Sign the online petition to save the Pure Oil Station in Washington, NC. It only takes a second to make an impact that will last a lifetime. Then, read the post right before this one about Splogging Unethical Web Site Owner — Stan Deatherage story on Netscape.com.
Guess what? Splogging Stan Deatherage’s evil ways are featured on Netscape.com — what’s next, it’ll be on Digg? oooops, just found out it was on Digg before Netscape!!! Coool
Read the Netscape article here
In a Serinbellum post (link here, read the original info) we find out what we’d expected all along — Beaufort County Commissioner Stan Deatherage is engaged in questionable business practices.
Stan the Splogger!!!
Want to know what a splogger is? A splog is a blog designed to HOST spam. We kid you not. And that’s [...]
Pure Oil Station in other towns — photos
Washington NC has a marvelous Pure Oil Station, right downtown in front of the post office.It’s in fantastic condition. The "ladies" of the Presbyterian Church have first right of refusal for the property and as soon as they can get their hands on it, they’ll tear it down and make another parking lot. The station [...]
Attention all area bloggers:
Help us raise awareness. Website coming soon to SAVE THE PURE OIL STATION.
Yes, eastern NC is in the news. And don’t be fooled because the News & Observer story [link below] is about Pender County, the name can be changed to either Pitt, Beaufort, or Hyde. Ag-Mart has farms here too. Bigotry and lack of concern create these conditions. And then there’s the WDN story [Washington Daily [...]
While walking down E. 2nd St. yesterday, I noticed a car slowing down in front of a For Sale sign. A woman got out and plucked the real estate information page from the plastic box. She waved at me, then returned to her car. I waved back, kept on walking and she turned the [...]
Some interesting info:By the end of the 2nd quarter of 2006, NC had over 17,000 reported cases of chlamydia. Despite the state’s efforts to decrease numbers, Tuberculosis #s are up by almost half as of May 2006. Over twice as many cases as last year in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (and these numbers were BEFORE [...]
AURORA - A massive Beaufort County strip-mining operation wants to expand its extraction of phosphate ore in one of the state’s most environmentally fragile areas.
The proposal by PCS Phosphate, if approved, would represent the single largest destruction of wetlands permitted in the state — 2,500 acres including the headwaters of seven creeks near the [...]
Well, it appears the only rough waters on the Pamlico River come from the schools. Geez… maybe the tsunami of poor student progress wil be replaced with the calmer rippling effect of better tests scores and qualified administrators. The Endless Chain Pig Club wishes Beaufort County School system would spend more $ and time on [...]
…so don’t send us one.
While we just loved our Aunt Florence, had a joyful time knowing Flo — but goshdarnit — we really would prefer if Florence stayed home this year. That’s right, no visits from Hurricane Florence, if you please.
Verna Tyson Attmore estate auction on Sept. 9, 2006. Wow… talk about historic!
Debate is most welcome. Serinbellum, our articulate friend! We don’t always agree with what’s published on this site either… that’s the good news - bad news part of allowing other people to post but it does make the site lively!
Has everyone seen the Boyz in the Hood photos on Flickr? It is nice to [...]
Someone has a brain in Beaufort County!! Keep it up… we love your blog.
Ever had a guest that was just plain rude? No, not the folks who had the meth lab on Grimes Road… talking about Ernesto. He took a bath around 6 p.m. last night and kept the water running, sum bitch. Now we have to call a plumber.
Stewart Parkway was already flooding by [...]