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What's in a name? Moses Grandy Trail
Loading... 1 of 2 The Moses Grandy Trail in Chesapeake is named for Moses Grandy, a 19th Century man who, while a slave, helped build the Great Dismal Swamp Canal. Comment?
Soybeans, wheat at risk after nora easter
... White Center. About 300 residents from Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck counties attended the annual event. Tommy Grandy, an Extension agent in Currituck County, said about 60 percent of his county's soybean crop was harvested prior to the storm. ... Comment?
Fifth Third Bank celebrates Hill office
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... cutting at the new Fifth third Bank branch in the Hill District. Joining him, from left: James M. Ferguson III, Jada Grandy, Lloyd Wright, Tonya Payne, Jill Sandilla, Mark Jones, Will Moode, Ralph Parks and Norman Marraccini. "Fifth Third Bank and ... Comment?
Board withdraws plans for $1.3 million ABC store
... earlier in the year to renovate the current store for $300,000. Currituck liquor sales at three ABC stores in Moyock, Grandy and Corolla totaled $3.8 million in 2008. Minus expenses and taxes, profits totaled $604,413, up from $425,462 in 2007 and ... Comment?
Currituck recreation facility plan in the works
... you," he said. David Palmer, a member of the county's economic development board, questioned the project. Moyock and Grandy are the most populated areas, both at least 10 miles from Maple, a sparsely populated area. "How far are people willing to ... Comment?
Commissioners: ABC opposition not personal
... portion of ABC profits normally distributed to the county so it could move forward with constructing a new store in Grandy. In a letter to commissioners, Collins allegedly requested a rehabilitation of the current Moyock store by increasing the ... Comment?
Official: Tone down ABC dispute
... 2004 allowing the ABC board to keep all of its profits so that it could pay off a loan used to build the ABC store in Grandy. Collins said the ABC board will pay off that loanin December. After then, about 45 percent of the ABC board's net profits ... Comment?
FBI eyes woman in sex-chat case
... boy and moved here as the relationship flourished. The Washington Avenue apartment of Noel Conley, 38, formerly of Grandy, N.C., was raided recently by an FBI task force that was authorized to seize her computers and other evidence. Court records ... Comment?
... lived in the first floor of the two-story house. "There were two or three different families, including the Grandy family," Speller recalled. "He was married to an Outlaw, one of my relatives." The omission of the sharecroppers may have been ... Comment?
House sheds light on early race relations in NC
... lived in the first floor of the two-story house. "There were two or three different families, including the Grandy family," Speller recalled. "He was married to an Outlaw, one of my relatives." The omission of the sharecroppers may have been ... Comment?
Collins: Nelms mad about no-return policy
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... county would benefit (from the move)," Collins said. "Anytime a new store is rebuilt, sales go up double digits. The Grandy store sales increased 12 percent the first year it was open. New people come in and it's a better shopping environment. ... Comment?
Koontz gets Long Leaf Pine award
Robert Koontz of Grandy was surprised when his wife of 47 years dragged him to the Currituck County Courthouse on Monday for what he thought was just a trip to satiate her curiosity. Comment?
In Bertie, they've always had hope
... lived in the first floor of the two-story house. "There were two or three different families, including the Grandy family," Speller recalled. "He was married to an Outlaw, one of my relatives." The omission of the sharecroppers may have been ... Comment?
The family and friends of Carolynn Haggard of Grandy, North Carolina, celebrate a life well lived. Comment?
Currituck at odds with ABC over store move
... to the ABC board's new plans to buy another building. In recent years, commissioners agreed with new buildings in Grandy and Corolla, said Commissioner Paul O'Neal. But in Moyock, renovations were enough, he said. "The board looked at it like this: ... Comment?
Currituck to revamp county's development laws
... the land-use plan completed three years ago that calls for new neighborhoods to go up in established areas, such as Grandy and Moyock. To clean up the highway corridor of N.C. 168 and U.S. 158, codes would offer standard architectural styles. ... Comment?
N.C. triathlete wins Senior Games gold
Click a thumbnail to view the full-size image. Buy Pilot photos here. Loading... Close Gallery Click for full view Grady Gaskill stands in the Currituck Sound in Grandy sporting his gold medal in triathlon from the Summer National Senior Games. Comment?
Bids in to replace soil at fuel-fouled N.C. sites
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... Soil removal is the most expensive part of a site cleanup, Osman said. Other local sites: B.U. Evans property in Grandy, estimated to cost $300,000, needs soil testing and removal and more groundwater testing. The Berry Brothers site on N.C. 343 in ... Comment?
... (fiddle here, steel guitar there, brass popping up unexpectedly on the chorus) as they are boozy and loose. ERIC GRANDY (Comet) There's something instantly familiar about Battle Hymns' dark Americana. The opening chords of "For Arlene" call to mind ... Comment?
N.C. beach quality measures up
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... 25 percent or higher. In North Carolina, the only beach on that list is a small park in the Currituck County town of Grandy, in the state's northeastern corner near Virginia. Twenty-eight percent of its water samples were polluted in 2008, the most ... Comment?