Ginger Livingston

1 week ago | reflector.com | Ginger Livingston

Federal staffing cuts and proposed funding reductions to Medicaid and food stamps have clergy and social service leaders brainstorming solutions to fill in expected gaps. Pitt County Social Services Director Sharon Rochelle and other county leaders met earlier this month with members of the Interfaith Clergy Community Unity Network to discuss how the faith community could step in if the proposed cuts occur. Ginger Livingston can be contacted at [email protected] and 252-329-9570.

1 week ago | reflector.com | Ginger Livingston

Crews are in the "short rows" of a road rehabilitation project that disrupted traffic on Fifth Street, including the completion of a roundabout at Albemarle Avenue, but officials said patience will be required as final touches are completed. The $48.5 million BUILD project was a focal point during an open forum held last week by Greenville City Councilwoman At-large Portia Willis and District 4 Councilman Matt Scully at City Hall.

1 week ago | reflector.com | Ginger Livingston

After adding about $6 million to the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget earlier this month, Pitt County commissioners voted to add another $27,000 to increase funding for the farmers market and Council on Aging. The Board of Commissioners then voted 7-1 on May 19 to reject two late funding requests submitted by the district attorney's office and a local jail ministry. Ginger Livingston can be contacted at [email protected] and 252-329-9570.

1 week ago | reflector.com | Ginger Livingston

The Pitt County Board of Commissioners delivered different results on separate rezoning requests earlier this week. The board unanimously approved one request seeking light industrial zoning for property near the intersection of N.C. 30 and U.S. 264 East but denied a conditional zoning permit for a request to build a storage facility near D.H. Conley High School. Ginger Livingston can be contacted at [email protected] and 252-329-9570.

2 weeks ago | reflector.com | Ginger Livingston

Twenty-eight years ago, two executives from the sports and hospitality industries had an idea to form a summer baseball league in the southeastern United States. Pete Bock, the sports executive, liked the idea because he didn't want to travel so far to see his son play ball. Jerry Petitt, former president and co-chairman of Choice Hotels International, wanted college players to show their skill with a wooden bat for Major League Baseball scouts.