YUMMY: Enjoying a snack of sweet potatoes and black-eyed peas are Aurora students Aniyah Weatherford (left) and Darnasia Tatum during a visit to the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum.

STARRING ROLE: Cassie Teixeira strikes a pose while playing the lead role in “Peter Pan,” a musical staged in the early spring by students at Washington High School.

RELIABLE DONOR: David Fields gives the gift of life during one of many American Red Cross Blood Drives held throughout Beaufort County last year.

PREPARATIONS: Will Boahn sprays a final coat of paint on a prop for the 2017 “Six Nights of Fright” event held at Raised In A Barn Farm in Chocowinity.

NUTRITIOUS SNACK: Dallas Williams chomps down on a sweet strawberry, one of Beaufort County’s delicious agricultural offerings in the spring and early summer.

HARD DECISIONS: Judges Tyler Johnson (left) and Charlie Elks award scores during the annual Spring Heat Car, Truck, Motorcycle & Big Rig Show hosted by the Chocowinity Fire Department.

GOOD CAUSE: Edwin Castro works up a sweat at Fitness Unlimited during the BOCO Strong fundraiser in the fall for the Shepard Cancer Foundation.