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Madeline Gray/WHQROn Friday, the New Hanover County Board of Education censured Libertarian Member David Perry in a 6-1 vote, with Perry dissenting. The motion also included removing him from his committee assignments until a new board is seated after the November elections. -
Recorded live at UNCW's Burney Center on October 7, WHQR joined Port City Daily, WECT, and The Seahawk to put questions to the five candidates running for two seats on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners.
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Recorded live at UNCW's Burney Center on October 7, WHQR joined Port City Daily, WECT, and The Seahawk to put questions to the five candidates running for two seats on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners.
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Courtesy Garrett Garms, Winston-Salem State UniversityThe Simon Green Atkins House was built in 1893 in Columbia Heights, an early Black middle-class neighborhood in Winston-Salem.
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