Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A challenge to be more courteous citizens

To the Editor, Of the many great things I’ve heard folks say about Beaufort County, two are that ...

Opinion

VOTE: Are you in favor of making Daylight Saving Time permanent?

Columns

The beauty and value of old stories

People often ask me where I get the old stories that I share on my Black history walking ...

Columns

Determining your place on the world stage

Recently, I’ve been watching a show on Apple TV called For All Mankind. It dramatizes an alternative history ...

Columns

Mike Walden: How can we cope with higher gas prices?

Mike Walden is a Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University. Gas prices are on the ...

Columns

My favorite rite of spring, Joe Dooley and a running doubleheader

I can’t believe there have not been normal NCAA men and women’s basketball tournaments since 2019. To me, ...

Columns

Hearing stories of Washington’s tulip festival

Looking at the tulips growing in my back yard brought back some wonderful memories of Springtime as I grew up ...

Columns

Washington becomes a center of shipbuilding

Following the nation’s birth, Washington continued as an important center of commerce for eastern North Carolina. Exports from the ...

Columns

Finding space for joy during Lent

Ash Wednesday began the Christian season of Lent, the 40 days (excluding Sundays) leading up to Easter.  Traditionally, ...

Columns

High flying memories 

While walking along the Washington waterfront recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see several people with their children flying kites.  It ...

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