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The great coaches of the Pam Pack

In recent articles, I have mentioned some of the better athletes in the past that have played for the Pam Pack. Without good coaching, these ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Friday, January 17, 2020 4:47 pm

Community Columns

Remembering coach Bartley Bay

  The name Bartley Bay is remembered fondly by people my age and older. Bay or Coach Bay, as he was affectionately called, was the ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, January 13, 2020 5:25 pm

Sports

The intricacies of recruiting

Division I universities released the efforts of their recruiting process in football on Dec. 18, 2019. This has been a long-anticipated process of evaluating, calling, ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Tuesday, January 7, 2020 3:15 pm

Community Columns

The days of the Coronation Ball

Our high school days were full of activities that gave us all new experiences none of us had encountered before. As freshmen in high school, ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, January 6, 2020 6:58 pm

Columns

The people of Farm Life

There is a section of Martin County that is known for two Cy Young award winners, Gaylord and Jim Perry, and all of their accomplishments ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, December 30, 2019 6:26 pm

Sports

Encouraging youth to take up wrestling

I am so glad to hear about the resurgence of wrestling in our area. It used to be one of the better programs in the ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Tuesday, December 24, 2019 12:50 pm

Community Columns

The longest day of the year — Christmas Eve

If all goes as usual, this column will be published on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, so it’s appropriate to tell you how my Christmas Eves of ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, December 23, 2019 5:01 pm

Community Columns

The work that went in to being a paperboy

Washington used to have three newspapers that citizens could get on a daily basis, The Washington Daily News, The News & Observer and The Virginia ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, December 16, 2019 7:24 pm

Community Columns

I remember it like it was yesterday

Back when I was in school, after being promoted from the eighth grade (junior high now) to the ninth grade, we were then considered freshmen ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, December 9, 2019 6:11 pm

Community Columns

Adventures at the ‘dry cleaners’

Stopping by the “dry cleaners” the other day, I was fortunate to see Ethel Pearl Gardner who, like several others including myself, considered it our ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, December 2, 2019 6:01 pm

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