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Music will fill the air at Juneteenth Freedom Festival
This year’s Juneteenth Freedom Festival, “A Celebration of Culture, Resilience, and Survival,” will be alive with music. On Saturday, June 21, at 4 p.m., following ...
Clark Curtis, Author at Washington Daily News
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Juneteenth Festivities begin Thursday in Blounts Creek
The”Juneteenth Freedom Festival: A Celebration of Culture, Resilience, and Survival” will officially kick off on the evening of Thursday, June 19, at the Ware Creek ...
by Clark Curtis, Wednesday, June 18, 2025 8:00 am
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The roots of our local Juneteenth celebration
“We celebrate this day because we finally got the word in Texas that we were free, and that is something you have to recognize,” said ...
by Clark Curtis, Sunday, June 15, 2025 8:00 am
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ECU Health proposes Martin County hospital plan
During a recent mandatory public hearing at the Martin County Board of Commissioners meeting, a standing room only crowd listened intently as ECU Health CEO ...
by Clark Curtis, Saturday, June 14, 2025 8:00 am
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Marcia Strawder to lead the Freedom to Prosperity Parade
A “New Yorker” as she calls herself, 73-year-old Marcia Strawder now calls Washington home and will serve as the grand marshal for this year’s Freedom ...
by Clark Curtis, Tuesday, June 10, 2025 11:54 am
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Key Women of America local chapter celebrates 30 years
Key Women of America was founded in 1954 by Reverend Bertha Helms Harris in New York City to secure foster and adoptive homes for homeless ...
by Clark Curtis, Saturday, June 7, 2025 10:00 am
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Underground Railroad Museum celebrates Juneteenth one step at a time
It took 913 days after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation for news of the emancipation to reach the enslaved in Galveston, Texas. In honor ...
by Clark Curtis, Saturday, June 7, 2025 8:00 am
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Belhaven Community Afterschool Center receives $3,000 grant
The Belhaven Community Afterschool Center (BCAC) recently received a $3,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The funds will be used to support its ...
by Clark Curtis, Tuesday, June 3, 2025 10:55 am
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Snowden Elementary’s fate to be decided June 3
There was a high level of anxiety and anger on Thursday evening as the Beaufort County Board of Education held its second public forum to ...
by Clark Curtis, Friday, May 30, 2025 3:29 pm
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ECU Health to revitalize Martin General Hospital, bring back medical care
Following a request for proposals on Feb. 13, to reestablish essential healthcare services at the former Martin General Hospital, Martin County has announced that ECU ...
by Clark Curtis, Friday, May 30, 2025 12:43 pm
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