Archived Results for December 2009

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Goose Creek State Park reminds me of my youth on warm summer days along the shores of the Pamlico, where no one lived. Where only the natural world knows the terrain; that what inhabits the forest.
One of the 10 best films in the last 25 years is the film that offers each of us a unique perspective into our well considered lives.
Director Henry Selick used 450 animators / technicians and over 50 separate sets to produce an innovative animated film,
The Burrows and Chapin Art Museum, in Myrtle Beach, exhibits Soul's Journey: The Creative Process.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is an outstanding vacation destination in the off season when there is still plenty of beach and a lot less people sharing it.
Our School Board continues to violate the Open Meetings Law. The latest incident was Friday, December 18, 2009, when a special meeting was called without proper notification.
On a warm, partly sunny day, as the sun played peek-a-boo with the fluffy clouds, Washington's Downtown Waterfront played host to Smoke on the Water.
The Beaufort County Board of Eduacation must move in a direction that will either benefit the education of our youngest citizens, or sue their parents - the collective taxpayer.
Arlington Cemetary, on the southern shore of the Potomac River across from Washington, DC, is hallowed ground for the United States of America as a final resting place for her greatest heroes
This British Comedy, hailed by some as the best in years, is all talk and little believable substance.
Missy brought the boys to town to play the Turnage Theater and their unique, functioning blend of jazz, rock, country, and bluegrass blew me away.
Camille was possibly one of the sweetest girls in Kentucky, but she was also possibly the most naive. And don't naive girls deserve some measure of happiness too.
This tiny independent film is an enigma. It is also one of the ten most important indies in the last 25 years for one reason: It could not have survived, and prospered without its singular visionary.
Michael Keaton directs his first film and uses the old formula of substance over style to present the quirky fellowship between a hitman and a sweet girl.
The melodramatic nature of Orientals is the nexus of the Thai martial arts film that features Tony Jaa.
Andrew Wyeth, the great American artist that was forever maligned by the "Art Heavies," never bowed to their shallow criticisms by compromising his artisitic integrity.
This is an opinion piece about a county commissioner, who, on occaision, just gets fed up with the staus quo.
Williamsburg, Virginia may have been the Commonwealth of Virginia's second capital, but in the colonial period of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation of the United States of America.
North Carolina's Community College sponsored a public hearing to gain insight as to whether they should continue to admit students, who are in our country illegally. If they were loking for a sig
The inaugural Art Walk on Thursday, November 19, 2009, was a huge success for the shop owners, and moreover, the art lovers who filled the streets of Washington, North Carolina.
Taking a closer inpection of my immediate world as I press on to conclude my personal story.
The Last Waltz is arguably Oscar Winner Martin Scorsese's best film as it documents The Band as they bid fairwell to an eclectic collection of their most adoring fans.
Polish immigrant Leonard Chess wanted a better life, and he built it on the talented backs of some pretty good musicians, like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howl'n Wolfe, Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry.
The Francis Rogallo Kite Festival has become a yearly event, at Jockey's Ridge, celebrating the flying of specialized kites.
Wilmington native Claude Howell was considered one of the North Carolina's artistic treasures.
This series will be of pictures and places, unused in other articles that just may have a short story to tell.
Ashley Woolard kicks off his bid for the United States House of Representatives, 1st District seat.
Just about 13 miles west from the heart of Washington, DC is a piece of our nation's history: forgotten by some, never known by most, but it remains the C & O Canal.
The current United States Congress and the President of the United States are simpatico on this one issue: There will mortgage the twin futures of our nation and our children to get into office.
Anglers come from all over the world to fish waters possessing some of the most varied and abundant aquatic game on the eastern shore of the United States.
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