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Love your lingerie
Demi and french cut and seamless ... oh my. As most women (and the few woeful men who get stuck shopping for them) can attest, lingerie shopping is far from easy. Straps or strapless? Lace or mesh? Microfiber or cotton? Push up or full coverage? The...
A PUBLIC DEATH
Suicide may be the loneliest of acts but at times people take their own lives in view of others, causing trauma for the witnesses. More than 31,000 Americans kill themselves each year, but typically only public suicides or deaths of prominent people...
A new stage is set
The Carolinian Shakespeare Festival has set the stage for its 10th-anniversary production - and built itself a new home at the same time. This year's annual production, "Romeo and Juliet," will be played on the New Bern Civic Theatre stage in a mobile...
PROTECT YOURSELF
Slathering on the sunscreen before plopping down in the sand, swimming or surfing is pretty much a no-brainer. Choosing a safe, effective sunscreen, on the other hand, is making some consumers red in the face. Even people who use sunscreen habitually...
The 4-Hour Workweek
Designated e-mail time. "Do Not Disturb" sticky notes on office doors. Polite ways to redirect a conversation. Saying goodbye to problem clients. Telecommuting. A handful of converts to "The 4-Hour Workweek" best-seller swear by these seemingly simple...
PLAY IT AGAIN, KIDS
Play is a fragile thing. You get too busy and it disappears. You push too hard to make it happen and it's no fun. You think about it too much and it ceases to be play, and starts to feel like work. After a few decades of drifting toward safety concerns,...
Pamlico Community College to offer paramedic training
Thanks to work initiated by the late Rufus Brinson, former Director of the Continuing Education Fire/Emergency Services Programs at Pamlico Community College, in concert with Jane Sobotor, Paramedic Program Coordinator and Dale Holadia, Basic and Intermediate...
Havelock student rekindles love of aircraft at CCC
David Martin used to watch technicians at Cherry Point work on aircraft and wish he could be one of those guys. Thanks to Craven Community College's Institute of Aeronautical Technology (IAT) in Havelock, the 42-year-old Florida native is becoming one...
Blackbeard mystery solved
Author Colin Woodard has found his "smoking gun": an antique book of letters and logs used to uncover the shroud of a Blackbeard mystery - a mystery that has kept scholars at bay for nearly three centuries. Investigating the life of the notorious pirate...
Many inmates graduate from PCC
One hundred and fifteen students at Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro graduated from a variety of Pamlico Community College curriculums Wednesday. Lynette Taylor, news anchor for WITN-TV in Washington delivered the keynote address. Taylor reminded...
Medical Office Administration program helps keep health care system operating
any of the people who keep America's health care system running today work in behind-the-scenes administrative roles. Myeshia Somme is one of these out-of-sight health care heroes. She works in the health information systems department at Craven Regional...
Craven Community College works to give high school students the ‘EDGE’
Craven Community College and the Craven County Schools are working together to give local high school students The Craven EDGE! The EDGE, which stands for "Earn a Degree, Graduate Early," is a program that enables high school students to take college-level...
PCC changes lives one student at a time
Pamlico Community College's tag line promoting its image for more than a year has been "changing lives" Why this tag line? Learning about student experiences before enrolling at PCC can easily lead one to the conclusion that this college is all about...
PCC to hold T'ai Chi classes in June
Rose Peterson, veteran T'ai Chi instructor from Merritt, will teach a class at Pamlico Community College from 10 to 11:30 a.m., beginning Tuesday. This class will be of particular interest to adults and seniors who need to make exercise a part of their...
Lifetime Learning Center has many plans for summer
For many, the lazy days of summer bring with them some additional free time. If you're looking for some entertaining and interesting ways to spend your summer, give Craven Community College's Lifetime Learning Center a look. The staff there has once...
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