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Labors of love: Workcampers enjoy helping make a difference
Fourteen-year-old Eliana Dintelmann says her dad told her that volunteering again this summer for Group Workcamp would be a good experience. Turns out he was right, Dintelmann says. Dintelmann was among the nearly 400 young people and adults from 13 states who volunteered to take part in this week’s Group Workcamp in the area. Coordinated...
Pasquotank-Camden EMS to trial run new management structure
Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Medical Services will spend the next year operating under a new management structure that has been implemented for a one-year trial. The Pasquotank Board of Commissioners gave unanimous approval to the management change following a presentation Monday evening by Pasquotank-Camden EMS Director Jerry Newell. Under the emergency response agency’s new structure, a position for operations manager that has been vacant for the last year will be frozen and...
Hunter outraises Ward by $37.2K in 2nd Q in 5th House District race
Former state Rep. Howard Hunter holds a massive fundraising lead over incumbent Republican state Rep. Bill Ward, R-Pasquotank, as the Hertford Democrat attempts to reclaim the 5th District House seat in the November election. Ward defeated Hunter in the 2022 election by more than 2,300 votes, carrying three of the four counties in the 5th House District. State campaign finance reports show that at the end of the second quarter...
Tate: Multitude of reasons led to her resignation as elections director
Pasquotank County’s elections director said she is stepping down from the position for many reasons. Emma Tate said Tuesday that she decided to resign as the county’s elections chief “for a multitude of reasons.” “I just decided it was time to move on,” she said. Tate, who has served as director of the Pasquotank Board...
Police Blotter: Pasquotank Sheriff's Office investigates vehicle fire
Pasquotank Sheriff Someone setting woods on fire was fire was reported June 12 in the 1100 block of Northside Road, Elizabeth City. Investigating officer: D.T. Fogg. A male driving while impaired and female carrying a concealed weapon without a permit were reported June 22 in the 400 block of Halstead Blvd. Extended/Mt. Everest Drive South, Elizabeth City. Investigating officer: T.L. Mercer. ...
County OKs EMS request to buy $17K powered stair chair
Thanks to a new powered stairclimbing chair, Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Medical Services personnel will soon have another method for transporting patients up and down flights of stairs. The Pasquotank Board of Commissioners approved a request by Pasquotank-Camden EMS Director Jerry Newell on Monday to allow the agency to purchase the new chair at a cost of $16,862. The money to purchase the chair will be dispersed from portions of a budgeted-but-vacant EMS position that has been frozen for the remainder of the 2024-25 fiscal year. ...
Former Hertford mayor pro tem pleads guilty to child sex crimes
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WITN) - A former Eastern Carolina elected official has pleaded guilty to multiple child sex crimes. Quentin Jackson made the plea Monday in Pasquotank County. He admitted to statutory rape, two counts of statutory sexual offense, two counts of first-degree sexual exploitation, and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor.
Albemarle Neighbor: Jackson has busy summer at Jackson Farms 158 Produce
Nineteen-year-old Ellie Jackson may be on her summer break from N.C. State University, but that doesn’t mean she’s taking a break. Jackson, a 2023 Perquimans County High School graduate, is spending her first college summer managing her new produce stand, complete an internship and travel the world. Jackson and her father, Chuck, opened Jackson Farms 158 Produce on Memorial Day weekend at 510 U.S. Highway 158 in the Newland community...
Elections director Tate resigns; her last day with elections board is Aug. 16
Pasquotank County’s chief elections official is stepping down after five years on the job. Emma Tate, director of the Pasquotank Board of Elections, has resigned and her last day as director is Aug. 16, Assistant County Manager John Shannon said Thursday. Tate was not available for comment on Thursday. According to Shannon, Tate notified Pasquotank...
U-Haul to open retail store, self-storage facility and storage container warehouse in EC
Do-it-yourself movers looking to move their furniture, appliances and other belongings will soon have a new retail location to rent the equipment to do it. U-Haul Moving & Storage of Elizabeth City is constructing two large buildings on 18.6 acres off Hastead Boulevard Extended, one of which will be a retail, moving and self-storage facility. “One building will be our primary retail and indoor self-storage center; the other will be...
Davis asks USDA head for disaster declaration over drought
While weather conditions in Camden, Currituck and upper Pasquotank were still “abnormally dry” as of last week, the U.S. Drought Monitor had designated Chowan, Perquimans, and lower Pasquotank counties as areas of “moderate drought.” Across the state of North Carolina, drought conditions have agriculture experts concerned about the effects on this year’s crop production. In the northeastern region, while local agriculture experts are monitoring the situation, Congressman Don Davis, D-N.C., has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to designate 19 of the 21 counties he...
Pasquotank warns of scammers impersonating sheriff's deputies
Pasquotank County is warning of an ongoing scam that involves people impersonating deputies trying to swindle residents of their personal information. County Manager Sparty Hammett warned residents of the scam in his weekly update to the Board of Commissioners on Friday. The scam is initiated with a phone call from a con artist who claims to be an investigator with the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office. The scammer tells the call...
Meetings
The College of The Albemarle Board of Trustees’ Finance Committee will meet today at 9 a.m. The board’s Policy, Planning and Student Success Committee will meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. The Building and Grounds Committee will meet Thursday, July 18, at 9 a.m. All meetings are in Building A’s Room 100 at COA-Elizabeth City.
Citing health concerns, Kamau resigns as Visit EC director after less than 5 months on job
Citing health concerns, Nosakhere Kamau has resigned as executive director of the city-county tourism agency after less than five months in the job. Kamau, who was named director of Visit Elizabeth City in February, submitted his letter of resignation to the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Tourism Development Authority on Tuesday. His resignation takes effect on Monday, July 22. “Due to ongoing medical issues, I find myself unable to fulfill my responsibilities at...
Area jobless rate rose to 3.4% in May after falling in April
The six-county area’s unemployment rate ticked up from 3.2% in April to 3.4% in May, thanks to an increase of 175 jobless claims. N.C. Department of Commerce data released last week show the unemployment rates in Pasquotank, Currituck, Chowan, Perquimans, Gates and Camden all edged upward as the total number of jobless claims in the area rose from 1,694 in April to 1,869 in May. The same commerce data showed...
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