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Never lick butter off a steak knife
Do you know the rules? Do you understand the rules? Do you have any idea that there are ...
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Less-than-brilliant criminal mischief abounds!
Well, we’re nearly halfway into 2023 and by now one would think that stories of less-than-brilliant criminal mischief ...
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Chowan…love her ever more!
Fifty years have past since one fateful day in May of 1973 when I heard my name called ...
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How to visit two states under one roof
A couple of weeks ago I engaged in a conversation with Bruce Howell, a Northampton County native who ...
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Word facts that make you scratch your head
It’s easy to peer inside the pages of a dictionary to learn the definition of a word. Old ...
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Names of local towns influenced by the railroad
Our latest Front Porch Living magazine, which is being released this week, carries a theme of how some ...
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Friends are angels with the power to lift us up
Of the hundreds of emails I receive each and every week, there are, on rare occasions, one that ...
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Hey, mister, can you spare a dime?
What would you do with two million dimes? Feed a lot of parking meters…purchase gum or mints at ...
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Stop…look….and listen to nature’s call
The North Carolina Birding Trail is a partnership project designed to establish a driving trail linking great birding ...
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Pop…this column is for you!
There aren’t many days that go by without me stopping to think of my dad. Typically it’s to ...
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Offering a hand up…not a hand out
Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell new and gently used ...
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Is the next “Dr. Fleetwood” out there?
First there was Dr. Joe, then came Little Joe…both men were legends in the eyes of thousands of ...
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Is it Auhotsky, ehorse skiní, or Ahoskie?
F. Roy Johnson was a master researcher and storyteller. From his small office on Main Street in downtown ...
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‘Rural sprawl’ led to Hertford County’s birth
Before there was urban sprawl, there was rural expansion. In today’s world, life in the big city often ...
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Keeping track of R-C area lifestyles
Speaking on behalf of Roanoke-Chowan Publications, I’m hopeful that you will take the time to reach inside today’s ...