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Teen injured in Elizabeth City shooting that left 2 dead
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Two men were shot to death — one of them by a police officer — in Elizabeth City over the weekend, prompting police to investigate. They've since learned that a teen boy was also shot during the incident. The teen — a 17-year-old...
EC, Edenton, Hertford must pay electric supplier for higher costs
Elizabeth City is going to have to pay its electric supplier almost $2.1 million over the next two years because of higher-that-anticipated energy costs in 2022. Edenton and Hertford also must pay the N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency $715,020 and $168,139, respectively, because of those added costs. That’s because NCEMPA, which is the electric supplier for the three municipalities, has an agreement with Duke Energy Progress to “true-up” the cost...
High School Roundup: Perquimans blanks Eagles in soccer 9-0
The Perquimans Pirates girls soccer team dominated the Northeastern Eagles on Thursday evening at Northeastern, winning by a score of 9-0. Perquimans scored four goals in the first half and five in the second half for the win. The Pirates are now 11-2 overall while the Eagles fell to 4-14 overall. Camden 2, Cape Hatteras...
Letter: Murders shouldn't happen on small-town streets. There've been 2 where I live
I moved to Cypress Street in Elizabeth City about five years ago and hated it. There was a constant parade of house-shaking cars playing rap music, people threw garbage on the roads of their own neighborhood and didn’t take care of their pets or yards, and prostitutes walked the streets. The neighbor directly across the street used to let his dog out on the roof to defecate instead of walking him. My one friend in the neighborhood got his motorcycle stolen by a kid in...
Crimewatch: Camden sheriff makes arrests for assault, drug possession, FTA
Camden Sheriff Timothy Martin Ussery, 43, of the 300 block of Windlesham Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia, was arrested March 18 and served with an order for contempt for violating a court order for a domestic violence protection order. A $2,000 unsecured bond was set. Ashley Marie Matyisin, 27, of the 900 block of N.C. Highway 343 South, Shiloh, was served a criminal summons March 20 for a charge of common law...
Hertford Family Dollar fined $8.7K for failing four price-scanner inspections
A discount retail store in Hertford is one of 14 stores across North Carolina that paid fines during the first quarter of the year for having higher than acceptable scanner-error rates. The Family Dollar at 1678 Ocean Drive paid $8,775 after failing four price-scanner system inspections, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division said in a press release. The standards division conducts periodic, unannounced inspections of price-scanner...
High School Roundup: Camden edges Perquimans in softball 3-2
CAMDEN — The three runs Camden County’s softball team scored in the first inning would prove to be all they needed as the Bruins defeated the Perquimans Pirates 3-2 Wednesday in a battle between two of the area’s top teams. Ellie Barker started things off with a single, and she was followed by Ruby Arnette who walked. With two runners on, Aaliyah Anderson strode to the plate and hit a home run to put the Bruins up 3-0. ...
Pirates split in baseball, softball games
Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of recent Perquimans High School sports games. Softball Martin County 2, Perquimans 0The Perquimans softball team fell just short in its game against undefeated Martin County on Tuesday, April 16, by a 2-0 score. Addisyn Stallings went six innings, giving up two earned runs on four hits. She...
Harbor Pharmacy to move; owners buy former Wells Fargo building
Harbor Pharmacy is moving two blocks down the street into the long-vacant Wells Fargo Bank building. Breanne Scribner and Lindsey Lynam opened Harbor Pharmacy in late 2021 in the Harbor Centre on Water Street. Scribner said this week that she and Lynam recently bought the former Wells Fargo building at 400 E. Main Street. Scribner said the pharmacy hopes to relocate to its new location sometime this summer following renovation...
Carolina Moon Theater Company to debut 'Wage Warfare' May 11
HERTFORD — Lynne Raymond already had a full-time gig as director of Historic Hertford, Inc., when her minister approached her about starting a community theater group 11 years ago. Raymond was skeptical of the idea at first. “Mary Lou Soper and I go to the Hertford United Methodist Church. Our minister back then, Pastor Larry Bowden, said he wanted to talk to us about starting a community theater group,” she...
ECPPS News: District announces 2024-25 school-level Teachers of Year
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools has announced its school-level Teachers of the Year for 2024-25. The 14 teachers from each of the district’s schools will now be considered for ECPPS District Teacher of the Year. Finalists for the district honor will be announced soon and the Teacher of the Year will be announced on May 9. The school-level teachers of the year and their school include: ...
Demolition continues at former Holmes High School site
Demolition equipment has begun clawing its way through the main wing of the John A. Holmes High School, nearing the building’s landmark entrance pillars on Monday. The site has been a beehive of activity, with demolition already removing the school property’s former tennis courts, auditorium wing, and classrooms. In front of the structure, excavators laid out a field of water pipes needed for the new high school’s massive heat pump field. Next on the project’s agenda will be moving the century-old Boy Scout Cabin to its new location behind the town of Edenton’s Fire Department. That could happen at any time, said Edenton-Chowan Schools Superintendent Michael Sasscer.
The strange disappearance of Nell Cropsey still haunts Elizabeth City
ELIZABETH CITY — A story that continues to baffle and haunt area residents is that of Nell Cropsey. It is a story of love, loss and an unexplained murder mystery in a small town. Elizabeth City is known as the “harbor of hospitality.” The city is part of the intracoastal waterway and is the perfect sanctuary for residents who enjoy days on the water and the charm of southern hospitality. ...
Church News: Holy Trinity to hold yard sale Saturday
Church yard sale Holy Trinity Community Church will hold a yard sale today at 7 a.m. A dinner sale starts at 10 a.m. Albemarle Chorale The Albemarle Chorale will present “A Woman’s Voice: Music by Women” on Sunday at Edenton United Methodist Church in Edenton and again on Sunday, May 5 at First United Methodist...
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