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Greenlamp Community Action provides food, supplies to Ayden families
AYDEN — A collaborative effort by an area community action agency, the local housing authority and the mayor distributed much-needed resources to help feed hundreds of families in the Ayden area recently. The AmeriCorps 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance Program distributed items in a drive-through line at the Ayden Housing Authority offices on Sept. 25. The Housing Authority and Ayden Mayor Ivory Mewborn partnered with Greenlamp Community Action to provide the service, said Greenlamp Senior and Volunteer Services Program Director Priscilla Wiggins. ...
Wintergreen staff, bystanders honored as heroes for life-saving effort
A teacher and a school nurse have been honored as heroes for saving a life at Wintergreen Primary School last month. The Board of Education on Monday recognized school nurse Shannon Lugo and P.E. teacher Brandon Hodges for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation after Christopher Brame collapsed Sept. 12 outside the school. He was revived through the use of CPR and an automated external defibrillator (AED), a medical device that can re-establish...
Greenville church continues to send supplies to Western N.C.
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Relief efforts for Western North Carolina are continuing across the state. This includes donation drops, fundraisers and first responders helping in search and rescue efforts. Along with all the support comes the distribution process and figuring out the logistics of where everything actually goes and how it gets there. Numerous donation […]
Commissioners to hold hearing on proposed gunfire rules
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on an proposal to regulate gunfire near homes, schools, churches and other structures in unincorporated areas at its Oct. 21 meeting. The ordinance was part of the board's items for discussion on Monday, and a motion to hold the hearing passed 8-1 with Commissioner Lauren White in opposition. Any vote would require a second reading because criminal penalties are involved. ...
In Bethel, one church has a new family after Hurricane Helene
BETHEL — At Bethel Baptist Church, one of the rooms downstairs has become a mini convenience store. The lower parking lot has become a landing zone for helicopters and a place to take a hot shower. An area on the top floor became a FEMA office to help people apply for disaster relief. Above all, it has become a place for the community after the devastation Hurricane Helene left in the High Country. On Sunday morning, the church held its first service after the storm. ...
Pitt commissioners grapple over jail medical service
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners has directed Sheriff Paula Dance to produce contract revisions negotiated with the detention center’s health care provider and to produce a request for other proposals to provide the services. Commissioners voted unanimously to make the request after a contentious discussion with sheriff’s officials on Monday. The debate was a continuation of an issue raised in July when commissioners approved a sheriff’s office request to seek proposals to replace Wellpath. ...
Coltrain sworn in as new Williamston Chief of Police
A standing room-only crowd filled the Williamston’s boardroom Monday evening to partake in history. However, before cameras were focused, Williamston Mayor Dean McCall asked for a moment of silence for those devastated by Hurricane Helene. The silence was replaced by applause once Williamston Police Captain Beth Coltrain was sworn in to become the town’s first female chief of police. Chief Coltrain is also the first female chief in Martin County. ...
Mason: Pirates better figure this out quick
East Carolina arrived at the halfway point of the season with mixed reviews. Mixed as in, do you want to keep watching or not? Not many programs are allowed the benefit of starting over, but the Pirates are one of them. They are lucky to have such a passionate fan base that is willing to believe in something each year. ...
North Pitt, Southwest Edgecombe tangle in Monday night high school football
PINETOPS, N.C. (WNCT) — After the football game between Southwest Edgecombe and North Pitt was postponed from Friday, the two teams met Monday night. A high-scoring game came down to the wire and North Pitt pulled out the win, 40-36, to improve to 4-2 on the season. The loss drops the Cougars to 4-3 on […]
Panel says state's elections remain safe, secure
WINTERVILLE — Constant training, secure technology and, most importantly, paper ballots are among steps that ensure North Carolina elections are secure, officials said at a forum last month at Pitt Community College. Problems occur, but they are isolated and corrected, the panel said during the Trusted Elections Tour, sponsored by North Carolina Network for Fair, Safe and Secure Elections held ahead of the Nov. 5 general election. Former Supreme Court...
Voter411 site offers additional candidate information
Voter411enc.org, a one-stop online option for nonpartisan information about local candidates, is now available to Pitt County voters for the sixth consecutive election. All candidates who responded to requests for information are included on the website along with a photo. The site features opposing candidates with their positions side-by-side to help voters make informed choices. While not every candidate has participated, most have, and candidates will continue to be added as they respond. ...
Letter: A businessman, afflicted by a tornado, still inspires
The sunset included ominous breezes and repeated rumbling thunder on a November day in 1957. After dark, a small businessman returned to his Edgecombe County home on a unique 18 acres surrounded by traditional farms on all sides. In the darkness, he saw outlines of the destruction done by a horrid tornado less than an hour before. His ranch home, auto and part of his landscape nursery were destroyed. Three traumas were blown into his existence in one disastrous minute. ...
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