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City green lights waterfront renovations to host Harbor Towns ferries
Elizabeth City officials have given the green light to begin $2 million in waterfront renovations to accommodate the new Harbor Towns ferry system. City Council gave unanimous approval for project manager A.R. Chesson Construction to commence the engineering and permitting processes for the renovations at Monday night’s meeting. The two steps are necessary before a list of renovations can be completed at Waterfront and Mariners’ Wharf parks, which have all been designed to accommodate two Harbor Towns fast-ferry vessels that will operate out of Waterfront...
Gov't meetings: Camden board to hold budget work session Tuesday
The Camden Board of Commissioners will hold a budget work session in the community room of the Camden Public Library today at 6 p.m. The Albemarle Commission Board of Delegates will meet at the commission office at 512 South Church St., Hertford, at 6 p.m. on Thursday. The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education will hold committee meetings in the ECPPS administrative offices on Monday, May 20, at 5 p.m. The board’s regular meeting will be Tuesday, May 28, at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at P.W. Moore Elementary School. Elizabeth City City Council will hold a work session at City Hall, Tuesday, May 28, at 5:30 p.m. The regular meeting follows at 7 p.m.
"Light" vote turnout anticipated for North Carolina's second primary races. Here's what to know
CURRITUCK, N.C. — North Carolina voters will again head to the voting booths, two months after Super Tuesday still left two races in the Tar Heel State undecided. And in the state's more rural communities like Currituck County, the possibility of low voter turnout doesn’t change the job of elections workers like Kimberly Twine.
'Spudtacular' festival all about potatoes coming to Elizabeth City
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The North Carolina Potato Festival, which celebrates one of the largest crops in Elizabeth City, returns this weekend. "It's a celebration of our heritage," Deborah Malenfant, an organizer for the event, told 13News Now. Along with endless potato-related snacks, the festival will feature a beer...
Duck Planning Board Discusses Residential Development and Environmental Protection
The Town of Duck Planning Board met on May 9, 2024, to discuss issues related to residential property development and maintenance. The meeting began with a discussion on the use of pervious and semi-pervious materials for lot coverage on residential properties. The Board considered different levels of allowances for these materials, focusing on how to support development while protecting the environment.
Camden to explore homebuilding halt, cites sewer lack
CAMDEN — Camden is exploring a moratorium on new residential development because of insufficient wastewater infrastructure capable of meeting the county’s expected growth. County commissioners voted 4-1 earlier this week to start the process of possibly instituting a moratorium on new developments. Commissioners Ross Munro, Troy Leary, Tiffany White and Sissy Aydlett all voted in favor of exploring the possibility of a moratorium. Commissioner Randy Krainiak cast the lone no...
Museum of the Albemarle: Barber book, museum event explore moonshining history
Museum of the Albemarle Chris Barber’s recently published book, “When Ghosts Made Moonshine: Prohibition in the Albemarle,” uses newspaper articles to tell the stories of area moonshiners and bootleggers who violated the National Prohibition Act that went into effect in January 1920. The Prohibition Act — informally known as the Volstead Act, after U.S. Rep. Andrew Volstead, R-Minnesota, who introduced it — prohibited the production, manufacture, and sale of intoxicating...
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