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Columns

Washington has some of the nicest people anywhere

A town is made up of its people and not the buildings or what it has to offer. You will find some of the nicest people ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, November 6, 2023 4:45 pm

Columns

Wondering if Joe still has that silver dollar

I first met Joe Stalls on Ninth Street while he was heading to pick up his silver dollar because he had hit a home run ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, October 30, 2023 4:31 pm

Columns

An enjoyable Homecoming weekend in Virginia

This is my last article on Homecoming, at least for this year. The most recent was at my prep school, Randolph-Macon Academy.  Tracey gave me ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, October 23, 2023 2:33 pm

Columns

Preparing a feast at the Herring Club

If you were driving west on 264 last Wednesday about mid-morning, you could smell the best BBQ chicken in Eastern North Carolina. Going along with ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, October 16, 2023 4:43 pm

Columns

Homecoming is different 56 years later

Last week I wrote about Church Homecoming.  This week I want to write about high school Homecoming.  They were similar in nature, yet very different. One ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, October 9, 2023 4:30 pm

Columns

We dodged some bad weather

Hurricane season is not the best time to live on the Pamlico River, though there is never a bad time to live on the river. Not ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, September 25, 2023 6:13 pm

Columns

Not your average Sunday dinner

After watching college football all day on Saturday, I thought about the times that Tracey fed the offensive linemen from East Carolina at home in ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, September 18, 2023 4:45 pm

Columns

Memories of a heart-breaking day

 East Carolina hosted Marshall in football last Saturday and there was a group of former players that did not care which team won.  They were ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 8:26 pm

Columns

Remembering the Coast Guard Station

The old Coast Guard Station use to be at the foot of the bridge that crossesthe Pamlico River and runs onto Highway 17.  It was so clean and neat andgave you the appearance of a hospital.  The buoy yard was always so orderly and well organized.  For years it was the home of Carol Farrow McCracken, who grew up there and went to school in Washington up until her father retired.  They then moved to Cape Hatteras, where she finished high school and later moved to Winston-Salem, N.C. The ship was a buoy tender and it was called the Verbena. Only buoy tenders were named after a shrub or plant common to the area where it was built. There are verbenas growing in our yard ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, September 4, 2023 3:35 pm

Columns

Reconnecting through dry cleaning

Every year on the Fourth of July week, Marshall Todd Singleton and wife, Brenda, get ready for a mini-reunion.  Brenda is a cousin to Nora Lynn ... Read more

by Harold Robinson, Monday, August 28, 2023 4:41 pm

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