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Bertie

Bird battle

WINDSOR – A hot start, smooth transition game, and pressure defense all added up to a runaway win here Tuesday night as South Central High ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:57 am

Columns

Another game of Dodge-ball

They fumbled again. You know the they, the National Football League. You also know the who-they, Commissioner Roger Goodell. That a sensational media outlet (TMZ) ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:56 am

News

Young Leaders

WINDSOR – They spoke of it as if it were a calling. Two Bertie Early College High School students were sworn in – along with ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 2:08 pm

News

Town of Windsor Commissioner succumbs

WINDSOR – Following a brief illness, Windsor Town Commissioner Lawrence Carter, Jr. passed away on Thursday at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. He was 72. ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Monday, December 3, 2018 12:04 pm

News

Civics lesson

WINDSOR – It could be described as perhaps the world’s best civics assignment outside of the classroom. This month, both the Bertie County Board of ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Monday, December 3, 2018 12:02 pm

Columns

Return of the Mack – but not the rap song

“All that he knew was that the years flow by like water, and that one day men come home again.” – Thomas Wolfe   I ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Monday, December 3, 2018 12:00 pm

News

History on a stick

WINDSOR – He was, in the words of his family, ‘the last rock of his generation’. But, the Rev. Aaron Bazemore – Elder Bazemore to ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Wednesday, November 28, 2018 11:13 am

News

Bertie leaders receive census location update

WINDSOR – In March 2018, Mid-East Commission Executive Director Bryant Buck presented a proposal for Bertie County’s participation in the 2020 LUCA (Local Update of ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Monday, November 26, 2018 11:08 am

Columns

Just call me a ‘Tar-Packer’ for this game

I know where I’ll be around noon today (Saturday); sprawled out on the couch with a turkey sandwich, a bowl of turkey soup, and for ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Monday, November 26, 2018 11:07 am

Sports

Eagles salvage win

LASKER – Northeast Academy avoided a sweep at the hands of Cornerstone Christian School here Tuesday night as the Eagle boy’s varsity crushed CCS 71-36. ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Monday, November 26, 2018 11:05 am

Lewiston-Woodville

Suspects still at large in Lewiston home invasion

LEWISTON – An early morning armed home invasion here sent one man to the hospital with minor injuries and left an elderly woman frightened and ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 10:40 am

Lawrence

‘Brave’ new world

MERRY HILL – She was a published author at age 15.  And now, she’s ready to write a whole new chapter. With ‘God’s Girl’ as ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 10:33 am

Columns

Is the title’s Duke’s to lose? Not so fast, my friend

The college basketball season opened last week, and interestingly, it came on Election Night. In case you missed it, with Duke’s throttling of Kentucky, the ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Monday, November 19, 2018 2:05 pm

News

Sestercentennial Salute

WINDSOR – They have much in common, 250 years of the town of Windsor and veterans of the American armed services. Things like resilience, courage, ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Thursday, November 15, 2018 9:25 am

News

Shooting suspects arrested

WINDSOR – Three men have been arrested following shots fired into a home on Early Station Road in Aulander according to Bertie County Sheriff John ... Read more

by Gene Motley, Thursday, November 15, 2018 9:23 am

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