Opinion

Sylvia Gertrude Harrington

Mrs. Sylvia Gertrude Harrington, 86, of Old County Road, Greenville, died Thursday, March 21, 2013. Funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, ... Read more

Make safe boating a priority

With the weather getting warmer and the fishing improving, look for boaters — especially recreational boaters — to begin taking to area waterways. Boating continues ... Read more

Sound off, March 21, 2013

Republicans Harry Brown, Bill Cook and Norman Sanderson have given you a large tax increase. They raised taxes on the regular boating public, but they ... Read more

Letter to the editor: Hurts to care

To the Editor: Hurts to care: Why did so many angry people show up at the recent public hearing about the fate of a small ... Read more

Avoid that warning ticket

All would agree that keeping safe the littlest ones in our community is an imperative — that’s why laws specifying how to behave on the ... Read more

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Columns

Does fear of looking foolish keep you from boating?

To overcome that fear, I’ll share some basic boating pointers for non-boaters. Your safety is foremost, then your comfort and enjoyment of your boating experience. ... Read more

Just walk away from all that stress

By Jennifer Weatherly We’ve all experienced that out of control, overloaded feeling called stress. Have you ever felt like your heart was pounding or your ... Read more

BCCC graduation record admirable

This week marks an annual rite of passage for a new crop of Beaufort County students celebrating perhaps the most significant achievement of their young ... Read more

Pamlico’s past: The enemy among us

Traveling through the fertile farmland of eastern North Carolina during the summer of 1944, Joseph Buchen’s thoughts drifted to an earlier time in Germany and ... Read more

Health beat: Skin cancer awareness

By Charles Knupp, MD May is national skin cancer awareness month. The various types of skin cancer together account for about 50 % all cancer ... Read more

Letters to the Editor

Details of legislation, please

To the Editor: While I understand that the WDN is a local paper and your first obligation is to feature community news of local interest, ... Read more

Kitten left to die

To the Editor: Sunday, June 9, at 12:25p.m., we were traveling on U.S. Highway 17 between Chocowinity and Washington when we noticed what looked like ... Read more

Values being attacked

To the Editor: Yesterday (June 10), I put on my clergy shirt and stole and stood in the driving rain with thousands of other ministers ... Read more

Wonderful experience

To the Editor: I was privileged to experience an evening filled with praises to our Creator, God, and deep expressions of love in a time ... Read more

Letter to the editor: Nature vs solar panels

To the Editor: I have known and been friends of the Woolards for more than 10 years. I have visited their home before and after ... Read more