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N.C. Wildlife announces 2024 wild turkey harvest totals
Results from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s (NCWRC) 2024 Wild Turkey Harvest Summary report show that hunters recorded 24,074 birds harvested statewide in 2024, including 2,372 birds taken during the youth season. Hunters harvested 15 fewer turkeys than last year’s record total, making the 2024 Spring Turkey season the second-highest year on record. Both the Mountain and Coastal ecoregions reported increases in harvest numbers compared to the 2023 season, particularly in the Coastal region. ...
Stone column: Jealousy poisons our contentment
Relatively speaking, it did not take much time after Home and Garden Television was launched in December of 1994 for the channel to catapult close to the top of U.S. ratings. From preserving historic homes and fixing up 1960s ranch-style houses, to flipping investment properties, finding perfect vacation homes, bringing whole towns back to life and catching inside glimpses of celebrity mansions, HGTV currently boasts 45 programs with new episodes and over 250 former shows which still might air as reruns. ...
Letter: Native Americans victimized by assault must get justice
Native Americans victimized by assault must get justice My name is Edward Goodwin of Edenton. I currently represent N.C. House District 1 in the North Carolina House of Representatives. I am also a former special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and I am a longtime friend of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina. I strongly condemn the violence that was enacted on the women and children of the...
Orr column: Swordfish steaks perfect for dinner or get-togethers
I recently stopped by Edenton Farmers Market looking for a quick but tasty dinner to make. I was in luck! Floyd Layden’s son had some beautiful fresh swordfish. The steaks smelled like the sea and had wonderful firm flesh and color. Then I stopped by Donna Spivey’s for some fabulous bread that was still warm and fragrant. ...
Group mulls boycott of biz to force action on moving monument
An electronic newsletter emailed to the estimated 100 members of Edenton’s Monument Group, known for its weekly demonstrations demanding the removal of the town’s Confederate Monument from Broad Street, has broached the idea of an economic boycott against downtown businesses to force the statue’s removal. Rod Phillips, the author of the newsletter, describes the monument group as a “loose association of like-minded individuals” with no president or officers. Phillips said he writes the newsletter as a service to the group, which he said has not...
Knighton teaches others how to thrive after heart surgery
Former Edenton resident Suzanne Knighton, the stepdaughter of retired Edenton Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton, has launched a successful podcast aimed at open-heart surgery patients. Knighton grew up in Edenton but left the area when she was 16. Knighton hopes to inspire and encourage patients undergoing the lifesaving but life-changing surgery through her blogs. Knighton, a K-12 educator and resident of Victor, Idaho, was an avid ski instructor and backpacker until...
Bland spots 1st cotton blossom in Chowan
Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’, and the cotton is high.” — “Summertime,” a song by George Gershwin for his 1935 opera “Porgy and Bess” A sure sign that summer has arrived is the explosion of millions of Chowan County cotton blossoms in June. The race to site the first blossom of 2024 came down to the wire this year, with honors prematurely going to one farmer, only to be snatched just before press time by another. ...
Edenton manager places new restrictions on Confederate monument picketers
The town of Edenton, citing concerns about traffic, noise and a strain on police resources, is imposing new picketing rules on both the group pushing to remove the Confederate monument from near the town’s waterfront and groups seeking to keep it where it is. An email from monument opponents Edenton Monument Group shared with The Daily Advance last week details five new restrictions Edenton Town Manager Corey Gooden has imposed on both monument supporters and opponents in the 500 block of South Broad Street, which...
Dr. Joan H. Marshall
Dr. Joan Heide Marshall, 77, of Montpelier Drive, Edenton, NC, died Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville. Dr. Marshall was born in Allegheny County, PA on October 30, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Frederick Dickson Marshall and Rose Marie Heider Marshall. Retired from the State University of New York at Oneonta, she was the chairman of the Department of Educational Psychology Counseling and Special Education. Surviving are three sisters, Karen Casciani of Little River, SC, Linda Brant of Cadillac, MI, and Melanie James of Kalamazoo, MI: other extended family members including many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Dr. Marshall had an immense love for the theater and performance and shared that love with others. She touched so many lives with her kindness and generosity, often putting others needs before her own. She will be remembered by her stepson Joe and his family; close neighbors (Bobby and Debbie Farmer) and so many others whom she loved dearly. In accordance with her wishes, no services will be held. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.
Making Memories: Best stories come from toughest moments
Growing up in the church world granted me many opportunities. We were involved in so many great things from theme park trips to competitions, missions and youth conventions. I was blessed by people who loved me and the young people enough to invest time and energy with us. My pastor’s wife would accompany us often, and any time she sensed bad attitudes rising or stressful moments of setback, she would sweetly declare, almost sing, “Making memories!” ...
White Oak Elementary recognized for ‘mindfulness’ program
Chowan County’s White Oak Elementary School recently was recognized for a program that introduces students to ways to help them better control their emotions and improve academically. Thoughtful Thursdays, a program that Edenton-Chowan Public Schools Director of Elementary Education Michelle Newsome said is practiced at White Oak and D.F. Walker elementary schools, was honored by Character.org as a Promising Practice. The award recognizes worldwide efforts to introduce the principles of “mindfulness” into the classroom, helping students control their emotions better and freeing them to perform...
Batts column: Where is God in the counter-protests to keep monument?
Over the past few weekends, I have been increasingly conscious of how the counter-protesters who come out each Saturday to support keeping the Confederate Monument at its current location are expressing hate. It may not be their intent but notice what they say with their words. I listened to an old Stevie Wonder song during a recent meeting which brought words to what I have been feeling: … Good morn...
DAR to host award-winning Independence Day celebration
The local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter will host its award-winning 25th annual Independence Day celebration on Thursday, July 4. As it’s done in years past, the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of DAR will host a reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Joseph Hewes Monument on the green of the Historic Chowan County Courthouse. The event will also feature a posting of the colors and a musical salute, complete with costumed reenactors. ...
Winning is important, but is it everything?
How important is winning? If you’re DJ Khaled, it’s all you do, so I presume it’s everything. According to Vince Lombardi however, “winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” so I may definitely be wrong in my presumption. The people in charge of who wins the award for most valuable player of the NHL’s coveted...
Orr column: Blueberry galette easy — and healthy — summer dessert
The blueberry bushes in northeastern North Carolina are still bursting with their sweet, deep blue fruit. If you are not fortunate enough to have your own berry bushes, or the squirrels and birds have depleted your harvest, you can still find ripe, local blueberries here in Edenton. Both the Edenton Farmer’s Market and Bunch’s Produce Stand on Rock Hock Road offer fresh-off-the-bush berries. You can also find them at many...
Tobias column: America is a beautiful land built on a gifted ideal
In two years, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Our nation is the oldest, longest-surviving democracy that the world has ever known. And that fact alone is what we remember with thanksgiving every Fourth of July. The United States of America is exceptional. It is the first nation-state that was established on the ideal that “all men are created equal.” This statement, in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence, is not a modern invention: it is an...
Operation Dry Water planned for Independence weekend
In efforts to ensure a safer July 4 holiday experience on the water, wildlife law enforcement officers with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) will participate in Operation Dry Water, a national campaign being observed July 4-6, developed through the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA). The focus of the campaign is to heighten enforcement and awareness about the dangers of boating while impaired. Wildlife officers will be increasing water patrols, providing boaters with information on the dangers of impaired boating and enforcing...
$5.4M grant to boost broadband in Chowan, Perquimans
Chowan and Perquimans counties will get a step closer to having full broadband access thanks to a $5.4 million state grant to internet provider FOCUS Broadband. The Completing Access to Broadband program award from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Division of Broadband and Digital Equity will enable FOCUS to reach an additional 800 homes in Chowan and Perquimans counties, a press release states. The grant brings $1.9 million...
Paddle, Peddle, and Plod brings triathletes to Edenton
Josh Harvill, Karen Ganter, Ron Garcia and Team Kiwi were the individual and team winners in the Edenton Optimists’ 11th annual Peddle, Paddle and Plod triathlon on Saturday, June 22. Eighteen competitors took part in the event, which started with a two-mile kayak sprint from under the bridge to Hays Plantation near Queen Anne Park and included a bike ride and 5K run. Most triathlons use swimming instead of kayaking,...
Hunting, fishing, trapping fees to rise July 1
RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will increase fees for hunting, fishing, trapping and activity licenses, permits, stamps and certifications starting Monday. The fee adjustments are based on the total increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers since the last fee increase on Jan. 1, 2020, and help with operating costs exacerbated by inflation and increased demand for its services, the agency said in a press release. The NCWRC is funded by the sale of licenses, vessel titles and registrations, federal grants, general fund appropriations and other receipts. Funds generated from license sales make up, on average, about 25% of the agency’s annual revenue. The fees are used to support agency programs focused on species management, habitat enhancement, enforcement, education and public access. To purchase a license, visit gooutdoorsnorthcarolina.com or a Wildlife Service Agent.
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