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Mr. Jodie Antonial "Tony" Slade Sr., 50, a resident of 5279 N.C. Highway 99 South, Belhaven, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014.
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 6:09 pm
By: Announcements
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On June 6, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced the receipt of the fifth largest donation in its history—$25 million from Charles and David Koch.
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 4:19 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Hampton (Hamp) Bennett Allen, Jr., 79 of Surfside Beach, SC passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 11:11 am
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Mary Southall Shelburne McLaurin, 99, a resident of River Landing at Sandy Ridge in Colfax, NC, died on Wednesday, June 18, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 11:02 am
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Mrs. Mary Bullock Hawkins, 81, resident of 169 Reed Road in Chocowinity died Thursday, June 12, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 11:09 am
By: Announcements
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Formed out of Moravian musical societies and community bands that exemplified the traditional importance of brass instruments, particularly the trombone, the Salem Brass Band served the Confederacy from the first days of the Civil War until June 1865, when members were finally released from prison.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Alma Beaman Clark, age 85, a resident of Ridgewood Manor, Washington, NC passed away to be with her Lord, Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 9:42 pm
By: Announcements
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A Long Island, N.Y., woman has spent nearly two years trying to convince the Internal Revenue Service and the U. S. Postal Service that persons with...
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2013 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1792, Raleigh was established as the official capital city. A two-story brick statehouse was built on Union Square in 1792 and completed in 1796.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2013 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Judith Brooks "Judy" Council, age 61, a resident of 5593 Terra Ceia Road, Pantego, NC died Tuesday June 18, 2013 at her home.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2013 @ 4:24 pm
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Judith Brooks “Judy” Council, 61, a resident of 5593 Terra Ceia Road, Pantego, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at her home.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm
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Mr. Thomas Jurnal "Tommy" Simpkins, age 84, a resident of Dixon Rd., Chocowinity, NC died Monday June 17, 2013 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 2:54 pm
By: Announcements
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During the June 18 meeting, the Beaufort County Board of Education voted to relax the student dress code forthe 2013‐2014 school year.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 10:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Albert Louis McMicken, Sr., 80, of 409 Idalia Road, Aurora, was promoted to Glory on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Vidant Inpatient Hospice in Greenville, NC.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 4:34 pm
By: Announcements
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Called Meeting on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 5pm in the Commissioner's Meeting Room of the County Administration Building located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 10:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Kenneth Oscar Cox, age 78, a resident of 1637 N. White Post Rd., Pinetown, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at his home
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 @ 3:50 pm
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Mr. Kenneth Oscar Cox, age 78, a resident of 1637 N. White Post Rd., Pinetown, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at his home.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2013 @ 3:26 pm
By: Announcements
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On January 16, 2013, President Obama signed 23 Executive Orders which he claimed are aimed at reducing gun violence.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 12:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Two presidents dominated the landscape of mid-19th century America--Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. Sandwiched between them, however, was James K. Polk, a remarkable and highly effective president.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries. My country, right or wrong." -- Zora Neale Hurston.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2012 @ 4:33 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Hood demonstrated that 150 years ago this week during the Second Battle of Bull Run. Called Second Manassas by the Confederates, the August 28-30 battle pitted the Union's Army of Virginia, led by Major General John Pope, against General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the War of 1812 was, as some have described it, America's first Forgotten War, then the event that occurred 200 years ago today could well be described as a tragically forgotten episode of that war.
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wake County's decision not to put a half-cent sales tax referendum on the Nov. 6 general election ballot "is troubling" to Durham County officials, and will affect how they move forward with a tri-county regional transit plan featuring a mixture of light rail and expanded bus service.
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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And while this is my byline, and while all of words expressed below may have well been mine - they are not - most are from citizen Warren Smith.
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Edwin Allen Cox, age 45, a resident of 1513 Carolina Ave., Washington, NC died Friday June 15, 2012 at his home.
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2012 @ 4:09 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Edwin Allen Cox, 45, a resident of 1513 Carolina Avenue, Washington, died Friday, June 15, 2012 at his home.
Published: Sunday, June 17th, 2012 @ 7:50 am
By: Announcements
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When the ancient Roman author Vegetius wrote that those who desire peace should prepare for war, he was offering a timeless insight about the risks of presenting a weak front to an aggressive opponent. If only James Madison had taken the insight to heart.
Published: Monday, June 11th, 2012 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is a good thing the doctrines of nullification and interposition are being revived. Perhaps it's the urgency of the constitutional crisis we face that has made the doctrines so appealing and sensible.
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2012 @ 5:08 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Today is the sesquicentennial of the first day of the Battle of Seven Pines. It was a key moment in the brief history of the Confederate States of America, the long history of the United States of America, and the very long history of unintended consequences.
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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“Chip” John Allen Hewitt II, beloved son, brother and uncle, passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at his home.
Published: Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 @ 8:25 am
By: Announcements
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The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College Continuing Education offers classes important to the citizenry.
Published: Monday, March 5th, 2012 @ 9:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"One day, I walked into an operating room, to just be an observant, which we would do generally, as a medical resident. It was the 1960's and abortion was still legal.
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2012 @ 10:18 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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As we march further into the proverbial "Book of Life," and as we close the Chapter of 2011 and open the Chapter of 2012, it is tradition that we examine the lives of notable people that have passed on before us.
Published: Sunday, January 1st, 2012 @ 10:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Within these gathered groups of information from Diane Rufino, we are provided a timeline to American Civil War, and the Resolutions of Secession from South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2011 @ 11:27 am
By: Diane Rufino
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