This Weeks Advertisements
Editorials
Be counted: Fill out your Census
If it hasn’t arrived yet, chances are very good that the 2010 U.S. Census forms will land in your mailbox shortly, with great anticipation of being scooped up, filled out and sent packing, back wh...
4 days ago | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Vision that paves way for students to be successful
When it comes to educational innovation, one has to applaud Clinton City and Sampson County school for not only dipping its toes in the water, but often wading out to the deep end, all in the name...
5 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
More-with-less approach right chord to strike
As local government officials begin the arduous task of defining fiscal needs for their 2010-11 budgets, it appears the focus will be doing more with less. Mayor Lew Starling addressed it during a...
6 days ago | 2 2 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Letting the sun shine on that which is public
You have a right to know: • What land your school board is looking to purchase for a new high school; • If there is a paroled sex offender living on your street or near the school your son or da...
8 days ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
The very best kind of hero
Once in a while a hero comes along that can be admired, respected, loved and used an example. But those kind of heroes don’t usually come from the sports arena, the music industry or even the movi...
10 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Our health, our choice
The report on Sampson County’s overall health isn’t good, with us ranking 67th out of North Carolina’s 100 counties in overall health and far worse, at 82nd, for high risk factors like obesity, ad...
11 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
The possibilities are endless with public art project
12 days ago | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Clinton could be on the cusp of a very visionary move, one that will bring enhancements to the downtown, utilize green space and, without question, change the landscape of the College Street entran...
Parker Gas a shining example of the good in our community
13 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
ampson County’s business community has a generous heart, so it was no surprise when Parker Gas began sporting a pink gas truck with a dual-minded purpose — raising money for and awareness of breast...
Wake board should make us appreciate our own boards
15 days ago | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
There are so many lessons to be learned from the under-construction fiasco in Wake County Schools, it’s hard to choose which to focus. But one thing’s clear, parents should be glad their children ...
For Rotary, bingo spells support of our community
17 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The game’s back in town tonight, and we are encouraging residents to come on out and play. That game — bingo. The time 6 p.m.; the place, the Agri-Exposition Center here in Clinton. The reason to...
Elections board had great timing, made good choice
18 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Sampson County’s three-man Board of Elections deserves a round of applause from both residents and political hopefuls for the expedient way in which they handled filling the director’s position. W...
‘Hog Wild’ will be a real fun-raising
19 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
We hope Sampson County will go hog wild over the local United Way ’s fundraising and awareness campaign, which kicked off this week and will culminate a few months from now when an assortment of pi...
WEATHER
Sponsored By:

STOCK TICKER
Sponsored By:
featured businesses