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Over 70 dogs rescued from neglect at Elizabeth City home
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — On Tuesday night, the SPCA of Northeastern North Carolina in Elizabeth City received a call. They were going to be receiving some dogs that had been rescued from a neglectful hoarding situation. They originally thought, as they wrote in a post on Facebook, that they...
White: Being small-town mayor challenging but rewarding
WINFALL — Preston T. White took on a new challenge last December, becoming the mayor of one of North Carolina’s smallest towns. White is the top elected leader in Winfall, the smaller community across Hertford’s famous “S” Bridge across the Perquimans River. Winfall, population 800, has been an incorporated town since 1887, but after 137 years, it’s still seen as a suburb of Hertford. ...
Turner one of 8 considered for NC Superintendent of the Year
Perquimans County's school superintendent will find out next week if she'll be North Carolina's next Superintendent of the Year. Dr. Tanya Turner is one of eight public school superintendents in the running for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2025 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year Award that will be presented Thursday at a ceremony in Greensboro by the NC Association of School Administrators, the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association, and the North Carolina School Boards Association. ...
Ghost Walk to feature Women of Betsy Town
With this year’s theme “The Women of Betsy Town,” it’s no surprise all seven “ghosts” at next weekend’s Elizabeth City Historic Ghost Walk will be female. The 26th annual Historic Ghost Walk will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11-12, and feature seven historic homes as well as a live stage show in the Maguire Theater at Arts of the Albemarle’s The Center. The Ghost Walk will start at 5:30 p.m. and end at 9:30 p.m. both nights. Show times in the Maguire will be...
Pettigrew libraries to stop charging fines
Worried about having to pay a fine for an overdue library book or video? Well, you can stop worrying if you’re late returning library materials to one of the four libraries in the Pettigrew Regional Library System. According to a library press release, the board that oversees the four libraries — the Perquimans County Library in Hertford, Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library in Edenton, Tyrrell County Library in Columbia and Washington County...
Artists to return to EC for Splash Week Oct. 15-19
North Carolina’s only citywide retreat for visual artists returns later this month when Arts of the Albemarle again hosts the annual Splash Week in Elizabeth City’s downtown. From Tuesday to Saturday, Oct. 15-19, artists will congregate in the city for a week of “creating art, sharing ideas, demonstrating artistic styles and making friends,” an AoA press release states. Since it began in 2014 as a gathering for artists, Splash has...
Commission's 2nd annual Run to Remember set for Nov. 2
EDENTON — The Albemarle Commission’s Area Agency on Aging will host the second annual Run to Remember 5K and Fun Run next month. The event, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2, in downtown Edenton, is designed to honor and remember those in the region living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, and to provide support for their caregivers. According to the Hertford-based Albemarle Commission, an estimated 6.5 million Americans age 65 and...
Farley promises 'customer-centered approach' for NC Labor Department
EDENTON — Luke Farley is a candidate with a recognition problem. Most candidates for political office need help with name recognition, but Farley worries more that many voters will cast a ballot for North Carolina Labor commissioner on Nov. 5 without knowing what the state Department of Labor does. Farley, a Republican, smiles at the thought of most people’s idea of what a labor commissioner does. Probably one of the...
'They've lost everything': VFW Post 6060 collects supplies for Helene flood victims
Area veterans rolled out Thursday with a trailer filled with much-needed supplies for residents of storm-stricken western North Carolina. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6060 in Elizabeth City held a supplies drive this week for the victims devastated by widespread flooding in the western part of the state. On Wednesday, the parking lot at VFW was busy as residents stopped by to drop off donations. Helping to oversee the collection...
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