BAYBORO – Nearby Camp Vandemere recently rolled out ‘black-and-gold’ carpet for 14 juniors and seniors, who make up much of the nucleus for Pamlico County High School’s football team. Working in conjunction with Camp Manager Richard Allen, the Hurricanes’ new coach Bobby Griffin spearheaded the…

Upscale Jewish school in Greensboro (closed since June 2019) reopens w/ mega 5-year federal contract to accept ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ Editor’s note: We thank the news website http://www.breitbart.com and its reporter John Binder for some of this report, recently updated by this newspaper to reflect new…

PAMLICO COUNTY– The vote Monday night to approve a  $23 million budget for the next fiscal year was unanimous, and avoided any increase in the ad valorem property tax rate. However, two commissioners – Candy Bohmert and Missy Baskervill, suggested tapping savings is not the…

NEW BERN – The collective sigh of relief was almost palpable Thursday evening, June 9, as 20 or so elected officials – from a nine county area – met David Bone, a veteran of North Carolina county and town governments, recently hired by the Eastern…

GRANTSBORO – On Dec. 10 of last year, Jerry Casey turned the lock of a small closet-like office at his used car lot on the corner of Hwy. 55 and Hwy. 306. He remembers thinking to himself “This is enough,” with the implication being that…

Eyewitness encounter jibes with other credible reports over past decades TOWN OF BEAUFORT – I received a fascinating email Monday morning from Deanna Gillikin. For many years, she has lived adjacent to a dense wooded area, bounded in part by the North River and Taylor…

BAYBORO – No one put it quite this way, but maybe the unanimous thinking Monday night among the seven Pamlico County Commissioners was that our neck of the woods needs an expansion of sewage treatment more than a spanking new $2.1 million public library. Granted…

NEW BERN – Elected officials voted unanimously Tuesday night to finance a $4 million elevator project, which includes a host of related improvements, in order to bring this venerable building into compliance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act. Although four area banks were contacted, only…

Kat Clowers (former Librarian): “In this county, The Library is its heart!” BAYBORO – A hard-working group known as ‘Friends of the Pamlico County Library’ twisted (very gently)  the arms of elected officials Monday night, describing in detail a quest to transform the former Hardee’s…

BAYBORO –  Most of us think Christian Book Stores are just a place to sell Bibles, books and other Christian items. Yes, you are absolutely right, but there is more  – miracles happen at Daily Bread Christian Book Store in Bayboro. Stop by anytime! In…

BAYBORO – Debra Annette Conway, 57, once a trusted staffer with Bay River Metropolitan Sewerage District, pleaded guilty Monday to six felony counts of Embezzlement. Conway was sentenced in Pamlico County Superior Court by Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Charles H. Henry to serve a…

County applies for mega broadband grant! BAYBORO – Monday night, Pamlico County officials unanimously approved the go-ahead for an ambitious $6.6 million project, which could pay for in-ground placement of fiber optic cable to provide high-speed Internet for a mix of approximately 1,338 households and…