Bravo for GK Butterfield
October 22, 2021It’s personally satisfying to me and my community to see Rep. G.K. Butterfield again in the paper, t...
Save money before pandemic assistance runs out
October 22, 2021Alert to citizens with all these free resources available: I hate to be the one to let you know that...
ACT for Youth back in action
October 22, 2021ACT for Youth and its talented cast of young actors from Wilson and surrounding areas returned to th...
New shelter a win-win for Wilson County
October 21, 2021I recently attended the official opening of the Wilson County Animal Services Center. It is a great...
Powell was an upstanding, amiable leader
October 21, 2021Brig. Gen. Colin Powell was telling a joke in a room full of civilians and military when I worked at...
The Queens rule
October 21, 2021Wilson Arts hosted Queens for Creativity in a sold-out performance on Friday, Oct. 8, at the Wilson ...
Lucama resident brings community together
October 20, 2021I want to give a shout-out to Ms. Gladys Martinez of Lucama! She is a frequent and outspoken attende...
Fetal cells justify vaccine religious objections
October 20, 2021It is always wonderful to have someone pay such close attention to one’s letter to the editor that h...
Volunteers can help communities weather disaster
October 18, 2021I often tell people that I have the very best job working for American Red Cross Eastern North Carol...
Voting reminds representatives who the leaders are
October 18, 2021Thank you for your editorial, “Help your town chart its course in local elections” (Oct. 15). You ma...
Our Opinion: Take time to weigh in on legislative redistricting plans
Wilson County’s proposed N.C. Senate district looks like a boot emerging from a pant leg with a larg...
Our Opinion: It’s not too late to bring records into the sunlight
As North Carolina lawmakers continue hammering out a state budget, they can make the most of their e...
Our Opinion: Help your town chart its course in local elections
If you’ve ever doubted that your vote matters, all it takes is a glance at Wilson County towns’ elec...
Our Opinion: Wilson picks carrot over stick for worker vaccine policy
THUMBS UP to the city of Wilson’s vaccine incentives for Wilson municipal employees, which encourage...
Our Opinion: Tackle tobacco with education, not regulation
A federally funded group of academics wants to snuff out tobacco use, but not by developing products...
Our Opinion: Volunteer efforts help Wilson, state can roadside litter
THUMBS UP to volunteers pitching in and clearing the trash from streets, roads and highways in Wilso...
Our Opinion: New shelter a leap forward, but our work isn’t finished
Building the Wilson County Animal Services Center required months of citizen advocacy, debate and di...
Our Opinion: Sallie B. Howard’s big award a source of hometown pride
THUMBS UP to the Sallie B. Howard School of Arts & Science, which earned the U.S. Department of Educ...
Our Opinion: Booze blunders hasten ‘last call’ for ABC system
North Carolina’s obsolete alcohol sales bureaucracy was dealt tandem blows this month as its chairma...
Much-needed rain may arrive Monday
Sunshine and mild temperatures are likely this weekend, but by late Monday, there is a good chance o...
Political power is problem, not solution
President Joe Biden wants the Occupational Safety & Health Administration to mandate COVID-19 vaccin...
Share your views on new district maps
General Assembly members finished drawing electoral maps over the last week. There is going to be a ...
Get back on track with cancer screening
Cancer screening is one of the most effective tools in the fight against cancer. Finding a cancer ea...
College celebrates transfer students
If you follow Wilson Community College on social media, you may have noticed posts last week about N...
Is a wealth tax in the future?
Trillions of dollars were added to the national debt during the COVID-19 pandemic as the federal gov...
Keep an eye out for student loan scams
The pandemic has disrupted all or parts of three academic years for students. Not surprisingly, ther...
Cancel drug patents when the public pays
Pope Francis is urging drugmakers to release their lucrative patents on coronavirus vaccines, allowi...
NC’s do-it-yourself justice system
When charged with a crime, do North Carolinians call upon fellow citizens, sitting as a jury, to dec...
Do we even want pre-pandemic work conditions?
Not since 1942, when women flooded into the workplace in support of the war effort, have we seen a w...
Surge in violence merits response
Are North Carolinians safer today than they were a decade ago? That depends on how you define the te...
Greetings and glad to be here
Hello, Wilson sports fans. I’m very excited to join The Wilson Times staff and Wilson community as a...
Temps to climb as week wears on
Two broad high pressure systems, the first over the Southeastern United States followed by one cente...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month sparks public, private observance
When we think of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we remember that October is the time to educate ours...
Science, not politics, protects threatened resources
The political divide over global warming sometimes feels like the vax/anti-vax divide: science vs. p...
New kidney care bills needed to help dialysis patients
Getting to know my patients and learning about their lives has always been one of the highlights of ...
October hurricane on the Outer Banks
It is October on the Outer Banks. A late hurricane is threatening to wash away the beaches and blow ...
Kid boss opening Nash Street boutique
At age 3, Anastasia Epps learned how to make lip gloss. Within two years, her philanthropic efforts ...
Chappelle’s challenge: Conversation, not cancellation
Who makes a more credible ally: the self-important scolds who presume to speak for you, or the true ...
Trigger warning: This won’t be helpful
As they write next semester’s syllabus, some professors will make a cynical calculation: It’s better...
Campus censors fear Leonard Law clones
What do Harvard, Princeton, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins have in common? These elite private univers...
Calls to reject 'controversial' letters are misguided
Blaming the bearer of bad news is an all-too-human impulse, but we’ve known for 2,000 years that sho...
Flag censors flunk patriotism test
When Oregon school officials tried to banish political symbols from the classroom, English teacher G...
Lying leaders can’t be truth police
If you think the federal government should act swiftly to remove coronavirus fibs and falsehoods fro...
Protect citizens who film the police
Do you have a First Amendment right to record police officers in public? If you instinctively said y...
Can Rand Paul's populism remake the GOP?
Congress set an ignoble record when it replenished the coronavirus relief piggy bank in December. Th...
Make college affordable, not free
A budget resolution that cleared the Senate last week sets the stage for one of President Joe Biden’...
Censorship is worse than hate speech
Social media companies are scarcely lifting a finger to police antisemitism on their platforms, rese...
RATHER BE COOKING
Add pumpkin and spices to pancakes
This column ran the first time in 2008. Give the recipe a try. I’ve been cooking the last days and h...
Recipes have become family favorites
Attached to my refrigerator door are a few recipes I use in the daily rotation of menus at my house....
Some sweet treats for our readers
For 20 years now, I’ve shared recipes with Wilson Times readers from ribs and chicken pot pies to sa...
Column started with slow cooker chops
Twenty years ago this next week, on Aug. 15, I shared my first recipe in a Wilson Times food column....
Marinade makes steak even more special
It’s hard to be believe it, but this month marks 20 years since I wrote my first food column. That’s...
Sweet way to enjoy fruit
This column first ran in July 2010. We still love this recipe. It’s been my son’s Christmas Eve “bir...
Not too early for pumpkin and spice
I don’t always follow traditional rules when I cook. I made Christmas cookies this week for a Christ...
Cool desserts for hot summer dining
We all need a something sweet in our lives every now and then, and in the summertime, a cold dessert...
Bread adds the finishing touch
Frozen bread dough is a handy item to keep in your freezer. Not only can you bake a simple loaf of b...
New way to eat yellow squash, zucchini
My husband and I have really enjoyed our weekly visits to the Wilson Farmers and Artisan Market each...
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