Elizabeth City State University inked agreements with three community colleges on Friday designed to help students studying aviation at the colleges transfer more easily into the aviation science program at ECSU.
ECSU, colleges ink aviation transfer pacts/News/2019/02/16/ECSU-colleges-ink-aviation-transfer-pacts.html1
With his coiffed hair and rock-and-roll swagger, 1950s teen idol Conrad Birdie grabs the microphone, belts out lyrics to a song and wins the hearts of his adoring fans.
It’s one of the iconic scenes from the hit 1960 Broadway musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” which will be performed by…
COAST Players hoping audiences swoon for 'Bye Bye Birdie' /Lifestyles/2019/02/16/COAST-Players-hoping-audiences-swoon-for-Bye-Bye-Birdie.html1
A program allowing ECSU juniors to compete for a Coast Guard scholarship that pays their full tuition and affords them Coast Guard pay and benefits was formalized Thursday at a ceremony attended by both Coast Guard and university officials.
The cleanup continued in an Elizabeth City resident’s yard Thursday, a little over a day after some kind of storm event packing powerful winds uprooted seven or eight 40-foot-tall trees on the property.
Strong winds fell tall trees in EC homeowner's yard /News/2019/02/15/Strong-winds-fell-tall-trees-in-EC-homeowner-s-yard.html3
Campus police have asked Elizabeth City State University students to take precautions — in particular, to lock their dorm room doors — following a rash of dormitory thefts and the arrest of an ECSU student in connection with two of them.
ECSU beefing up dorm security in wake of thefts/News/2019/02/14/ECSU-beefing-up-dorm-security-in-wake-of-thefts.html3
ECSU basketball set to return to Virginia State for first time since brawl/Sports/2019/02/16/ECSU-basketball-set-to-return-to-Virginia-State-for-first-time-since-brawl.html7
February 16, 2019
The Elizabeth City State men’s and women’s basketball teams will face Virginia State on the road today in CIAA Northern Division action.
GREENSBORO — Area wrestlers advanced during the opening round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A Individual State Championship tournament at Greensboro Coliseum Thursday evening and Friday.
High School Roundup | Wrestlers advance at NCHSAA state championship tournament/Sports/2019/02/16/Wrestlers-advance-at-NCHSAA-individual-state-championship-tournament.html3
This year the striper fishing has become better and better with the past few warm spells but for some reason there are few anglers out on the water to enjoy the bite.
Warm spells lend to better striper fishing/Sports/2019/02/16/Warm-spells-lend-to-better-striper-fishing.html3
Upholstery helps Temple give new life to old furniture/Albemarle-Neighbor/2019/02/16/Albemarle-Neighbor-Feb-16.html7
February 16, 2019
Whether it’s a sofa damaged by water in a hurricane or a cherished chair in need of repair, Pat Temple gives new life to furniture at her upholstery business in Hertford.
Temple has upholstered sofas and chairs at Pat’s Upholstery since she opened in 1985. She also creates slip covers,…
I was walking around in the brush recently and noticed thick stands of cockleburs. I tried to avoid them, but before I realized it my pants collected dozens.
People with hunting dogs know all about cockleburs. Long-haired dogs have even more problems. Sometimes prickly burs get so entangled that…
Cockleburs can cause more than just inconvenience/Lifestyles-Columnists/2019/02/16/Cockleburs-are-more-than-just-an-inconvenience.html3
As we celebrate Valentine’s Day I am grateful for a love song that is as unlikely as it is infectious.
Steve Earle’s “Galway Girl” has really grown on me since I first heard it just a few years ago. It’s a great love song in that it just basks in the joy of love and…
'Galway Girl' ode to love, sobriety/Lifestyles-Columnists/2019/02/14/Galway-Girl-ode-to-love-sobriety.html3
Colleagues of U.S. Rep. Walter Jones remember the long-serving North Carolinian as a humble, devoted maverick whose career was defined by conviction and kindness. Those principles extended to animals.
Jones was among the 150 co-sponsors of the historic Battlefield Excellence through Superior…
Jones' principles, service extended to protecting animals/Letters/2019/02/16/021319galalet.html3
My son attends Northeastern High School. Recently, he had a substitute bus driver.
When the bus was late, I called the bus garage, and they said it would be an hour late. Then at 9 a.m., I called again. This time I was informed the bus driver had missed my neighborhood and that no bus would be…
Lack of plan for responding to bus mistake dangerous/Letters/2019/02/16/020519robertslet.html3
