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Shooting leaves two dead and one juvenile injured in Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City, NC — Two people are dead, and one juvenile was injured following a shooting this past weekend in Elizabeth City. Elizabeth City police say an officer on foot patrol heard multiple gunshots on North Poindexter around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 20. The officer approached Bryan White, 33 of Belvidere and informed him to drop his weapon but he refused to comply and was shot by the officer.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Chamber honors Biz Person of Year, others at banquet
The Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce honored some of the community’s top businesspeople, entrepreneurs, volunteers and nonprofits during its annual banquet last week. Charlie Creighton, CEO of Colony Tire, was honored as Business Person of the Year during the April 18 event at Hayes Farm. Brian Roberts of Waterman’s Grill was named the Chamber’s Small Business Person of the Year. The Cupola House Association was recognized as the Organization of the...
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...
Chowan bond would fund $35M in upgrades to parks, rec facilities
Chowan commissioners are considering a bond referendum that, if approved, would allow the county to make up to $35 million in upgrades to county parks and recreation facilities. Nate Halubka, a project consultant with McGill Associates of Hickory, presented commissioners with a preliminary master plan for the improvements at an April 19 meeting. His plan was based on findings that parks within Edenton town limits provide adequate recreation for residents, but are dated. The town is planning to upgrade many of those parks using funds...
Tobias column: Chorale concert will pierce your heart with beauty
I’ve had the privilege and pleasure of singing with my friends in the Albemarle Chorale for seven years. We’ve sung a lot of wonderful music. But this spring’s concert, I think, will be the loveliest and most meaningful. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Edenton Resolves (which was a revolutionary action of defiance against the British Crown by 51 courageous women who did not hide behind disguises), the Chorale is singing 11 works either lyricized or composed (or both) by female poets and...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
Edenton to host Boogie on Broad tonight
TODAY Red Cross blood drive The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Albemarle Area Association of Realtors’ main room at 426 McArthur Drive, Elizabeth City. Second primary Early voting continues...
134 4th-graders attend Living History Day at Newbold-White House
Members of the Perquimans County Restoration Association always look forward to sharing the story of Abraham and Judith Sanders’ family home each time a carload of tourists arrives to tour it. Last week, they got to share the story of what’s now known as the Newbold-White House with 134 Perquimans County Schools fourth-graders during what’s become known as Living History Day at the historic site. To help the youngsters understand...
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