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Pink slips fly, no more at four (Outer Banks Sentinel)
A dozen Dare County Schools classroom teachers' positions have been "non-renewed" due to budgetary reasons; teachers were handed pinks slips last week, according to a release from the board of education.Plants and memories, passed along (The News & Observer) I remember the big, white hydrangeas -- we called them snowballs -- that grew at my Grandma Macy and Pa-Pa's farmhouse. And underneath the big oak tree at Gran's house, irises sprang up amid the jagged, gray rocks along the path leading to the porch.
What's Happening sports bulletin board (The Examiner) What's Happening sports bulletin board for July 4-10
Business Briefs for July 2 (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Two Richmond-area executives were among five chief financial officers honored last night at the Virginia CFO Awards banquet. Thomas N. Chewning, who retired June 1 from Dominion Resources Inc., received the top award for CFOs of publicly traded Virginia companies. Fernando Gutierrez of the American Red Cross-Greater Richmond Chapter was named top CFO for small nonprofit organizations with fewer ...
Ten nabbed in police roundup (The Wilson Times) Ten area people have been charged with a variety of drug and other offenses as the result of a mass roundup conducted by the Wilson Police Thursday. Lt. Mark Sullivan said some of the arrests made du ...
'Hardrock' Harden fought in boxing's scrappy glory days (Burlington Times-News) The 1930s and ‘40s are known as the golden era of boxing and no one lived up to the ideal quite like "Hardrock" Harden. His boxing record is uncertain, listed as fighting anywhere from 110 to 115 bouts, winning an estimated 90 in his 11-year career.
Beaufort County’s legal eagle still going strong (Washington Daily News) In 1968, Richard Nixon was elected president, the Tet Offensive was launched in Vietnam and Billy Mayo became attorney to the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners. He’s been at the job ever since.
Mendham High School Class of 2009 ready for next steps (Observer-Tribune) MENDHAM â The Mendham High School class of 2009 has graduated and are ready to begin the next phase of their lives.
Yadkin River Trust Bill Set For Committee Hearing In N.C. House Of Representatives (dBusinessNews.com) RALEIGH, N.C. – The Stanly County Board of Commissioners ( www.co.stanly.nc.us ) is urging legislators in the N.C. House of Representatives to vote in favor of Senate Bill 967 (Creation of Yadkin River Trust), legislation that would allow the state to acquire and operate the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project as opposed to Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (“Alcoa”), which has applied for a 50-year ...
Top 10 baseball destinations (MSNBC) So you’re planning a ballpark tour this summer and you’ve got a week to spare? Well, if you haven’t already, be sure to consider one of these top 10 baseball destinations on your list, from north to south, east to west.