Pamlico County News

Two New Bern area avenues to the rest of the world were dedicated and officially opened here 10 years ago Thursday.

The Pamlico Musical Society will present an evening of a cappella and spirituals Saturday at the Old Theater on Broad Street.

For the second time in two years, the final Oriental commissioners seat could be decided by a draw from a hat.

Pamlico County on Monday became the last of seven counties to come on board with financial support of the Military Growth Task Force, designed to assist communities with an influx of Marines in the area over the next two years.

Edward Hamilton is proud of his military career, which included service in three wars World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

BRIDGETON The mayor and five incumbent commissioners here are officially unopposed on Tuesday's ballot in their bids for another term to lead this century-old town through new millennium growing pains.

BAYBORO The conclusion of early One Stop voting in Pamlico County Saturday mirrored the early 2007 turnout for elections in nine towns small.

Unemployment in Craven, Pamlico, and Jones counties inched up a little higher in September, bucking the overall statewide trend.

During the first two days of taking applications this week for Christmas assistance, Salvation Army staff members were overwhelmed with 140 requests.

A Pamlico County sheriff's deputy was suspended from duty after he was arrested on charges of assaulting his girlfriend.

Workers began site preparation Wednesday on two Pamlico County bridges and one Craven County bridge that will be refurbished.

Thomas Wright is serving a nearly eight-year sentence after he was convicted in April 2008 of obtaining property by false pretenses when he defrauded a bank to lend him $150,000. He also was convicted of soliciting campaign contributions to deposit into his own account.

Strong candidate and voter turnouts have been tradition here in this village of about 900 people.

The Pamlico County Library, with co-sponsorship from the Pamlico Arts Council, will feature the artworks of Jackie Buck Taylor for the month of November Taylor is a lifetime resident of Pamlico County, the daughter of Rachel Buck and the late Jackie Buck of Bayboro.

Participants are being gathered for the annual Pamlico County Veterans Parade on Nov.

An overloaded circuit is being blamed for a fire Monday morning in Pamlico County.

A total of 439 people have voted their choice for municipal leadership in one-stop absentee voting that began Thursday in Craven, Pamlico and Jones counties.

Barring write-in upsets, four Pamlico County towns have what appear to be no-contest elections.

Four candidates for four board seats and mayor. High vote total winner is elected mayor.

Craven and Pamlico County residents can rid their garages or sheds of hazardous waste and their closets of old electronics at Saturday events in each county.