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Teen is one of Hertford's newest full-time entrepreneurs
Dayne Colson is one of Hertford’s newest entrepreneurs. That’s hardly a rare distinction with the town on the commercial upswing, but Colson, an advertising specialty manufacturer and a new investor in commercial real estate, just graduated from high school. He is only 18 years old. Colson runs Dayne’s Designs out of the old Country Corner Cafe Building at the intersection of Cypress Stretch Lane and Grub Street. He just took...
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I discovered a new YouTube channel about eight months ago and I have found myself actually looking forward to new episodes every week, so I wanted to share it with you. Maybe you’ll find it as interesting as I do. There exists a gentleman and journalist by the name of Pablo Torre. If you don’t know him by name, you might recognize his mischievous smile and overly exposed calves from ESPN shows like High Noon, Around The Horn, Highly Questionable and a plethora of other...
Hartman column: Living the Christian life requires faith, study, prayer
The Christian life is a straightforward matter. It requires us to confess our sins and seek forgiveness from Christ. There is no other means of obtaining forgiveness apart from faith in Jesus’ work. No amount of religious works or observances can earn forgiveness. Living the Christian life demands faith. We must enter by faith and continue to live by faith. God’s unmerited grace makes the Christian life possible. Paul unequivocally asserts in Romans 1:16 that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God...
Nearly 600 attend Master Gardeners Spring Garden Show
Nearly 600 gardening enthusiasts and others seeking tips on how to become one attended last weekend’s 12th annual Albemarle Master Gardener Spring Garden Show. Master Gardeners from Chowan, Perquimans and Gates counties collaborated on the event, attracting 27 vendors to the Perquimans County Recreation Center in Hertford. Vendors displayed everything from plants and garden art pieces to jewelry and baked goods like the pickled quail eggs from Southern Dreams Farms...
Crimewatch: Snug Harbor resident charged with drug charges
Michelle Tighe, of the 1800 block of Goldeneye Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia, was arrested March 14 and charged with two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. She was confined at Albemarle District Jail on a 48-hour hold. Amy Perkins, of the 100 block of Snug Harbor Road, Hertford, was arrested March 15 and charged with two counts possession with intent to sell/manufacture/deliver schedule II of a controlled substance, possession with intent to sell/manufacture/deliver schedule IV of a controlled substance, maintaining a dwelling for the possession...
PCHS' Brabble, Shepherd, Nixon awarded scholarships
Three Perquimans County High School seniors have been awarded scholarships to help them further their education at colleges or universities. Daven Brabble and Breanne Shepherd were both awarded the $6,000 Thomas & Mary Chapley Scholarship during a recent awards event held by the Perquimans County Schools Foundation. Jacob Nixon was awarded the $1,000 Madelyn Marie Byrum “Those Who Give Back” Scholarship at the same event. ...
670 attend 16th annual Children's Festival in Hertford
Hundreds of youngsters found plenty of challenging activities and made a few new furry and feathered friends during last month’s 16th annual Week of the Young Child’s Children’s Festival at the Perquimans County Recreation Center. Sarah Williams, program coordinator for the Chowan-Perquimans Smart Start Partnership, said 34 service organizations stocked tables with brochures, games, toys, tote bags at the Saturday, April 20, event attended by 670 adults and children. The...
Gardner: Is inflation making economy good or bad? Both, at same time
At lunch with an old friend, talk turned to the high cost of dining out. Entrees over $25 are not uncommon around here. By the time we were served, our conversation segued to the rising cost of hotel rooms. My friend paid over $500 a night in New York City. I told him a local hotel owner I know gets $290 a night on weekends. He’s usually full. When the...
Hertford must pay electric supplier additional $168K
The town of Hertford must pay its electric supplier $168,139 over the next two years because of higher-than-anticipated energy costs in 2022. The city of Elizabeth City and the town of Edenton also must pay the N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency almost $2.1 million and $715,020, 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...
Hertford must pay electric supplier additional $168K
The town of Hertford must pay its electric supplier $168,139 over the next two years because of higher-than-anticipated energy costs in 2022. The city of Elizabeth City and the town of Edenton also must pay the N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency almost $2.1 million and $715,020, 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...
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...
Hertford welcomes Harbor Towns Cruises
Besides the local officials and dignitaries helping welcome Harbor Town Cruises to Hertford last week were three students at Perquimans County High School. Sophomores Anniston Sawyer and Taylor Phelps and junior Crishya Sellers represented their school at a ribbon cutting ceremony for The Penelope on Friday, April 19, and took the vessel’s inaugural ride from the Hertford municipal docks. “Judge (Janice) Cole, told me about this opportunity,” said Sellers, referring...
Carolina Moon Theater Company to debut 'Wage Warfare' May 11
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 recalled. “It’s...
Or column: Strawberry shortcake one of best ways to enjoy strawberries
Nothing says spring more than strawberries. Their delicate little flowers and juicy berries seem to drip from each leafy plant. It’s tempting to put more strawberries in your mouth than in your basket when out in the berry patch. Many strawberry farms offer their berries at Edenton Farmers Market. The berries from Cedar Stretch Farm sold out quickly on the first day they appeared but will be replenished throughout the strawberry season. ...
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...
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...
Police: Belivdere man fatally shot by EC police officer
Law enforcement have launched three separate investigations into last weekend’s deadly police-involved shooting in which an Elizabeth City police officer shot an armed Perquimans County man who police say had just shot another man. Police said Saturday, April 20, that an officer with the Elizabeth City Police Department shot 33-year-old Bryan Christopher White of the 800 block of Sandy Cross Road, Belvidere, in the city’s downtown area after White did not comply with the officer’s order to drop his weapon. ...
History for Lunch: History prof says early Quakers owned, traded slaves
ELIZABETH CITY — Contrary to popular belief, the Quakers were among the most prominent slave owners and traders in Colonial America beginning in the 17th century, including in northeastern North Carolina. But Dr. J. Timothy Allen told the Museum of the Albemarle’s History for Lunch program Wednesday that the denomination was also among the first to protest slavery while encouraging its adherents to end their ownership of enslaved people, starting in the mid-to-late 1700s until around 1800. ...
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