Author: Jeff Aydelette

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…

Aussie government deploys invisible high energy beams CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – The Canadian government’s treatment of protesting truckers over the past three weeks has been deplorable, but it pales in comparison to another English-speaking nation’s response inflicted upon segments of a large crowd Feb. 12 in…

  CDC’s Super Bowl tweet seems strange USA – Pardon me for being a bit incredulous. All of this seems like a long episode of the old Twilight Zone TV show. For well over a year now, health officials the world over have been extolling…

Old data adjusted so 2021 no longer looks abnormal WASHINGTON, DC – Whistleblowers within the Department of Defense have uncovered alarming criteria in the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database, pointing to a massive increase in sickness and injury diagnoses among military men and women in 2021…

NEW BERN – That was the unmistakable message conveyed by 150 or so citizens who packed City Hall during a Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night — although a smattering of Chamber and Tourism Development types did show up. The latter group, no more than…

PAMLICO COUNTY – Congratulations to Jack Cauley, our area’s newest Eagle Scout. The award came Sunday, Jan. 30 during a ceremony attended by friends and family at Mary’s Chapel Church. Jack’s loving mother, Stacy, is well known in the community! She is the friendly face…

Throughout the almost two years of pandemic misinformation, we respect several news websites that have been, for the most part, both reliable and accurate.

Visit this LINK, where you will find a recent post on one such website, which depicts a startling and new type of blood clot.

Our readers can decide for themselves. Forewarned is forearmed.

City’s share of American Rescue Plan monies will likely go toward infrastructure  NEW BERN – Two intensive hours late Tuesday afternoon went darn fast for the seven-member Board of Alderman, as department heads and other employees – who oversee a host of future projects –…

But not ready yet to throw in the towel NEW BERN – The governing board of the Eastern Carolina Council of Governments (ECC) received an independent ‘warts and all’ critique of its operations on Thursday, Jan. 13 – and the findings are not pretty.  To…

BAYBORO – Almost the 21st Century equivalent of Patrick Henry’s famous 1775 vow to “Give me liberty, or give me death,” Pamlico County Commissioners Candy Bohmert and Missy Baskervill drew an unmistakable line in the sand Monday night during debate over whether elected officials should…

BAYBORO – With an annual salary recently set at $110,000, Tim Buck, manager of Pamlico County for the past 15 years, is county government’s highest paid employee.  Monday night he received another benefit.  Effective immediately, Buck is to receive a county-paid ‘match’ of three percent…