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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.
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...
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, […]
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.
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.
Wilson takes down Morehead City 1-0 in rain-shortened game
WILSON, NC – On Tuesday night at Fleming Stadium, the Wilson Tobs hosted the Morehead City Marlins in a game with big time playoff implications for the Tobs. With weather cutting the game shut after five innings of play, it was the Tobs that came out on top 1-0. Wilson native Jacob Dienes got the start for the Tobs, getting off to a rocky start. Dienes had the bases loaded against him in the top of the first frame. Dienes battled out of the self-inflicted trouble and held the Marlins off the scoreboard in the first inning.
ECU football: Houston excited about new direction of offense, team
New American Athletic Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti introduced each football coach before it was their time to speak on Tuesday during the AAC football media days. Before East Carolina coach Mike Houston took the stage, Pernetti heaped praise on the gameday atmosphere surrounding Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Pernetti also mentioned that he is optimistic the Pirates’ down season a year ago was just a fluke. “There’s no better environment, I think, in...
Farmville to host first Rub'n Shoulders barbecue festival and cook-off
Farmville is home to four barbecue restaurants in an area of about three miles. That proximity to pork is part of the inspiration for the town’s newest event, Rub’n Shoulders. Scheduled for July 27 at Duck Rabbit Craft Brewery, the summer celebration will include food, craft beer and non-alcoholic beverages, along with children’s activities, and vendors. The musical lineup will include Noah Jackson Cobb, Cheryl Willoughby and John and Landy. ...
Five arrested in Lenoir County drug raid
LENOIR COUNTY, NC — Five people are now behind bars on multiple charges following a drug investigation that stemmed from a public complaint, according to the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office. Deputies raided a Kinston residence on Highway 58 south after obtaining a search warrant. Officials say they located and...
Lane awarded Stallings, Harrell Education Scholarships
A recent Perquimans County High School graduate who plans to become a teacher was this year’s recipient of two scholarships named for former superintendents of the Perquimans County Schools. Vivien Lane, who is heading to East Carolina University in Greenville to pursue a degree in education, was the recipient earlier this year of both the 2024 Dwayne K. Stallings Education Scholarship and the 2024 James Pat Harrell Education Scholarship. Each scholarships is valued at $1,000. ...
North Carolina will receive over $50 million from EPA to address climate change and support conservation
The grant is intended to reduce greenhouse gas admissions across North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia, and preserve and restore thousands of acres of coastal wetlands and forests.
Kitchen Karen From North Carolina Is The Most Recent Racist White Woman Foisted Upon Us
Plum’s sudden closing was not the result of a “standard summer break,” as the restaurant’s IG page reported. It was actually the result of Kitchen Karen experiencing the mass exodus of her staff in response to her racism. The post Kitchen Karen From North Carolina Is The Most Recent Racist White Woman Foisted Upon Us appeared first on NewsOne. The post Kitchen Karen From North Carolina Is The Most Recent Racist White Woman Foisted Upon Us appeared first on Black America Web.
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