The legal booms of fireworks on the Fourth of July won't be any bigger this year in North Carolina. The News & Record of Greensboro reported Tuesday that consumer fireworks have gotten bigger, louder and more powerful around the country. But not in North Carolina.
On Wednesday, June 25, Greenville Utilities Commission (GUC) announced a warning concerning the city's drinking water. GUC reported that they had found fecal coliform bacteria in the water supply, and warned citizens to boil water before using it for drinking, brushing teeth and food preparation.
This past April was an exciting month for both Corporal Webster Guthrie and Corporal Reggie Warren--it marked their return to ECU after seven months in Iraq with the United States Marine Corps. Guthrie and Warren were both deployed out of Camp Lejeune in August of 2007 for a seven month stay 60 miles outside of Baghdad.
July 18 and 19 mark the second annual Community Oriented Librarian Recruitment Scholarships (COLRS) summer workshops. The first of the workshops will be held July 18 at the Joyner Library Teaching Resource Center and the second workshop will be held at Pitt Community College on July 19.