standards and tests in math and English language arts were often dismissed.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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People were calling in to Rush talking about "teaching a lesson" to The Establishment. Rush had an interesting response: The establishment is not 'teachable.'
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The seismometers were going wild around Richmond, Virginia tonight. A political earthquake appears to have catapulted the House Majority Leader into those very crowded unemployment lines.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 9:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's graduation season. Public and private schools across the country are turning out freshly-indoctrinated young people into the workforce.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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When you think of "chamber of commerce," Bob the insurance guy who lives down the street from you probably comes to mind. The US Chamber of Commerce is a whole different ball of wax.
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I recently spoke with a philosophy professor at an Ivy League university. We discussed some issues in higher education, including such depressing topics as the increasing rejection of long-accepted standards of objectivity and a growing contempt for traditional perspectives.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 7:18 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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US Senator – and chief fundraiser and cheerleader for Thom Tillis — Richard Burr says there’s not much hope for stopping BarryO’s agenda and that we can forget changing ObamaCare AT ALL until after 2016.
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When it comes to higher education, most politicians are cheerleaders. They're content to speak the usual pieties about the importance of college and never do anything that could upset the status quo.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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McCrory previewed his legislative agenda in a speech at the Hunt Institute's Holshouserhmc Legislators Retreat on Monday night, though he did not provide specific policy plans.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 11:40 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Sometimes our problems loom so large and seem so complex we can easily be disheartened or depressed about our state's future. And once sworn-in, our elected officials are constantly sworn at, like it is some kind of sport.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2014 @ 6:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Joseph Barrow Chambliss, age 84, passed away peacefully at home with his wife Kathye by his side on December 9th in Greenville, NC.
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 @ 8:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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