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August 31, 2007 : The Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau has joined with the Downtown Business & Professional Association in the first-ever co-operative advertising campaign designed to attract visitors to Elizabeth City. Learn more...

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2006: October : July

News Releases

Museum of the Albemarle to Open New “Our Story” Exhibit, May 10 in Elizabeth City
Dismal Swamp State Park Offers North Carolina Visitors New Access For Experiential Travel
Elizabeth City Serves Up N.C. Potato Festival Weekend and Smorgasbord of Spring Events
Boating Enthusiasts Love Elizabeth City’s Famous “Harbor of Hospitality”®
Elizabeth City Beckons Travelers Who Seek The Great Outdoors
Motorcoach Groups Have Many Reasons to Roll Into Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City – This “Harbor of Hospitality”® Is Ideal for Small Meetings and Conferences
Artifacts, Architecture and Atmosphere Bring Elizabeth City History to Life
When Traveling With Kids, Get Out of the Car and Into Some Fun in Elizabeth City
Rose Buddies Tradition Continues
Warm Up Winter By Viewing Quilt Exhibition at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, NC
Elizabeth City, NC Has Elegant Options for a New Year's Eve Getaway
Ansel Adams Exhibition Generates Headline News for Museum of the Albemarle and Elizabeth City
ADVISORY: Ron Paul Blimp Launch from Elizabeth City, NC Delayed
Ron Paul Blimp To Launch Dec. 10 from Elizabeth City, NC
Fairfield Inn and Suites Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Elizabeth City’s Latest Indulgence: The Chocolate House debuts specialty bar
Pasquotank Arts Council Signs Construction Contract
Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and Downtown Business and Professional Association to Launch Cooperative Radio Campaign
For a Weekend Getaway, Plan a Trip Around Elizabeth City's Early Fall Events
The Museum of the Albemarle to Host Groundbreaking Ansel Adams Exhibition
Elizabeth City State University Installation of Chancellor Willie J. Gilchrist Event Schedule
2007 Elizabeth City Historic Ghost Walk
Visitor Expenditures in Pasquotank County up 7.4 Percent in 2006
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Exhibit Extended
Elizabeth City Area CVB Brings Home Four Awards from State Association Annual Meeting
Elizabeth City Area Freedom Seekers Tour Itinerary
National Park Service Unveils Markers for Elizabeth City Area National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Sites Today
NPS to Recognize Elizabeth City Area Sites Named to National Underground
Weekend of American History from Elizabeth City to Edenton
Children's Animal Scavenger Hunt with Photography
Paths of Pasquotank cordially invites you to Paddle the Pasquotank for National Trails Day Celebration
CVB Website Linked To Harbor Webcam
Columbus Replica Ship 'Nina' to Visit Elizabeth City
Check Out the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau's New Website Images
"Hide-N-Wood" Demonstration Gardens
Harbor Arts Festival & Taste of Elizabeth City
Floating an Idea for Unity
"Cruising Carolina: Cape Fear" to premier March 3 on UNCTV
Dismal Swamp Canal Excursions Re-start in May
The Guardian Now Out ON DVD
Pasquotank Arts Council and Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau announce photo contest winners
Check out the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau's new look at www.DiscoverEC.org!
"Cruising Carolina: The Northern Albemarle" nominated for EMMY award

Magazine Articles

Carolina Currents: Dismal Swamp Reopens, NC Bridge Schedule Changes
CSTV Networks: ECSU Bowling Comes in Third at Eastern Division Meet III
Carolina Currents: Dismal Swamp Canal Locks Close on Oct. 30
Carolina Currents: Fred Fearing, Rose Buddy Co-Founder, Dies
Fishers of Men: 2007 East Regional Championship on the Pasquotank River- Day 2 Results: Oct-13-2007
Carolina Currents: Ansel Adams Photos Reveal ICW Life in 1940
Carolina Currents: Classic Moth Boats Return to Elizabeth City
Motor Boating: Local Knowledge - Elizabeth City, NC
ATV Source: KTM’s Tim Farr Continues Winning Streak at Dixieland Speedway
NC Boating Lifestyle: It's Speed Not Sailing, It's the Carolina Cup Regatta
ECSU Headlines: Whitney Young Classic held on September 15
Carolina Currents: The Ferries of North Carolina Author to discuss 'Ferry Tales' at Museum of the Albemarle July 25
ECSU Headlines: National Park Service unveils markers
Carolina Currents: Of Sails and Speedboats
Carolina Currents: Shad Boat Earns First Slot on NC Historic Vessel Registry
Carolina Currents: Maritime History Comes Alive in Elizabeth City, Edenton
FishingWorld.com: Fishers of Men - Donnie Porter and Eric Tilley Win Season Opener
Carolina Currents: Elizabeth City: Harbor of Hospitality
FoR ENC: Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Notes Economic and PR Impact from "The Guardian" Filming
North Carolina Sea Grant: Coastwatch Spring 2006 - Cruising Into History: Dismal Swamp Canal Scenic, Peaceful
FoR ENC: FoR ENC's Eastern North Carolina Film Commission Recruits Hollywood Production to Elizabeth City
Northern Breezes: Stop & Smell the Roses

Community News

Daily Advance: Hurdle Hardware says final goodbye to inventory with benefit auction for Benjamin House
Daily Advance: 'Friends' raising funds for new state park
Virginian-Pilot: For visiting boaters, the greet goes on in Elizabeth City
Daily Advance: Swamp Park opens to public
Daily Advance: Tunde Afolayan displays new works at ECSU gallery
Daily Advance: UNC-TV program to showcase deli-wine bar, other EC attractions
Daily Advance: River House Coffee satisfies EC's south side caffeine crave
Daily Advance: Young scientists seek answers to real problems
Daily Advance: Civil War history comes alive in EC
Daily Advance: Dudes don dainty duds for Womanless Beauty Pageant benefit
Daily Advance: Local students get the job picture
Daily Advance: No escape for kings at chess tourney
Daily Advance: MOA set to host Colonial Valentine's Day
Daily Advance: Without more donors, landmark house may have to close
Daily Advance - Downtowner: Encore presents "Don't Hug Me"
Daily Advance - Downtowner: Oldest House in Elizabeth City celebrates 210th birthday
Daily Advance: Get up, out and about around the Albemarle this weekend
Daily Advance: RBC to mark 60th year with bang
Daily Advance: Clock tower unveiled at ECSU
Daily Advance: Honoring King's dream
Daily Advance: 2+2 = ART Arts in the Albemarle art in education program begins taking shape
Daily Advance: MLK events to honor civil rights leader
Daily Advance: ECSU aviation program prepares for takeoff
Daily Advance: 'Eat, Pray, Love': Page After Page hosts best-seller book event
Virginian-Pilot: NC museum seeks items to tell region's history
Daily Advance: Private funds sought for year's fireworks show
Daily Advance: This old house - Grice-Fearing House turns 210
Daily Advance: Hot tea - Harbour Tea House opens its doors for soothing brew, light refreshment
Daily Advance: Arts of the Albemarle Starving Artist Sale opens Thursday
Daily Advance: Traveling reptile zoo is giving kids a chance to win a slithering good time at school
Daily Advance: Behind a door on the second floor of Museum of the Albemarle rests the past lives of Albemarle residents
Daily Advance: Blackbeard's cannon
Daily Advance: Want help with your science project? Port Discover comes to the rescue
Daily Advance: Friday night's all right - City Wine Seller's weekly music lineup has become a staple for River City revelers
Daily Advance - Downtowner: New Page After Page owners celebrate second anniversary
Daily Advance - Downtowner: Encore Theatre Company presents "Don't Hug Me"
Daily Advance - Downtowner: Pasquotank Arts Council announces new partnerships
Daily Advance: 5 people who make a difference
Daily Advance: Ringing in the New Year
Daily Advance: Comment: COA launches athletics fundraiser
Daily Advance: A comfort quilt: Albemarle Hospice launches quilt raffle fundraiser
Daily Advance: Out'n the Cold warming things up in the Albemarle
Daily Advance: Paul blimp finally takes to skies
Daily Advance: From history tours to proper manners, a tea party for kids aims for fun and education
Daily Advance: COA hosts Founder's Day, marks 47th year
Daily Advance: Forest Park Church of God delivers dinners
Daily Advance: City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Daily Advance: Kelly-Goss: Welcome to the holidays
Daily Advance: No Lighted Boat Parade for 2nd straight year
Boston Herald: Ansel Adams’ photos he likely didn’t want anyone to see go on view
Virginian-Pilot: Historic Elizabeth City building may finally get those renovations
Daily Advance: Haddad: ECSU Homecoming revenue dips from last year
Daily Advance: COAST players present Sylvia: A dog gone good time
Daily Advance: Three authors headline Page After Page book signing
Daily Advance: Museum of the Albemarle opens Discovery Room for a hands-on approach to history
Virginian-Pilot: A hauntingly good opportunity in Elizabeth City
Daily Advance: Haunted Albemarle
Virginian-Pilot: Portsmouth sports agent reaching for riches
Daily Advance: Albemarle Craftsman's Fair attracts artists, shoppers
Daily Advance: A haunting we will go
Daily Advance: Corps: Low water to force closure of canal locks
Daily Advance: What about Amanda?
Virginian-Pilot: Elizabeth City remembers its own waterfront ambassador
Daily Advance: Ambassador of goodwill dies
Daily Advance: Officials: Fearing's work to continue
Daily Advance: Rose Buddy founder Fearing dead at 93
Virginian-Pilot: Fred Fearing, Elizabeth City ''Rose Buddy'' dies
Daily Advance: Rose Buddy subs fill in for Fearing
Daily Advance: Walk raises $25K for area agencies
Daily Advance: Fishers of Men event catches on - Burke, Wenthe claim first place
Daily Advance: Gone fishin': Fishers of Men event casts off
Daily Advance: FOP to host haunted house fundraiser this month
Daily Advance: Fishers of Men regional comes to Pasquotank River
Daily Advance: Walk for Hunger - Food Bank looks to raise more than $32,000 at 24th annual walk fundraiser
Virginian-Pilot: Outdoor Notebook: Cape Henry freshman surfs to amateur title
Virginian-Pilot: Coast Guard celebrates 1 million flight hours by rescue choppers
Daily Advance: O'Jays to perform at EC homecoming
Richmond Times Dispatch: Ansel in the East
Daily Advance: Double dip, please
Virginian-Pilot: New chancellor takes reins at ECSU
Daily Advance: Outside, now!
Daily Advance: Dance! - North Carolina Dance Theatre brings the art of the dance to River City
Daily Advance: EC Fairfield Inn opens for business
Daily Advance: Gilchrist installed as chancellor
Daily Advance: Radio ads spotlight EC area events
Virginian-Pilot: ECSU chancellor wants to 'make a difference' at the school
Daily Advance: 'We The People' - Celebrating the US Constitution
Daily Advance: Take a child outside
Daily Advance: Wedding planner's ultimate guide - Expert Doris Nixon caps off career with long-awaited book
Virginian-Pilot: Fun, local history surround national moth boat race in N.C.
Daily Advance: EC, county population grows to nearly 40K residents
Daily Advance: 'Great breezes' give regatta sailors added challenge
Daily Advance: On the river - The view from the water changes everything
Daily Advance: Ansel Adams exhibit comes to MOA
Daily Advance: Four artists awarded top honors at annual PAC gallery contest
Virginian-Pilot: State line unites efforts for Dismal Swamp visitors
Daily Advance: Annual art competition celebrates area artists
Daily Advance: The life of a book - The popularity of reading may be waning, but old books wont die off, they get recycled
Daily Advance: ECSU climbs in college rankings
Daily Advance: United Way gets marching orders for 2007 campaign
dBusinessNews Triangle: Tourism group partnering with AAA to attract visitors to North Carolina
Daily Advance: Toys Etc. offers 'real toys'
Virginian-Pilot: Museum of the Albemarle to close 2nd-floor gallery for renovations
Daily Advance: MOA's main exhibit to close for expansion - 'Our Story' to undergo $1.7M renovation
Weekly Times: "We heel, and save soles" Shoe Shine Supreme - Crank's Shoe Repair, Page 1, Page 2
Daily Advance: Got tan?
Daily Advance: Thousands attend anti-crime rally - Duncan wins event's first doughnut-eating contest
Daily Advance: National Night Out has lots to do, see
Daily Advance: Luther Greenhouses closing after nearly 50 years of business
Daily Advance: Her Majesty's Service honors America's heroes
Daily Advance: Coast Guard celebrates 217 years
Suffolk News-Herald: Dismal legends live in swamp
Daily Advance: A family affair
dBusinessNews Triangle: Program launched to help boost tourism revenue in North Carolina’s northeastern counties
Daily Advance: Coast Guard Day
Daily Advance: You are entering the Art Zone
Virginian-Pilot: Growing season over for good for popular family greenhouse
Daily Advance: Volleyball camp aims to improve skills, feed middle school teams
Weekly Times: 32 Flavors at Gentry's Sweet Scoops
Daily Advance: Twiddy ends Chamber tenure at annual fundraising auction
Daily Advance: Wakeboarding movement is picking up momentum
Daily Advance: Page After Page Bookstore - Harry's bittersweet hurrah
Daily Advance: Truck, tractor pulling gaining popularity
Daily Advance: Fabric stores offer sew many choices
Daily Advance: Shape up, kids! - Local fitness business offers kids free summer workouts in hopes of building healthier habits
Daily Advance: More than Mayberry
Daily Advance: Bonny Blue captain heading to port after last cruise
Daily Advance: Back in time
Daily Advance: A walk through history
Daily Advance: Thousands attend festival, fireworks show
Daily Advance: Second Taste of Elizabeth City success, despite rain
Daily Advance: EC set for $25K fireworks display
Daily Advance: Arts Festival exceeds expectations, official says
Daily Advance: A taste of the arts - Pasquotank Arts Council goes for a double-header event with Taste of Elizabeth City and Harbor Arts
Daily Advance: Haddad honored for tourism efforts - ECA CVB garners total of 4 awards
Daily Advance: Lost Colony exhibit opens at MOA
Daily Advance: State NAACP chief to speak at Juneteenth
Virginian-Pilot: Coast Guard helicopter crews honored for sea rescues
Daily Advance: River, canal's role in path to freedom celebrated
Daily Advance: With school out, Meads Pool already a popular spot
Virginian-Pilot: Area also features powerboat racing this weekend
Daily Advance: Powerboaters to vie for Carolina Cup
Daily Advance: New platforms allow camping on water
Daily Advance: Rhondels play Grouper's deck
Daily Advance: Two artists show at Pasquotank Arts Council Gallery
Daily Advance: Marker to honor canal's role in Underground Railroad
Daily Advance: SpongeBob big hit at KidsFest
Daily Advance: Nature's Organic Bounty is healthy choice
Daily Advance: 'Who lives in a pineapple ...'
Daily Advance: Recipe for success - Montero's Perry wins national recipe contest
Daily Advance: German travel writer makes pit stop in EC
Daily Advance: 6,000 munch fries, tour ship, boogie at Potato Fest
Daily Advance: Real horsepower fuels new carriage ride business
Daily Advance: There's a skull in my coffee and other 'latte art' tales
Daily Advance: Harbor Nights to be Harbor Night this year
Daily Advance: 1,000 to walk in annual Relay
Virginian-Pilot: Elizabeth City goes Elizabethan for potato festival
Virginian-Pilot: Coast Guard honors Elizabeth City-based rescue swimmer
Daily Advance: Historic ship to be featured at festival
Daily Advance: All things potato ...
Daily Advance: Webcam now filming Mariners' Wharf
Daily Advance: Thank God live theater is alive and well in River City
Daily Advance: Paddling the day away
Daily Advance: Hanbury offers DeTours through historic EC
Virginian-Pilot: Visitors take a peek inside hurricane hunter planes
Daily Advance: Hurricane Hunters - Officials urge preparation as storm season nears
Daily Advance: Cyclists ride in annual Tarwheel
Virginian-Pilot: Swimmer is Coast Guard's Enlisted Person of the Year
Daily Advance: Vittone wins USCG's top enlisted award
Daily Advance: Paddling the Albemarle
Daily Advance: Alexopulos to open two new eateries
Daily Advance: List of requests for old ECMS growing
Daily Advance: Nature tourism promotes area's rivers
Daily Advance: Unveiling a mystery - Swamp park preps for fall opening
Daily Advance: Three years after Isabel, fish populations recovering
Daily Advance: 'Blood Brothers' - COAST Players spring musical doubles up on drama
Daily Advance: The house that Russ rebuilt
Virginian-Pilot: Wooden pilings removed for Elizabeth City water-racing event
Daily Advance: Submerged pilings removed from river
Daily Advance: Resident hopes rafts key to unity
Daily Advance: Few businesses embrace USCG
Daily Advance: Good coffee and new/old friends go hand in hand
Daily Advance: Coffee Diaries: Part 2
Daily Advance: Coffee Diaries: Part 1
Daily Advance: Business: Tourism Web site adds offerings
Daily Advance: Authors, readers converge at festival
Daily Advance: 'For the Love of Books' - Page After Page holds first-ever literary festival
Daily Advance: Area gardeners help to make the Gulf Coast green again
Daily Advance: New Southgate Mall coffee shop offers taste of Colombia
Daily Advance: Two nonprofit's partner on new online consignment store
Daily Advance: International best selling author hits area for two engagements
Daily Advance: The best of Ghost Walk
Virginian-Pilot: Crowd packs Elizabeth City movie theater for 'Guardian' opening
Virginian-Pilot: 'Guardian' OK - with a few liberties
Daily Advance: Port Discover: Kids really do love science
Virginian-Pilot: At this year's Carolina Cup Regatta, focus will be on boats
Virginian-Pilot: eBay business in Elizabeth City will benefit two local nonprofit's
Virginian-Pilot: Museum of the Albemarle's opening day hours away
USA TODAY: Costner, Kutcher filming Coast Guard movie in NC
Virginian-Pilot: Stars to appear in Elizabeth City

Photo Credit: Main image in header, photo appears courtesy of ECSU/University Relations & Marketing.