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‘We’ve come a long way, baby’

When I was a little girl, in the 1950s and into the 1960s, I told my father that ...

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A trip beneath the bus

This June the county commissioners finalized the budget for 2016-17. The total appropriation was $59.5 million and included ...

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Remembering Bill Iler

A little more than a year ago, my partner, Mike Wright, and I visited Bill Iler in Belhaven ...

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The Founding Fathers and the faith of a nation

It is usually around July 4 that Americans are exposed to the proposition that America was established by ...

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In the crosshairs of the county board’s political agenda

In the 2016-17 budget, Beaufort County’s commissioners have demonstrated their uncanny ability to both initiate unnecessary pet projects ...

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Maybe the county needs a little bit of growth

Latest population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate Beaufort County is suffering from lack of growth with ...

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Beaufort County’s worst enemy

The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners is where both fiscal responsibility and good judgment go to die. Unfortunately, ...

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Taxes kill economies and ours is dying

The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners is discussing the proposed budget for July 1, 2016 through June 30, ...

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