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Community Columns

I would have been better having known them

Mr. George Washington Smith lived over in the Bear Creek section of Chocowinity and was a very successful farmer who had three sons: Delma, Otha ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, May 11, 2020 6:16 pm

Columns

Memories of non-regulation height hoops

When Bill and Mildred Renn moved to Washington from Greenville, they lived in one of the Singleton’s two houses on Tenth Street beside the big ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, April 27, 2020 2:04 pm

Community Columns

The dances of days gone by

My wife Tracey and I were sitting on the front porch last Sunday, trying to forget that there was a pandemic surrounding us. We were ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, April 20, 2020 6:29 pm

Community Columns

Remembering those old river days

Sitting on our front porch and observing the many boats on the Pamlico River brings back many fond memories of the years I have had ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Wednesday, April 15, 2020 8:57 am

Community Columns

The characters we knew

It would be hard to list the characters around when I was growing up without mentioning my favorite, Uncle Bonnie! First, he really was not ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, April 6, 2020 7:04 pm

Columns

The days we flew kites

While visiting with my mother-in-law (Mrs. Reba Smith) the other day in Chocowinity, the wind was blowing harder than usual and we both agreed that ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Friday, March 20, 2020 6:49 pm

Community Columns

Now is the time for good sportsmanship

People have asked me many times if the suspension of athletics was the right thing for the NCAA and the NCHSAA to have done. Absolutely! ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Thursday, March 19, 2020 7:46 pm

Community Columns

The days of ‘getting picked on’

In our neighborhood, size had its advantages and disadvantages, and Bubba and I were the smallest in height but certainly not age. Back then, bullies ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, March 2, 2020 6:11 pm

Sports

The work that goes into being an umpire

The weather made me look like a meteorologist this past week. We had a scrimmage at North Pitt High School, and the weather did not ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 5:05 pm

Community Columns

The neighborhood role models, remembered

When Mr. Virgil Cochran decided to move to Tenth Street, he never knew that his home would be the hub of all activity in that ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, February 24, 2020 7:02 pm

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