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From one CRB to another…rest easy my friend

I’m of strong belief that God purposely places individuals in our lives to help show us and keep ...

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Interesting trivia you may need to know

As a journalist, I often use the Internet (well, the most reliable sites) to seek out additional information ...

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Murfreesboro: Oasis on the Meherrin

I didn’t grow up within the corporate limits of Murfreesboro, but my heart and mind hold many, many ...

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Thanks IRS….I’m flat broke and busted

My head is still spinning. After two-plus hours of crushing numbers, and doing the same to several sheets ...

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‘Listen to the Music’ and crank it up!

It doesn’t require mad math skills to count the number of birthdays that have come and gone since ...

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Springtime means dogwoods and white perch

Locals and even those from outside our little corner of the world proclaim the Chowan River as the ...

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Have you got talent? It’s your time to shine!

Is there a Carrie Underwood among us? How ‘bout a gifted writer such as Ernest Hemingway; or another ...

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Busting the bracket and the bank

Borrowing from well-used phrase in baseball, this week’s column goes “around the horn” in reference to brief opinions ...

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Gone, but not forgotten for ‘service above self’

Over the course of my 40-plus years in the newspaper business, I’ve been extremely fortunate to have built ...

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Brooklyn or bust…..let the games begin!

Before diving into this week’s column topic – the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament – let me first give ...

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Treasures abound within newspaper files

It’s the irony of ironies. Over the past few months, the staff here at Roanoke-Chowan Publications – which ...

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Please add snow globe watching to the Olympics

The current Games of the Winter Olympics being held in Beijing, China isn’t – at least right now ...

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At what height does your pickle bounce?

There are criminal and traffic laws we hope never to break, because we understand the consequences of failing ...

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Technological advances solve cold cases

What else is there to do on a cold Saturday…one where a high of 32 degrees feels like ...

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The grass isn’t always greener on the other side

Dorothy was right….there’s no place like home, especially on a cold, wet, winter day. It seems that as ...

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