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The Daily Reflector

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Patriot Grove takes root: DAR plants 300 trees in Grifton

GRIFTON — To celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, descendants of patriots were encouraged to plant a “Liberty Tree” in every state. But a local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution decided on something more monumental. This week, the Susanna Coutanch Chapter of DAR will dedicate the America 250 Patriot Grove, where about 300 trees have been planted on 3 acres at A Time for Science in Grifton. A Veterans Day ceremony will celebrate the opening of the grove, which is designed as a living memorial “to honor those patriots whose courage, sacrifice and vision took root in the soil of the new republic of the United States of America.” Volunteers spent Saturday morning planting rows of native trees in a newly designed grove at the nature center along Contentnea Creek that welcomes thousands of schoolchildren and families each year. “It’s about the next generation,” DAR member Maggie Craig said. “We’re standing in the middle between our ancestors and the future generations. We’re standing in the middle of it right now.” At the national level, DAR marked the nation’s 250th anniversary by planting 250 trees in Yorktown, Virginia, to honor patriots who fought for America’s independence. Cindy Pesci, regent of the

Grifton, NC · 1d

WNCT

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Enter the Grifton holiday decoration contest for a chance to receive water bill discount

GRIFTON, N.C. (WNCT) — If you live in Grifton, your holiday decorations could earn you a discount on your water bill. The Town of Grifton is hosting a decoration contest. The winner will receive $150 applied to their TOG water account. The prize money comes from donations made by town staff and leaders. The deadline […]

Grifton, NC · 1d

The Wilson Times

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NC Whirligig Festival brings the fun to downtown Wilson

The North Carolina Whirligig Festival drew crowds for live music, food, vendors and family activities across a 13-block footprint. The event continuing Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Wilson, NC · 3d

The Enterprise

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Rocky Mount to host free recycling, disposal event Nov. 14

Rocky Mount will host a free recycling and disposal event Nov. 14, offering shredding, electronics, medication and hazardous waste collection.

Rocky Mount, NC · 1d

The Wilson Times

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City Council hears preview of ’27-’28 budget needs

Wilson city staff outlined early fiscal 2027-28 budget priorities, including infrastructure capacity, a new fire station, aging facilities and potential parks projects.

Wilson, NC · 2d

The Wilson Times

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Community briefs: Veterans Day event, food giveaways planned

Wilson County community groups plan a Veterans Day ceremony, free meal and food giveaways and St. Therese’s Fall Extravaganza in November.

Wilson County, NC · 2d

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Veterans Day march in Craven County to raise awareness about veteran suicide

NEW BERN, Craven County — Veterans and community members will come together Wednesday, Nov. 11, for the annual March for the 22, a Veterans Day tradition aimed at raising awareness about veteran suicide and honoring those who have lost their lives. American Legion Post 539 in New Bern will...

Craven County, NC · 22h

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NC Support Our Troops salutes Mt. Olive Pickles for dill-ivering cartons of snacks

AYDEN, Pitt County — NC Support Our Troops thanks Mt. Olive Pickles. The organization shared a photo of cartons of pickle snacks donated by the company. NC Support Our Troops called the pickles a favorite among troops. The group thanked Mt. Olive Pickles for the donation in a social...

Ayden, NC · 1d

The Wilson Times

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Deed transfers: Wilson County transactions from Oct. 26-30

Wilson County Register of Deeds recorded property transfers from Oct. 26-30, including sales in Wilson, Elm City, Black Creek, Lucama and Stantonsburg.

Wilson County, NC · 2d

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Provisional ballot reviews keep NC-03 and House District 9 races within recount range

How many provisional ballots remain under review in Pitt County?. Why are provisional ballots being reviewed in North Carolina?. In North Carolina's Third Congressional District, incumbent Republican Greg Murphy and Democrat Raymond Smith Jr. remain separated by a razor-thin margin of just more than 200 votes in the race for a seat in Congress.

North Carolina · 1d

Rocky Mount Telegram

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City’s Veterans Day ceremony slated for Wednesday morning

A junior ROTC instructor at Rocky Mount High School is going to address a Veterans Day gathering this morning at the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park off North Church Street downtown. Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Leon Dockery is set to be the guest speaker at the ceremony, which is set to start at 11 a.m. Veterans Day is celebrated to honor and express appreciation to those who served in the nation’s armed forces. According to Dockery’s online biography, he has been teaching at Rocky Mount High for more than 13 years, and before that, he served nearly 22½ years in the Air Force before retiring in 2013. While in the Air Force, Dockery served as a logistics officer in the areas of aircraft maintenance, munitions, ground and air transportation and depot level maintenance. Dockery was deployed in support of Operation Northern Watch and Operation Enduring Freedom. Operation Northern Watch was a combined task force charged with enforcing a no-fly zone above the 36th parallel in Iraq. Operation Enduring Freedom began the month after 9/11, when the U.S. launched military operations in Afghanistan. And according to Dockery’s online biography, he earned a bachelor’s degree in legal

Rocky Mount, NC · 1d

The Wilson Times

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Stantonsburg debuts its new Town Hall

Stantonsburg opened its new Town Hall and municipal complex, replacing its 76-year-old government building with renovated space for council meetings, livestreaming and a town history exhibit.

Stantonsburg, NC · 1d

Rocky Mount Telegram

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Buc-ee’s seeks recommendation from planning board for rezoning

The Buc-ee’s chain of travel centers plans to seek a Rocky Mount Planning Board recommendation today that the Rocky Mount City Council rezone a piece of land to pave the way for future development just off the Interstate 95 interchange for Gold Rock. The Planning Board is set to meet at 5:30 p.m. today at City Hall. Buc-ee’s has stated that the chain is under contract to purchase about 34 acres on the southeast side of the interchange northwest of Rocky Mount. That includes the location of dilapidated motel that long ago was a Howard Johnson’s motor lodge and wooded areas near the old motel. Gold Rock was annexed into Rocky Mount in 1997; however, some of the land that would be part of the planned purchase is not part of that satellite annexation and would have to be annexed by the City Council. Representatives of Buc-ee’s would like that land to be annexed and to be rezoned from Nash County general commercial to city B-2 commercial corridor to match the zoning for the rest of the land to the north in Gold Rock that Buc-ee’s also is eyeing for purchase. Land zoned B-2 commercial corridor by the city allows

Rocky Mount, NC · 1d

The Wilson Times

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County honors Lucas for 28 years of service

Wilson County Commissioner Roger Lucas received a standing ovation at his final meeting after 28 years of service representing District 4.

Wilson County, NC · 2d

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QT Corporation Plans $49.2M Goldsboro Expansion, 188 Jobs

GOLDSBORO, N.C. — QT Corporation plans to invest approximately $49.2 million in a new manufacturing facility at Park East Industrial Park in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The expansion is expected to create 188 jobs and increase the company’s capacity to serve customers nationwide. The facility will manufacture and distribute...

Wayne County, NC · 1d

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Item K on LGBTQ+ library content dies on the floor at Monday Washington council meeting

An item on the Washington City Council agenda on Monday night placed the Farmville Library back in the spotlight. Item K addresses concerns over LGBTQ+ content in public libraries. Motion to adopt this resolution died on the floor following no second. Mayor Alex Joyner took to the podium tonight to...

Farmville, NC · 1d

The Enterprise

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Jenkins: Health department treats generations

Martin-Tyrrell-Washington District Health Department’s Human Services Deputy Director Latonya Jenkins did not always know what she wanted to do for a career. When she figured it out, she poured her heart and soul into nursing. Jenkins grew up in the Indian Woods area of Bertie County, then moved to Martin County when she was 12. Upon graduation, she spent a semester at East Carolina University. “I did not do well at all,” she confessed. “My Mama [Shelia Roberson] got tired of me messing around. She threatened, ‘You are either going to Perdue [to work], or you are going to school.’” That was her wakeup call. “I got my booty in school. But I wasn’t sure what I was going for,” she added. Her stepfather, Elder Linvert Roberson (now deceased), whom she called her “Bonus Dad,” suggested nursing. “That is how it all started,” she said. At Beaufort Community College, the counselor encouraged her to go beyond her basic LPN — Licensed Practical Nurse. “When I told her I just wanted to do LPN, she told me, ‘No, I’m setting you up for RN [registered nurse].’” Jenkins received her associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) in 2000. “My first nursing job was

Martin County, NC · 2d

The Daily Reflector

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Nov. 7 Deeds of Trust

The following deeds of trust were recorded with the Pitt County Register of Deeds from Oct. 29-Nov. 4. Bernese Cox, Beverly Cox to Rocket Mortgage LLC $211,278 Michael Gonzi to Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation $106,000 Leon Ward Sylvester IV, Elizabeth Hayden Day Sylvester to State Employees’ Credit Union $375,000 Adam Barnett Gilreath to Alcova Mortgage LLC $134,000 Christopher Whalon, Donna Whalon to New Day Financial LLC $250,000 Zuely Villarreal Chavez to Jorge Alberto Yanez Rios $270,000 Soleta Maria Norman to Habitat for Humanity of Pitt County Inc. $225,871 Zuleima Angulo Diaz, Jean Carlos Angulo Diaz to Habitat for Humanity of Pitt County Inc. $225,871 Billie J. Wilson to Affiliated Mortgage Services (a/n/o Southern Bank and Trust Company) $166,400 Bells Fork Village LLC to Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company $6,108,000 Lilian Lee Faulconer, Alexander Austin Pace to State Employees’ Credit Union $470,000 Johnnie Brown, Tracy Brown to Affiliated Mortgage Services (a/n/o Southern Bank and Trust Company) $779,400 Carlos Rosario to DHI Mortgage Company Ltd. $247,000 Stephanie Dominguez-Mendoza to Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group LLC $176,900 Stephanie Dominguez-Mendoza to North Carolina Housing Finance Agency $15,000 Borden Builders LLC to KS Bank Inc. $372,000 Borden Builders LLC to KS Bank Inc. $373,600 Dorothy

Greenville, NC · 4d

The Coconut Mama

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North Carolina food distributor to close 3 facilities, affecting 181 workers

North Carolina is set to lose three food-distribution facilities as Foster winds down its operations in the state. The move follows another recent grocery-distribution closure in Pennsylvania, but Foster’s planned…

North Carolina · 8d

The Enterprise

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Historical marker sought in Jamesville

Sometimes, when the wind blows just right, echoing through the woods of Jamesville and out across the Roanoke River, a low, mournful, lonely sound of a “train” can be heard — reminding listeners of what once was. If Charles “Bo” Dickerson has his way, Martin County will soon have a more permanent reminder than the wind in the trees of a railroad bed that once existed here, connecting the Jamesville river to the Pamlico in Washington. Dickerson has set into motion a request for a N.C. Highway Historical Marker to commemorate the Jamesville and Washington (J&W) Railroad and Lumber Company that started here in 1869 and closed in 1897. The track leading to Washington was approximately 22.57 miles long and had one stop off in between. What was once known as Dymond City, a bustling town with a 32-room hotel, eventually died out when the railroad stopped running. The train made one round trip in a day, said Dickerson. “It put Martin County on the map big time,” he said. “Also, Beaufort County and even Washington County because of the lumber and produce and grain they hauled for the farmers.” Dickerson owns land where the Jamesville terminus was located and

Jamesville, NC · 4d