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Thursday Oct 9 | www.thetowntalk.com | ilemme

Marjorie Meginnis Brooks Meacham

Marjorie Meginnis Brooks Meacham passed away Monday, October 6, 2008 in Davenport, Iowa. Left to honor her memory are brother, Leon Ray, of Pineville; daughter, Ruth Covington and companion Joe Davis of Raleigh; daughter, Jeanne Agan and husband Hy of Charlotte; daughter, Marion Meginnis and husband, Jack Haberman of Davenport, Iowa; son, Michael Meginnis and wife Fay of Rockingham; grandson, Scott Covington of Swan Quarter, many loving friends.

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Related Topix: Obituaries

Thu Oct 02, 2008

www.visittyrrellcounty.com | ilemme

Scuppernong River Festival October 11th

Come join the locals for a full day of celebration and fun, followed by evening fireworks.

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Related Topix: Tyrrell County, NC, Events

Thu Sep 25, 2008

www.wdnweb.com | ilemme

Area students enjoy - Maritime Education Days'

Area students enjoy 'Maritime Education Days' Event held this week at N.C. Estuarium By KEVIN SCOTT CUTLER Lifestyles & Features Editor Nearly 700 eighth graders from Beaufort and Hyde counties are converging ...

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Related Topix: Bath, NC, Chocowinity, NC, North Carolina, Washington, NC

Wed Sep 24, 2008

www.newbernsj.com | ilemme

High winds advisory

Windy weather is expected in the area and New Bern officials are urging people to tie down items that could become airborne.

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Related Topix: New Bern, NC, Weather

Sun Sep 21, 2008

www.witn.com | ilemme

Hyde County Gets Economic Boost

Hyde County - 1.3 million dollars in checks was presented to county leaders Friday by Golden Leaf Foundation. The grant money is slated for health care, infrastructure, and community development projects. Engelhard Medical Center will receive more than a half million dollars. Improvements will also be made to the Mattamuskeet Lodge and the sewer line that serves that wildlife reserve.

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Related Topix: Engelhard, NC

www.newsobserver.com | ilemme

Time is right to laugh

Soaring gas prices, flooding rains, market meltdowns, mindless campaigns and mosquitoes here, there, everywhere - smack! I don't know about you, but I could use a good laugh.

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Thu Sep 18, 2008

www.marketwatch.com | ilemme

Keeney Plans Retirement in Mid-2009

Keeney will turn 65 in March 2009. He currently is expected to continue to serve on ECB's Board of Directors through the duration of his current elected term, which expires in 2010.

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Related Topix: Leland, NC, Engelhard, NC, ECB Bancorp, Banking, Financial Services, MarketWatch, Startups

Wed Sep 17, 2008

www.newsobserver.com | ilemme

Tonight's news goes digital for 1 minute

Attention all viewers: This is just a test. Do not panic if your old rabbit-ear TV goes all snowy and static-y in the middle of the evening news today.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, NC

Tue Sep 16, 2008

www.wnct.com | ilemme

Local artist, apply for new grant and win funding | WNCT

The Arts Council of Wayne County in conjunction with the Community Council for the Arts seeks to inform local artists of project funding through the Regional Artist Project Grants.

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Related Topix: Camden, NC, Currituck, NC, Hertford, NC, Lenoir, NC, Wilson, NC

Sun Sep 14, 2008

www.wdnweb.com | ilemme

Boards of elections throughout North Carolina will begin mailing out absentee ballots Monday.

Boards of elections throughout North Carolina will begin mailing out absentee ballots Monday. Cindy Carawan, elections director for Hyde County, said that county’s Board of Elections processed 248 voter-registration forms last month, forms submitted by new voters or voters updating their registration forms for reasons such as name changes, address changes or switching political parties. Carawan said that’s a significant increase compared to most other months.

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Related Topix: Washington, NC, North Carolina, Belhaven, NC

Sun Sep 07, 2008

www.newsobserver.com | ilemme

'Sea of Greed' author wrote part of his book in Swan Quarter

The story began when a suspicious shrimper called Bobby M slipped into Beaufort Inlet one night in July 1982.

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Related Topix: Swansboro, NC, Beaufort, NC, Prison

Fri Sep 05, 2008

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Tropical Storm Hanna ADVISORY UPDATE # 4

September 5, 2008 According to weather forecasters, Tropical Storm Hanna will make landfall and begin impacting Hyde County Friday after midnight or early Saturday morning and continue through Saturday.

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Wed Sep 03, 2008

www.newsobserver.com | ilemme

Wildlife refuge begins recovery

Burned pond pine trees stand as if on stilts in this blackened scrub after a summer wildfire burned away the peat soil beneath their roots.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Tue Sep 02, 2008

issuu.com | ilemme

Sheriff David Mason named 'Man of the Quarter' by Swan Quarterly magazine

Hyde County sheriff David Mason was named ' Man of the Quarter' by Swan Quarterly magazine. There is full page photo of the sheriff looking at the last Swan Quarterly taking at the Hyde County court house.

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www.wdnweb.com | ilemme

Triumph over cancer inspires - Dead Girl Walking'

Triumph over cancer inspires 'Dead Girl Walking' Ocracoke woman is subject of documentary By SUNDAE HORN Special to the Daily News Ocracoke resident Marcy Brenner is a musician, wife, mom and a writer.

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Related Topix: Ovarian Cancer, Health, Medicine, Breast Cancer, Hatteras, NC, Ocracoke, NC, Cancer

Sun Aug 31, 2008

www.hyde.k12.nc.us | ilemme

Hyde County Schools Board of Education meeting Wednesday, September 3

The next Hyde County Schools Board of Education meeting will be on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 9:30 am at O.A. Peay.

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issuu.com | ilemme

Swan Quarterly Fall 2008

Hyde Countys Kids are Back at School And the Swan Quarterly Fall Issue 2008 arrives ... Can you believe it? The Swan Quarterly is already celebrating its first anniversary. It all started with an idea about a couple of years ago and here we are - 4 issues later, and going strong. It wasn’t easy, but it was fun and sure worth it. We have received a lot of compliments and a little critic, and are grateful for all. We reaching our readers now from Rocky Mount, to Hyde County to Tyrrell County to the OBX and beyond.

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www.wdnweb.com | ilemme

Washington couple scores big on films

They keep collecting awards for their work. Emily and Blake Scott of Washington have only made three nature films; but, they have garnered 18 international awards for their ...

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Related Topix: Washington, NC

Thu Aug 28, 2008

www.wdnweb.com | ilemme

Lodge project is on schedule

The effort to restore the Mattamuskeet Lodge remains on schedule, according to an official overseeing the project.

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Related Topix: North Carolina State University, Washington County, NC

www.wnct.com | ilemme

Swan Quarter-Ocracoke to extend ferry schedule | WNCT

The N.C. Department of Transportation's Ferry Division has announced it will extend the summer schedule at its Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route.

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Related Topix: Ocracoke, NC, Manns Harbor, NC

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