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A dominating year thus far for female athletes
Chinese Horoscope 2024 predicts a prosperous year for the dragon, representing authority, prosperity, and good fortune. I’ve got ...
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If you need to do homework to watch TV, you’re doing it wrong probably
Have you ever been called a “couch potato”? I’m sure that the term could apply to me at ...
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Primaries should be aligned by region
To the Editor: A political primary is a preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political ...
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Crooks go to extreme measures to steal odd items
There’s a joke that, like me, has been around for a long, long time. So much to the ...
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Economic woes will hinder Biden’s effort to win another term
To the Editor: When William Jefferson “Slick Willie” Clinton ran for President of the United States in 1992, ...
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Punny names, weird names, and everything in between
Pretty much everything has a name. It’s essential to how we identify who and what we interact with ...
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Farewell Apollo, Chubbs, Greef Karga
Carl Weathers, one of my favorite actors, died last week at the age of 76. As a fan ...
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Special thanks for supporting MLK, Jr. Essay Contest
To the Editor: The Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (Health and Wellness Ministry) had a successful and productive ...
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School vouchers are a complex subject with a long history
As I mentioned in last week’s column, school vouchers have been one of the hot education topics in ...
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Pro athletes do show their emotional side
Sports fans, like myself, often get caught up thinking that the gifted athletes we watch on TV or ...
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Local volunteers aid Operation Christmas Child
To the Editor: Generosity throughout Ahoskie contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for ...
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From AI to school vouchers: hot topics in NC education
Last week, I wrote about how legalized sports betting will have an impact on several universities across North ...
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Don’t use an elephant to plow cotton fields
A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from my daughter who asked a really strange ...
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Legal gambling to benefit small university athletic programs in NC
If I were a betting man (and for the record, I am not actually a betting man – ...
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More newspaper treasures to share
In this space a week ago, I introduced you to a new way to access the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald ...