Local News in Pitt County, North Carolina
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Anderson joins Southern Bank as business development officer for Greenville, Pitt County (The Daily Reflector)
Paul C. Anderson has joined Southern Bank as a business development officer in the Greenville and Pitt County area. Anderson has been employed in the banking industry in the Greenville market for seven years. His new office will be in Southern Bank’s Winterville branch.March 15 ?-- Pitt-Greenville Deeds (The Daily Reflector) The following deeds were recorded with the Pitt County Register of Deeds from Jan. 22-26. Each $2 in revenue stamps is equal to $1,000 in valuation. (*
State's Race to the Top chances strong (The Daily Reflector) North Carolina stands a good chance of receiving funding this year from the federal “Race to the Top” grant program. Should that happen, Pitt County could see as much as $500,000 to nearly a $1 million annually, education officials say.
... mutual protection (The News & Observer) Just as North Carolina's close-to-the-vest state personnel law makes it difficult for the public to track patronage hiring abuses, so does it also allow information to be concealed about a state employee's misconduct, even if that misconduct led to the person being fired.
Pitt County Sheriff’s Office Sponsors Second Annual Medicine Drop (WNCT Greenville) Pitt County – The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Pitt County Safe Kids Coalition, and the Pitt County Substance Abuse Coalition will be holding its second annual Operation Medicine Drop event.
Buncombe ranks 4th in North Carolina for recycling (Asheville Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE — Buncombe County's Azalea Park features receptacles for soccer players and their fans to dispose of their plastic bottles and other recyclables, helping to keep tons of waste out of the landfill each year.
Pitt County deputy receives Spurgeon Award from BSA (The Daily Reflector) Joe Snider of the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office was presented the Spurgeon Award during the East Carolina Council, Boys Scouts of America Eagle Scout and volunteer recognition meeting and reception at the Lenoir Community College.
Health officials urge action against H1N1 threat (The Daily Reflector) An expected third wave of the H1N1 flu virus has yet to materialize, but the virus has not gone away, and public health officials are toeing the line on the importance of being vaccinated.
Hundreds mourn Taft (The News & Observer) Kathy A. Taft found joy in helping the lives of others, whether her four children, her five grandchildren or the thousands of North Carolina students she focused on as the longest-serving member of the state's school board.
Case shows risks of keeping employee records hidden (The Fayetteville Observer) It started with automobile brake lights glowing before dawn last May. It ended in January with a middle school teacher going to prison. In between, parents in Wilmington learned how North Carolina's restrictive law governing public employee records can put their children in danger.