FOOD & DRINK
Mother and Daughter duo open new bakery in Tarboro
TARBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — A mother-daughter duo left the teaching world to open their own bakery. Ginger Snaps Bakery is family-owned. Mother and daughter Jaime and Savannah are the head bakers while the behind-the-scenes staff, Thomas and Jamie, work to manage sales and social media for the bakery. Jaime started baking at a young age […]
WNCT.com’s Best of Pets: Lannie
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A seven-year-old mixed breed dog at the Pitt County Animal Shelter is looking for her forever home. Lannie is a very calm dog as she is a little older than most of the dogs at the shelter. Ashley Campbell, a kennel attendant at Pitt County Animal Shelter, said Lannie enjoys her […]
Camp opens young minds to film-making, history
A Princeville-based youth camp is working to provide greater accessibility to North Carolina students interested in documentary filmmaking and the historic town’s past. The free four-week Freedom Hill Youth Media Camp aims to teach students 14-19 the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking while they conduct interviews, delve into oral history and explore archives related to America’s first black chartered town. This program will culminate in a student-produced short documentary about Princeville’s annual Homecoming celebration. ...
ECU professor talks about Taylor Swift-inspired class offered Fall of 2024
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Sparks are flying for all ECU students whom Taylor Swift enchants as one East Carolina University professor is saying, “You Belong With Me,” next fall. Are you, “Ready For It?”. “I’m at a point in my career where I’m ready to try some...
‘Freedom Hill’ documentary spotlights how historic flooding and climate change has impacted land owned by Black families
Princeville, North Carolina, formerly known as Freedom Hill, was disregarded and deemed uninhabitable by white people in the 1800s. However, newly freed Black people settled on the land after the Civil War. For generations, the area has experienced historic flooding because the town sits atop swampy land, wet, low land along the Tar River.
‘Never take this for granted’ book by Bethany Bradsher
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A sports author with a passion for storytelling from right here in Eastern North Carolina wrote a book about a topic very close to home base. “Anyone who follows college baseball knows at least a little something about the East Carolina Pirates,” Greenville author Bethany Bradsher said.
Wellcome students hope Arbor Day project plants a seed
Participants in an Arbor Day celebration at Wellcome Middle School planted six Nuttall’s Oak trees that they hope will serve as a long-lasting reminder of how a small seed can grow into a great force for environmental health. Friday’s tree-planting marked Greenville’s 35th celebration of Arbor Day. Students participated in an essay contest put on by members of ReLeaf, a nonprofit group that promotes and develops tree-planting projects for the city. Members were in attendance alongside city Mayor Pro Tem Monica Daniels and others to...
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