Archives: October2004

  • Downtown Residents

    Okay, here’s the big rumor — you heard it here last
    Hotel Louise is going to be The George.
    Restored to its 1930s splendor (oh wait, didn’t we have a Depression then?) with a Mediterranean Restaurant — 30 room hotel w/4th floor condos for permanent residents. Well, hot damn. That ought to knock the [...]

  • quick message…

    Downtown Washington merchants are pissing in their pants over the NOT-proposed sale of the city parking lots — rumors fly and these fine store owners fear losing their view. Another tempest in a teapot? We must all agree on one thing — the hundreds of acres of ASPHALT along our beautiful waterfront afford a far [...]

  • annoying Belhaven Cable

    So, last April Belhaven residents got the news of a possible new cable company coming to town. Now it’s October and the town council is denying another franchise application. Apparently the citizens of Belhaven are going to roll over to the lobbying of Belhaven Cable Co. and not allow another franchise into eastern NC. Corki [...]

  • And then Bush #1 bought a boat from Beaufort County. Support local industry!

    The powerful have powerful boats.
    PLANT NAME: FOUNTAIN POWERBOATS INCORPORATED
    STREET ADDRESS: 1653 WHICHARDS BEACH RD. CITY NAME: WASHINGTON
    COUNTY: BEAUFORT STATE: NC
    ZIP CODE: 27889
    COMPLIANCE STATUS: IN VIOLATION WITH REGARD TO PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE
    LATITUDE: 353150 AFS PLANT ID: 00122
    LONGITUDE: 770229 CDS PLANT ID: 00122
    INVENTORY YEAR: 98 NEDS PLANT ID: 0122
    PRINCIPAL PRODUCT: BOATS EMERGENCY CONTROL:
    CORPORATE LINK: No MAPPING INFO: MAP
    CLASS [...]

  • Historic Downtown Washington NC

    Conditions at proposal (June 24, 1988): FCX, Inc., began repackaging and selling agricultural chemicals in 1945 on a 6-acre site at the intersection of Grimes Road and Whispering Pine Road just to the west-northwest of the city limits of Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina. FCX, Inc., filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal [...]