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'Feeling the Love Tonight': Holmes students present 'Lion King Jr.'
Drama and music students from John A. Holmes High School wowed audiences with three performances of “The Lion King Jr.” last weekend. The student actors presented a strong performance that highlighted their singing, dancing, and costume design talents. The “Lion King Jr.” performances May 16-18 came during a difficult moment for the high school’s drama program. In April, wrecking crews demolished the high school campus’s auditorium and much of the...
Womens Club to demonstrate colonial textile crafts
The Edenton’s Women’s Club will sponsor a family-friendly demonstration of colonial-era textile manufacturing at the Iredell House in Edenton next month. The demonstration will include how Chowan County women prepared cotton and wool by carding the fibers, spinning them, and preparing them for weaving a basic cloth called homespun during the 17th and 18th centuries. The program, which will take place at the James Iredell House on June 8, will...
Museum of the Albemarle: Edenton port attacked by Loyalists in American Revolution
Celebrations of the United States’ 250th birthday have already started to gear up in North Carolina, with an event recognizing the Halifax Resolves occurring just last month in Halifax County. While no major Revolutionary War battles happened in this corner of North Carolina (in fact very few happened in the state at all), there were still plenty of smaller interesting occurrences during America’s struggle for independence, many of which shed light on the region’s maritime heritage. ...
Jeanne Thurlow Cullings
Jeanne Thurlow Cullings, 87, of 203 Evergreen Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024 in her home. Mrs. Cullings was born in Rochester, NY, on February 3, 1937, and was the daughter of the late James Henry Thurlow and Cora Creveling Thurlow Anderson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Emerson Milroy Cullings, Jr., her brother, Thomas Thurlow (wife, Judy, deceased), and two brothers-in-law, Jack Lavery and Peter LeRoy. A graduate of State University of New York at Geneseo, she was a longtime educator having started as a teacher...
Tobias column: Showers of blessing for boats — and rest of creation
It was one of those mystical misty days when the burnished slate of the Albemarle Sound met the white cumulous horizon. It was Saturday morning, May 4th, and I was having a good ol’ time with my friends, Fr. Bob Sawyer and his brother Fr. Stan. We were standing at dock’s end where it juts into Edenton Bay. The three of us had on our hieratic stoles, waiting for the fleet of the Edenton Yacht Club to come sailing by. ...
Seems the NFL just takes what it wants
Is it just me or is the NFL the Deebo of American sports? Before you call me crazy or dismiss me entirely, allow me to elaborate. Deebo is the very muscular character from the movie "Friday" played by the late Tommy Lister Jr. Throughout the majority of the film, Deebo rides around the neighborhood on a bicycle he claimed as his own (he stole it) looking for other things to claim. ...
Hall column: Donors will get 2-tiered school system for their billions
Despite stiff opposition, the North Carolina Senate voted this month to double the funding for Opportunity Scholarships to boost enrollment in privately run K-12 schools; more than $200,000,000 is earmarked for kids in high-income families. Why would Republican leaders do this now when polls show voters oppose tax subsidies for the rich? And when public schools urgently need more funds — North Carolina ranks 48th in per-pupil spending. The answer...
The first worship: Putting Lord first in all you do
Too often, we can get the idea of worship mixed up. Worship today is frequently used as an adjective referring to spaces, orders of service, music and songs. Neither song nor music can worship God. They both do what the human who writes or sings the song intends. Also, a song with uplifting God-honoring lyrics may not ascend from a worshipper’s heart. A human is the only object in the world that can offer worship. All other creatures live in perfect submission to the will...
Brown named Lawrence Academy football coach
MERRY HILL — One of the deans of coaching in eastern North Carolina will take over the Lawrence Academy football program. The school announced earlier this week that Robert Brown, who retired from full-time teaching and coaching just under a year ago, has been named to lead the Warriors into the first season in the Big East Conference. “I am looking forward to the opportunity of coaching the young men...
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...
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...
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 an 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 the Edenton Bay Trading Company owned by Malcolm and Debbie King. The Fields’ weekly platter-spinning parties have attracted locals and tourists alike, many...
High School Roundup: Aces softball, volleyball lose playoff runs
John A. Holmes’ softball and volleyball teams have been eliminated from the 2A NCHSSA state playoffs. The Aces softball team lost to Ayden-Grifton Chargers 10-7 in extra innings Tuesday, May 7, in the 2A NCHSSA Softball State Championship playoffs. Holmes scored runs in the first and fourth innings and followed that up with three in the fifth and single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. Ayden-Grifton scored three...
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”...
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of DAR installs new officers
Edenton’s Tea Party Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution installed a slate of new leaders on May 8. Betty Corbin, state organizing secretary of the North Carolina State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, presided over the installation event. The new leaders are Bonnie Henn, chapter regent; Kay Caveney, first vice regent; Nicole Dalton, second vice regent; Clara King, chaplain; Melanie Gibbs, recording and corresponding secretary; Kim Gongwer,...
Smith column: Authors share sexual abuse victims' stories of healing
All sexual abuse is damaging, and the trauma from it persists beyond the abuse itself. If you were abused as a child, you likely experience long-term effects that interfere with your day-to-day functioning. However, healing is possible, even leading to thriving — a state of wholeness, satisfaction in your life and work, and genuine connection. “Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse” by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis delves into the healing process — what it takes, what it feels...
Correction
A story that will be appearing in the Chowan Herald on Saturday incorrectly reported that the Chowan County Board of Commissioners voted May 6 to approve putting a $35 million recreation bond on the county ballot in the Nov. 5 general election. Commissioners voted to approve a 10-year master plan for the county Parks and Recreation Department during its regularly scheduled meeting on May 6. The master plan does not bind commissioners to a bond amount or to issuing a bond. ...
Orr column: Asparagus adds green hue to soup
I love the colors and flavors of spring. The variations of flowering hues and the bright chartreuse leaves of trees inspire me to create dishes in a spring palette. Beautiful spring vegetables such as asparagus, artichokes and peas add such fresh vibrancy and flavor to a meal. And with undertones of cool evenings still lingering a nice spring vegetable soup makes a wonderful beginning to dinner or a main course at lunch along with a little crusty bread and a salad. ...
Town to host blood drive with Blood Connection May 31
The town of Edenton will sponsor a blood drive in Town Council Chambers’ overflow room later this month to boost local blood supplies. The blood drive, a partnership with The Blood Connection, will take place from noon until 5 p.m. on Friday, May 31. In addition to knowing they’ve done something good for their neighbors, donors will receive $50 in rewards from The Blood Connection. “This is a great way...
Jacavone column: Digitization of Herald from 1934 to 2019 complete, online
The Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library is pleased to announce that the digitization of the Chowan Herald from 1934 to 2019 is now complete! Thanks to a generous grant from the Edenton Woman’s Club, you can now find past articles in the Chowan Herald online for free from the comfort of your home. Thanks to the efforts of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, these historic...
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Located in the Josephine Leary building in historic downtown Edenton, the Chowan Herald is a weekly publication owned by Adams Publishing Company. The North Carolina Press Association member and award-winning newspaper has covered Chowan County since Aug. 30, 1934. It recently expanded coverage to include eastern Washington counties, as well as Tyrrell and Hyde counties
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