O’Neal Pullie, Jr. is a retired Art teacher having worked 33 years in the Elizabeth City school system. At the present time he runs O.J.Teez a small screen printing company. He also has a working art studio located at Skie Art Lounge in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. At the present time he is enrolling adult […]
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By: Wanda Lassiter, Curator, Museum of the Albemarle New to the Museum of the Albemarle is moonshine, white lightnin’, juniper juice, whiskey flasks, speakeasies, and a fast, black 1957 Chevy. All of these are a part of the Museum’s newest exhibit Temperance and Bootlegging: A Nation Under Prohibition. The exhibition opened January 18, 2020 but […]
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By Stella Knight, Attorney Question: My widowed aunt lives alone in another city. She is in fairly good health, but I feel she may be an easy target for unscrupulous individuals. Recently, I learned that Aunt Penny withdrew a large sum of money to “help a friend.” Apparently, as my aunt’s neighbor tells me, this […]
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by: Warren Green It’s February and I thought I’d devote a little reflection about Black History Month, particularly from my personnel exposure. I’m personally proud of my newly achieved, octogenarian status, and my early roots. So, how to link the two in my health oriented perspective? In 1937, my mother migrated from the Albemarle, in […]
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by: Jake Worthington In 2008, a group of men gathered on the Outer Banks with the purpose of organizing a club for fishing. The group consisted of small boat recreational fishermen who wanted a club where they could share fishing stories and learn from each other. The group was created and adopted bylaws that stated […]
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After graduating from UNC @ Chapel Hill in 1952, Caswell Edmundson came to Edenton to work at Western Gas service. Then in 1970, he opened up Carpet & Appliance Plaza with Charles Harrell after they purchased Ron-Wood carpet from Haywood Jones. Unfortunately, Mr. Harrell passed away in 1974. Having purchased partnership insurance Caswell was able […]
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By Irene Hampton You may be familiar with the story of Moses Grandy, a Camden slave who published “Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy; Late a Slave in the United States of America in 1843”. In updating my internet websites in January I ran across one from Currituck that I was unaware of. The […]
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Elizabeth City, N.C. –A new video premiers as part of this evening’s event, sponsored by a grant from the NC General Assembly. The premier of the video, Underground Railroad in Northeast North Carolina, created by videographer, Angie Staheli, begins promptly at 6 :30 p.m. Dr. Ben Speller, past president of the Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle, will introduce […]
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ECU Integrated Coastal Programs and the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) are hosting a lecture on North Carolina bats as part of its “Science on the Sound” lecture series. This series, held monthly, highlights information on coastal topics and issues in northeast North Carolina. This month the program will feature Marissa Liverman, Citizen Science and Conservation […]
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Dare County, NC – College of The Albemarle (COA) received $1,100 from the Kitty Hawk Rotary Club on Thursday, February 6, during a presentation at Duck Woods Country Club. The funds are designated to sponsor a COA Dare Campus student who is participating in the study abroad program. This year’s study abroad trip to Puerto […]
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