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Packed meeting precedes vote on 133-lot Briarwood subdivision
It was standing room only at the Perquimans County Planning Board’s regular meeting Oct. 10. The board heard nearly two hours of comments from a full house of residents before approving a zoning map amendment for Briarwood Estates, a proposed 133-lot subdivision on 214 acres off Woodville Road in Hertford. The board includes five members, but member Thelma Finch-Copeland was not present and did not vote. Some residents called on the board to stop the subdivision at the outset, arguing that even a preliminary rezoning recommendation would create a “spiderweb” effect, opening the door to more high-density development, disrupting Perquimans’ rural peace and further straining utilities and school capacity. Others asked the board to table the vote in the name of “responsible growth.” Several endorsed the subdivision on the reputation of its applicant alone. The board ultimately found the proposed subdivision consistent with surrounding land uses and recommended rezoning the property, in the 300 to 400 block of Woodville Road, from Rural Agriculture District (RA) to Residential & Agricultural District (RA-32). RA-32 zoning allows major subdivisions; RA does not. Board members emphasized that their vote is a preliminary step in a long process that rezoning goes through before it appears
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Pilot program could help Edenton recycle glass
The town of Edenton’s curbside recycling program has a big hole in it that the Mayor’s Task Force on the Environment wants to plug — waste glass. A local pilot project is already turning discarded bottles into drinking glasses, decorative “sea glass” pebbles and garden stepping stones. On Nov. 9, task force co-chair Susan Inglis told residents how the program could offer Edenton another way to recycle glass. Inglis said residents need ways to recycle glass, which is not accepted by the current recycling program. She cited a pilot program she helped start at the Peanut Factory, an arts residency program on Badham Road in Edenton. That recycling effort demonstrates ways that glass, an extremely durable material, might be diverted from the waste stream. But first, she discussed some of the challenges that most glass recycling programs face. The economics and mechanics of collecting glass present problems for municipal systems. Most conventional recycling programs require glass to be separated by color — clear, brown and green. It is also bulky and can be dangerous to handle when broken. The result, she said, is that communities must find practical alternatives to keep discarded glass out of the waste stream. At the
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Trent Court buildings set for demolition after sitting vacant since Hurricane Florence
NEW BERN, Craven County — New Bern’s Board of Aldermen approved an agreement to begin the process of demolishing the vacant Trent Court buildings, according to Alderman Trey Ferguson. Ferguson says the agreement is with the New Bern Housing Authority and the State Historic Preservation Office. The demolition...