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Winton couple featured in national magazine
(Editor’s Note: The March 2024 cover of a national magazine – WoodMenLife – featured a Hertford County couple and their story of preparing for financial security after reaching retirement age. That story is as follows, published with permission of WoodmenLife Magazine.) When member Bessie Pierce thought about retiring, she planned for somewhere between ages 62 […] The post Winton couple featured in national magazine appeared first on The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald.
Crimewatch: Edenton woman charged with ID theft, other charges
Edenton Police Ruth Staton All, 58, of the 1200 Block of Byrd St., Elizabeth City, was arrested May 1 and charged with misdemeanor trespassing in the 300 Block of Virginia Road. Rebecca Michelle Smith, 32, of the 300 block of Mexico Road, Edenton, was arrested and charged with felony identity theft, possession of a certain fraudulent form of ID, and violation of license card provision. A $4,000 secured bond was...
$101M in free tolls are coming to Hampton Roads. Who will be able to benefit?
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — If you make less than $50,000 a year and live in one of five Hampton Roads cities, you could soon pay nothing each time you travel through either the Downtown or Midtown tunnels. Monday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, (R-Va.) signed the state’s $279 billion two-year budget, which includes $101 million for toll […]
Superintendent addresses student protest at BHS
Last week’s disruption at Bertie High School was billed as a protest sparked by the termination of former head football Coach Darius Wesson. While originally tight-lipped on whether the event happened, officials confirmed the incident occurred and issued a statement addressing the disturbance the following day. “Yesterday, May 7, at Bertie High School, students protested to express their dissatisfaction with a post on Facebook written by Coach Darius Wesson regarding...
Group honors Chowan's Civil War dead at Confederate statue
More than a dozen people gathered at Edenton’s Confederate Monument last week for a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the nearly 50 Confederate soldiers from Chowan County who died in the Civil War. The brief service, the third such observance of Confederate Memorial Day, was sponsored by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. It featured the placing of a wreath at the base of the monument and the reading of the names of 47 Confederate veterans who died in combat or from other causes during the four...
Field day fun at Capron Elementary School
Students at Capron Elementary School enjoyed a variety of fun activities recently during a field day. Sheriff Josh A. Wyche Sr. and some of his staff from the Southampton County Sheriff’s Office participated, helping make the day special for the students. The post Field day fun at Capron Elementary School appeared first on The Tidewater News.
Albemarle Championship to be held May 23-25 in Perquimans County
HERTFORD, N.C. (WNCT) — Registration is still underway for the Albemarle Championship, which will be held May 23-25 at Albemarle Plantation in Hertford in Perquimans County. You can click here for more information, including registration, course layout and the tournament. The field is limited to 132 professionals and is part of the GoPro Tour. Below […]
Pirate softball reaches 3rd round, baseball teams loses
Editor’s Note: The No. 7-ranked Perquimans Pirates softball team was scheduled to play the No. 4-ranked Northside-Pinetown Panthers at home Wednesday in the 1A NCHSAA state softball playoffs. The results of that game will appear in next week’s edition. In other recent Pirate softball games, the Perquimans defeated the 18th-ranked East Bladen Eagles 8-1 at home Friday, May 9, in the second round of the 1A NCHSAA state softball playoffs. ...
Perquimans NAACP criticizes school board on track naming
The Perquimans NAACP is calling on the county Board of Education to honor what it says is a six-year-old commitment to name without conditions the high school’s new athletic track for the first woman and first African American ever to chair the county Board of Commissioners. In a May 4th open letter to Perquimans County residents, the local NAACP chapter said the school board voted unanimously in April 2018 to name the athletic track at the Perquimans County High School Athletic Complex, once it was...
Vinyl Nights: Couple recognized for promoting tourism with old records
The Edenton-Chamber of Commerce recently recognized a 10-year tradition of music and pleasant company by presenting a volunteerism award to Eddie and Melissa Fields for their work promoting local tourism. The award, presented at the annual Chamber banquet last month, recognized the Fields’ work establishing Vinyl Night at their business, The Edenton Bay Trading Company. The Fields’ weekly platter-spinning parties have attracted locals and tourists alike, many packing the little...
E-Chowan hosts forum on student learning
EDENTON — Edenton Chowan Schools recently hosted a community forum with parents to discuss how children can come to school better prepared to learn following two years of restricted classroom instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants at the Monday, May 6 meeting were separated into breakout sessions, where they were asked to define what it means when a child is said to be physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and behaviorally ready for school each day. ...
Perquimans schools release honor rolls, principal's list
The following are the A and AB honor rolls and the Principal’s List for Hertford Grammar School, Perquimans County Middle School, and Perquimans County High School for the third nine weeks of the 2023-24 school year. The following students were honored: Hertford Grammar SchoolA Honor Roll 3rd grade: Caysen Applegate, Brayden Boyce, Collin Brown, Cash Caldwell, Logan Davenport, Phoenix Duncan, Briella Long, Sadie Martin, Mattox Miller, Mason O’Fallon, Catherine Kestrel...
Novelist Alexander discusses life of Black biz woman Josephine N. Leary
ELIZABETH CITY — Novelist Kianna Alexander discussed Chowan County real estate owner Josephine N. Leary’s life at Museum of the Albemarle’s “History for Lunch” program on Wednesday, May 8. Alexander’s “Carolina Built” is a novel that’s based on actual events from Leary’s “remarkable life,” she told audience members. Josephine Napolean Leary lived from April 1856 to March 1923 and her life was “marked by so many different ups and downs”...
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