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Local student represents state at American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation
Christina Pappas of Wilson is one of 100 high school seniors attending American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation this week in Washington, D.C. The weeklong program, founded in 1947, has provided civic education to thousands of students, teaching them about how the federal government works. Pappas is one of two participants representing North Carolina as a “senator” at ALA Girls Nation. […] The post Local student represents state at American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
AAC Media Days: ECU players, Coach Houston talk preseason conference poll
ARLINGTON, Texas (WNCT) — WNCT’s Brian Bailey is in Arlington, Texas this week for the annual American Athletic Conference Media Days. Memphis was voted to win the league in a pre-season poll by the media. ECU was tabbed to finish seventh in the conference. Graduate running back Rahjai Harris and senior defensive back Shavone Revel, […]
Daughter of late Pirate baseball coach now a resident at ECU Health
For more than half of Audrey LeClair’s life, college baseball season — not football — has always meant homecoming. It was a time she could come back to the place she grew up, where she started school and learned to ride horses. Coming home meant a chance to reconnect with family friends and cheer for the Pirates. But more than anything, it was a way to revisit the place that holds her first and last memories of her dad, beloved East Carolina University baseball coach...
Little League Central: Gillette always a hit each summer
For the South Durham Little League “Green” ages 8-10 all-star players, it was a near unanimous vote — Gillette Baseball Complex is their favorite thing about Wilson. That’s understandable given the good times the self-proclaimed “Green Bean Kings” have had at the complex this summer, including winning their first two games in the Tournament of State Champions over the weekend […] The post Little League Central: Gillette always a hit each summer first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Water Woes in North Carolina, 6 Rivers Fail Fecal Bacteria Tests Near Washington and Bath
North Carolina's ongoing struggle with water quality has come to the fore once again. A report by Sound Rivers, an organization that monitors water quality, shows that six river sites failed their weekly fecal bacteria tests. Notably, sites such as Havens Gardens in Washington and Bonner Point in Bath showed elevated levels of fecal bacteria, which poses a risk for gastrointestinal diseases and skin infections.
Catamounts reloading heading into 2024 after significant departures
Greenville — (WLOS) You could completely understand if Cole Gonzales looked like Will Smith in the last scene of 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' The 2023 Southern Conference Offensive Player of the year earned the same honor for the preseason awards during SoCon Media Day. But three of the faces...
Wilson Bulldogs teams reach JTT states
WINSTON-SALEM — A pair of Wilson Bulldogs teams that won Downeast Junior Team Tennis titles this spring competed in USTA North Carolina Junior Team Tennis championships last weekend, July 19-20, but didn’t extend the Bulldogs’ state championship streak. The Bulldogs ages 14-under coed team Kensley Hill, Landon Davis, Colton Owens, Sam Avent, Sara Lamm, Sophie Manavi and Isaac Manavi won […] The post Wilson Bulldogs teams reach JTT states first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Avens sworn in as president of NC Police Execs Association
Elizabeth City’s interim police chief was sworn in last week as president of North Carolina’s largest and oldest police officers association. James E. Avens Jr. took over as the top leader of the North Carolina Police Executives Association on July 16, succeeding outgoing president Chief Estella Patterson of the Raleigh Police Department, according to a city police press release. Established in August 1947, the North Carolina Police Executives Association is...
Many teachers will feel a pinch with this year’s paychecks
This story first appeared in Ann Doss Helms' weekly education newsletter. Sign up here to get it to your inbox first. When I was talking to Providence High English teacher Nicole Jenkins about changes in stipends for extra duties, I asked about another change in compensation: The expiration of federal COVID-19 aid.
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