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Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstration Scheduled

The Currituck County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will be sponsoring a pruning demonstration workshop for fruit trees on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. This program will begin by meeting in the employee parking area at the Currituck County Extension Center in Barco, North Carolina before traveling to a local orchard for [...]

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Sheriff’s Office Schedules
“Operation Medicine Drop”

     The Currituck County Sheriff’s Office will conduct Operation Medicine Drop on Thursday, March 18 to collect expired or unused medications.      Operation Medicine Drop is a program administered by Safe Kids North Carolina and the N.C. Department of Insurance. Local law enforcement agencies participate by staging collection events in their communities.      On March 18, officials from the Sheriff’s [...]

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Sheriff’s Department Uncovers Liquor Still

Acting on an anonymous tip, the Currituck County Sheriff's department discovered an operating liquor still in the swamp west of Barco, early on morning of Monday August 5. By about 1 p.m. of the same day, a team consisting of a sheriff's deputy, and an Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) agent, had destroyed the still. The still, which was located at the far end of Swain's Lane, was approximately 1.5 miles due south of Central Elementary School, in an isolated area of the county adjacent to the North River Game Lands.

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• Looking for some good ol' Southern Recipes? Better yet, some good old Southern dinner table stories? Look no further, here's what's cookin' on the Inner Banks! #
• If you happened to miss our featured story, check it out here: New Hope UMC Celebrates 200 Years. Congratulations to our good friend and subscriber Pastor Bill (of Poplar Branch)! #
• The Currituck County Board of Commissioners recently expanded from 5 to 7 members. Read more about it here #
• Many readers have inquired as to the origin of Bubba & LeRoy - The Good Ol' Boys ... Gone Bad Keep an eye on this page for more info on The Good Ol' Boys, and who's who in Currituck politics! The Cast of Characters Bubba LeRoy Laverne Kid Sue / the West Virginia Kid - Former Commissioner At Large Paul Martin The Big 'O' - Commissioner S. Paul O'Neal The Carova Cowboy - Former Commissioner Ernie Bowden Top Gun - Commissioner Gene A. Gregory EZ Rider - Commissioner Barry C. Nelms Haircut - Commissioner Janet Taylor Honorable Mention John Morrison - Former County Attorney Donald 'Ike' McRee - County Attorney Daniel F. Scanlon, II - County Manager Diane Sawyer - Travel & Tourism Director #