Arapahoe, North Carolina

• Birds are here, is spring far behind?
  

  Winter weather hangs on though spring is technically just two weeks away, but the numbers and varieties of birds showing up in area backyards seem to side with spring.

• Aquarium volunteers honored
  

  The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores recently singled out seven volunteers for outstanding contributions to the aquarium's education and conservation mission.

• N.C. District 3 House race widens
  

  Filing for the 2010 election ends at noon today. At least one candidate has filed for every open seat in Craven, Pamlico and Jones counties, whether anyone files today or not.

• Moore ready to return to public office
  

  A former Pamlico County Commissioner who was forced to vacate his post on the board about five years ago after pleading guilty to a felony charge related to illegal dredging of the Currituck Sound is now running for a spot on the Board of Education.

• Volunteers honored
  

  The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores recently recognized seven volunteers for outstanding contributions to the aquarium's education and conservation mission.

• More incumbents, challengers file for election
  

  The second day of election filing in Craven, Pamlico and Jones counties brought just a trickle of new candidates before the rains came, but the day ensured a race for the N.C. District 3 House seat.

• Commissioners, sheriff among early candidates filing in Pamlico
  

  Four incumbent Pamlico County commissioners and the sheriff - all Democrats - were first in line to file for re-election Monday at the Pamlico County Courthouse.

• Pill drop-off program scheduled for Saturday
  

  The Pamlico County Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force will sponsor its second annual Pill Drop-Off Day on Saturday in Pamlico County.

• Pamlico expands water improvement plans
  

  Plans to improve water pressure in the southwestern section of Pamlico County have been altered to serve more residents and add facility improvements in the northeastern end of the county as part of a $5 million project.

• Around the Yards
  

  Jake Wiscott says, 'My father has always said to me to maintain a boat is a lifetime job in itself.' Wiscott is engineer and deckhand on the 95-foot steel scalloper Susan L, which in early November was hauled out at the Dorchester Shipyard in Dorchester, N.J. His father, David Wiscott, skippers the boat and is part owner.

• Pamlico $4 millon project aims for better water pressure
  

  A major complaint among Pamlico County water system customers for years has been low flow pressure.

• Pamlico County Boy Survives Fire, Feels Lucky
  

  An overloaded circuit is being blamed for a fire Monday morning in Pamlico County.

• Four Pamlico towns have no-contest elections
  

  Barring write-in upsets, four Pamlico County towns have what appear to be no-contest elections.

• Pamlico begins community flu shot program
  

  Oct. 8 and 9: Oriental Town Hall, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. each day. Oct. 9: Minnesott Beach Town Hall, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct.

• Pamlico author thankful to be alive
  

  Vicki Prescott was anxious and excited as she stood in the labor room the day before Thanksgiving 2008, awaiting the birth of her daughter's baby.

• Craven schools get nearly $9.7 million in stimulus funds
  

  Over the next two years, $1.3 billion will be flowing into North Carolina's public schools courtesy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

City Description

Arapahoe is a town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2004 census, the town population was 434. Arapahoe shares many of its roles and duties with Minnesott Beach, North Carolina. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area. Arapahoe was founded a few years after New Bern, North Carolina by settlers leaving the New Bern colony. This area was settled in 1703 on the old Indian trail from the big bend in the river heading west to Core Point. The community was called “Bethany Crossroads”. That Indian trail is still in use today but is now called NC Hwy 306. In 1886 Bob Hardison, after discussing it with his friend Bob Bowden decided to apply to the U.S. Postal Department for a Post office to be located at “Bethany Crossroads” in Pamlico County. They filled out an application and both signed it. When it was returned to them it was addressed to “Bob’s Town”, the reason being that there was already a “Bethany Crossroads” in the vicinity of Fayetteville, NC. Neither of the Bobs liked “Bob’s Town” so they had to come up with a different name. After a lengthy discussion Bob Hardison said “Well if you have no objection, we will name it

City Contained By:

• Pamlico County
• North Carolina
• United States of America

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 5.69797384274 km squared

Source: Arapahoe, North Carolina on Freebase, licensed under CC-BY
Other content from Wikipedia, licensed under the GFDL

• Bayboro, North Carolina
• Havelock, North Carolina
• New Bern, North Carolina
• Oriental, North Carolina