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Try out a few reduplicative words for some fingle-fangle fun
The annual “Read Across America” day was celebrated earlier this month (on March 2 to be precise). It’s ...
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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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Past ideas sometimes still ring true
“March Madness is drawing closer by the minute. Soon we’ll have dozens of college basketball teams crowding the ...
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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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NC Press Association backs bipartisan Government Transparency Act
By Bill Moss and Phil Lucey A newly sworn-in North Carolina General Assembly and a fresh legislative session ...
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Take off your negativity bias goggles when reading the news
Have you ever heard of ‘negativity bias’? It’s a specific way our minds work so that we tend ...
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Government retirees drowning in inflation
To the Editor: More than 320,000 local and state government retirees are drowning in inflation. With a likely ...
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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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Strange news: tarantula donations, elves, and a slick new idea for your coffee
Strange and weird things happen every day, and sometimes, it gets recorded for posterity, courtesy of the news ...
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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 ...
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Black inventors add to the quality of life
To the Editor: The history of patents in America is older than the U.S. Constitution, with several colonies ...
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Tick-tock, wham, quack, and other fun sounds words
It’s been a while, so let’s talk about language this week. Specifically, one of my favorite words: onomatopoeia! ...
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Police aren’t implicitly biased against Black people or anybody else
To the Editor: The killing of a Black man by five police officers in Memphis, Tennessee has once ...
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Don’t let February stand alone in sharing the love
In a month that includes a single day set aside for love and admiration, I guess it’s only ...
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Fun ways to spark the serotonin in your brain
A headline on NPR’s website caught my eye not too long ago. It read “Here’s why you should ...