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Operation Dry Water planned for Independence weekend
AAA AAA: 2.2 Million North Carolinians will Travel during July 4th Week This year’s Independence Day forecast will set new records CHARLOTTE, NC., (June 24, 2024) – AAA projects Independence Day travelers will set new records both nationwide and in North Carolina. More than 70.9 million people around the U.S. are expected to travel 50...
Coltrain Hardware awarded small business grant
Coltrain Home and Hardware on Tuesday was awarded a $10,000 Backing Small Businesses Enhancement Grant through American Express and Main Street America, the programs announced. The store at 524 Third St. in Ayden is among 500 small businesses across the country to receive the grant. American Express and Main Street America said the program’s 2024 grant recipients represent U.S. small businesses across all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Later this year, grantees will have the opportunity to apply for an additional $30,000...
South Central graduate named Robertson scholar
South Central High School Class of 2024 graduate Loreal Thomas has been selected as one of 25 students to be part of the prestigious Robertson Scholars Leadership Program. At South Central, Thomas served as captain of the varsity cheerleading team, senior class vice president and a member of the National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America. She also is a church youth leader Scholars were selected from 13...
Candidates make pitch for PCC president's post; announcement expected in July
Pitt Community College’s Board of Trustees is continuing deliberations on the selection of the college’s next president, with an announcement expected to be made next month. The board on Monday held a special called meeting to discuss the three finalists who visited the campus last week to meet faculty, staff, students and community members and to answer questions about their qualifications for replacing retiring president Lawrence Rouse. Rouse is scheduled to end his tenure this week after nearly six years leading the state’s sixth-largest community...
English named interim executive director of student services
Sara English will assume the position of Pitt County Schools interim executive director of student services effective July 1, according to an announcement made Wednesday by PCS Superintendent Ethan Lenker. English will take over duties vacated by Karen Harrington, who will retire on June 30, after nearly 26 years with the PCS system. Prior to accepting the district’s coordinator of student services position last June, English served as principal at...
Rams title part of long winning tradition
Even when Greene Central’s baseball team suffered its first loss of the season in Game 1 of the best-of-three NCHSAA Class 2A Eastern Regional series against Whiteville, coach Ben Brann barely blinked. When it was pointed out that the Rams committed five errors in Greene Central’s 4-3 setback in eight innings, Brann calmly said, “That’s definitely not Rams defense.” Brann also said he felt like his team was trying to...
Citizens lobby for Dance's salary request
Nearly two weeks after Pitt County officials approved a budget without an additional salary bump for Sheriff Paula Dance, supporters continued to advocate for the sheriff. The county Board of Commissioners should go beyond the 12 percent raise sought by Dance and increase her pay by 25 percent, a $42,500 increase, Linda Robinson said during the public comment portion of the June 17 meeting. “She has since then done outstanding...
NC Wildlife Resources Commission will increase as of July 1
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced it is increasing fees for hunting, fishing, trapping and activity licenses, permits, stamps and certifications. The increases will go into effect on July 1. The adjustments are based on the total increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers since the last fee increase on Jan. 1, 2020. The agency said they will help with operating costs exacerbated by inflation and increased demand for its services. ...
NC Wildlife Resources Commission will increase as of July 1
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced it is increasing fees for hunting, fishing, trapping and activity licenses, permits, stamps and certifications. The increases will go into effect on July 1. The adjustments are based on the total increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers since the last fee increase on Jan. 1, 2020. The agency said they will help with operating costs exacerbated by inflation and increased demand for its services. ...
Crews from 10-plus agencies battle house fire in extreme heat
Firefighters and first responders from more than 10 area agencies worked to extinguish a house fire in southern Pitt County that started in a garage/woodshop behind the structure, officials said. Crews were called just before 8 p.m. last Saturday to 1776 Doolittle Court, which is located off of County Home Road near the South Oak Aerodrome east of Ayden. The detached garage was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. It generated...
Crews from 10-plus agencies battle house fire in extreme heat
Firefighters and first responders from more than 10 area agencies worked to extinguish a house fire in southern Pitt County that started in a garage/woodshop behind the structure, officials said. Crews were called just before 8 p.m. last Saturday to 1776 Doolittle Court, which is located off of County Home Road near the South Oak Aerodrome east of Ayden. The detached garage was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. It generated...
Ayden ... Way Back When: Ayden was different in 1920s and 1930s
Here are some notations from The Ayden Dispatch in the late 1920s and early 1930s. How different it was. 1926: Ayden High School’s first football team. 1926: Quote: “While football isn’t altogether a safe game now, it doesn’t crowd the hospitals as formerly.” 1926: World Series games were shown on an outside scoreboard (later called...
PCC announces finalists for president's post
Pitt Community College has announced that its Board of Trustees has selected three finalists to replace its retiring president, Lawrence Rouse. Public forums took place this week with Nicole Reaves of Wake Technical Community College, Roger W. Davis of the Community College of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and Maria Pharr of South Piedmont Community College. The 90-minute events included brief introductions followed by question-and-answer sessions. Forums were conducted in person in...
Mitchell Oakley: Stepping aside would be out of character for Biden
There has been quite a bit of speculation for more than a year about whether President Joe Biden will be the Democratic Party’s nominee after its convention Aug. 19-22 in Chicago. The Republican convention is set for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15-18. Why the speculation? Although those around the president deny it, there are indications that he is slowing down both mentally and physically. Obviously, the conservative news media dwells on...
Warning: Heat turns cars into ovens, killing ‘29 too many’ last year
As summer began, safety advocates showed residents that the inside of a car can be deadly to people and animals. Outside Kohl’s and Dick’s in Greenville last week, they outfitted a black SUV with a thermometer connected to a digital readout that displayed its internal temperature. At one point the inside of the vehicle reached 115 degrees, 27 higher than the 88-degree air outside the vehicle. The annual demonstration by...
J.M. Biggs: Refrain from hateful, heartless speech
The Bible tells us that God is love. It also tells us that God made man in his own image and likeness. Now, I can understand unsaved people not walking in love but the church is another subject. I have never seen so many hateful, heartless and downright evil people in my whole life. All we have to do is to go on social media. You will see first-hand, some...
Celia Stone: Scripture reveals Jesus' unspoken views
I have a friend who feels great regret that Jesus was never recorded as speaking specifically against human trafficking. Jesus talked the most about the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven. He spoke of the Father, faith, forgiveness, being a follower, finances, the first being last, feeding the hungry and fear. Jesus explained love, grace, mercy, dying to self, doing unto others, the Holy Spirit, repentance and righteousness....
Chelsea Jernigan: Pull the weeds from garden of your mind
A few years ago, I was wallowing in the chaos of my own brain, and I didn’t even know it. I lived in a state of almost constant overwhelm, but I was so used to it that I had begun to believe it was normal. Didn’t everyone stress about every detail of every moment? Wasn’t it normal to feel an underlying tension for no particular reason throughout the day? Weren’t all the other humans drowning in every request that was made of them? ...
Rosemary Haskell: Cut back creeping verbal kudzu by pruning the word ‘issue’
I sometimes tell my first-year undergraduate writers that I will order T-shirts or possibly hats emblazoned with the slogan “Death to the Word ‘Issue,’” perhaps in fiery red letters. Occasionally, I write this exhortation in the margins of their papers. What’s wrong with this very common word? Well, actually, that’s the problem: it is all too common. The word crawls kudzu-like over our sentences, invading our thoughts and speech. “She...
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