Author: Special to the County Compass

Dr. Glenn Mollette | Guest Commentary Does the grocery store scare you? What about buying eggs? Do you dread driving to Walmart? Do you remember a day when it was fun? I remember the old days of going to my Grandfather Hinkle’s grocery store in…

Rural Infrastructure Authority is supported by the economic development team at the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Authority members review and approve funding requests from local communities. Funding comes from a variety of specialized grant and loan programs. Thirteen grant requests were approved last week….

By Mary Houston-Harvey The author is a food and nutrition consultant, who resides in Oriental. First, bring your magnifying glass. Most ingredient lists are too small or covered over and hard to read. Second, search the side effects of the chemicals on your smart phone….

By Bonnie Crosser The importance of the Oriental Water Advisory Water Board’s efforts were once again brought to center stage with Oriental having to shut off water to ALL residents and businesses/restaurants on Monday, Feb. 3, to make a repair on a water line. The…

By Mary Houston-Harvey Remember this line from the 1967 movie THE GRADUATE?  – “I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics.” Spoken by the character Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock, played by young actor Dustin Hoffman, signifying…

By Dr. Glenn Mollette The United States spent almost $500 million (roughly equivalent to $15.2 billion in 2023) to finish the Panama Canal project. This was by far the largest American engineering project to date. The canal was formally opened on 15 August 1914, with…

GRANTSBORO – Pamlico Community College’s Acting President Zac Schnell, who has served as the institution’s chief administrator since November, has been appointed to the college’s top job permanently. Acting on the recommendation of the college’s Board of Trustees, the State Board of Community Colleges made…

‘Yes, But Just Barely!!’ By Concerned Members: Shine Landing Property Owners Association Dawson Creek Property Owners Association PAMLICO COUNTY – In a recent petition to the N.C. Department of Transportation, we have formally requested more vertical clearance to accommodate boat traffic in a pending design…

By Barry Boyce PLANET EARTH – Much has been said about the detrimental effects on our environment from automobile and truck emissions. Here are some factual statistics you should find very interesting! There are approximately 5000 large container ships sailing the oceans everyday. These massive…

By Carolina Partnership for Reform Two years after the Biden administration launched a $30 million program to ‘Make Crack Safe Again,’ they’re trying to shutter North Carolina farms with a nicotine near-ban. In 2022, President Joe Biden’s administration launched a three-year, $30 million initiative to…

By Michael Puttre’ | Discourse Magazine Editor’s note: Michael Puttré is a writer in New York. He was chief editor of the Journal of Electronic Defense and Solar Industry.   EARTH – As President-elect Trump prepares to start his second presidential term, there’s no shortage…

By Aussie 17 Editor’s note: As a former executive in the pharmaceutical industry, the author has used a pseudonym throughout the pandemic while filing regular reports for this newspaper. Mark Zuckerberg, announced this week that Facebook will be removing all censorship mechanisms, which have previously…