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EC City Council to hold closed session Thursday to discuss personnel
City Council will hold a closed-session meeting to discuss personnel in Council Chambers at City Hall today at 5:30 p.m. The Camden Board of Education will meet in the Camden Library meeting room today at 7 p.m. The board will meet for a closed session at 6 p.m. The regular meeting will be livestreamed. The Currituck Board of Commissioners will meet in the conference room of the the Historic Courthouse Thursday at 4 p.m. to discuss advertising for a county manager, consider a project ordinance for the Grandy EMS station and budget amendments and hold a closed session to discuss personnel matters. The Albemarle Commission Board of Delegates will meet at the commission office at 512 South Church St., Hertford, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 16.
Many vendors at Potato Festival repeat participants
Many of the food and product vendors at this past weekend’s North Carolina Potato Festival were repeat attendees. Brian Condon, who was vending knives and other cutlery for Cutco, said the company founded in New York in 1949 tries to set up a vendor tent at “pretty much any festival we’re able to attend.” That includes the Potato Festival in Elizabeth City, where the company’s had a vendor tent the...
What's Up: 'Choosing to Participate' poster display opens at museum Wednesday
TODAY Library storytime The Pasquotank Library will host a storytime program with the theme “Outer Space” for kids ages 3-5 with an adult today, ages 1-2 on Wednesday; and 1 and younger on Thursday. All programs are at 10 a.m. Celebrating Mom ...
Worthington column: State auditor's race should spur local interest
The runoff primary to determine the Republican nominee for state auditor will be held Tuesday, May 14th and early voting has already begun. People tend to take auditing for granted since the process usually receives little fanfare. But Elizabeth City’s accounting problems highlight the importance of auditors. In the recent audit of Elizabeth City, the auditors found six material weaknesses in internal controls. It’s rare for auditors to find even a single material weakness so this is a very significant statement. ...
Engineer: Corolla lost 'tractor trailer worth of beach' in last 14 years
CURRITUCK — Currituck’s Atlantic shoreline appears to be creeping ever closer to residents’ homes in Corolla and other parts of the county’s Outer Banks due to shoreline erosion over the last several years. That’s according to Ken Willson, a senior project manager with the Wilmington-based firm Coastal Protection Engineering. The firm has been conducting beach stability surveys of Currituck’s near 25 miles of Atlantic shoreline since 2020. Earlier this week, Willson presented the findings from the last survey, which was in 2023, to Currituck commissioners. ...
Currituck HR director discusses county employment trends
CURRITUCK — Just under half of the workers employed by Currituck County are not staying with their jobs long enough to reap some of the county’s long-term benefits, according to the county’s human relations director. “Forty-nine percent of our employees have less than five years of tenure,” said Melissa Futrell. “The average age of employees with less than five years is 38. ... (Also) some of our benefits are more long term in nature, meaning that they really don’t feel the impact until you’ve been...
Southern Shores dedicates flat top at 13 Skyline Road
The Town of Southern Shores held a dedication ceremony Saturday, April 27, 2024 for the remodeled flat top cottage at 213 Skyline Road. The town purchased the 1500 square foot house from the Outer Banks Community Foundation almost a year ago, and since then has been busy converting the house from an office to a […] The post Southern Shores dedicates flat top at 13 Skyline Road appeared first on The Coastland Times.
Wawa in NC: 10 stores by end of 2024; 🥨 90 stores in 10 years
Representatives of Pennsylvania-based gas station and convenience store chain Wawa updated expansion plans for North Carolina on Wednesday. The first store will open Thursday in Kill Devil Hills, with additional outlets planned for Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Wilson and Goldsboro by the end of 2024. Over the next 10 years, the chain plans to reach a total of 90 outlets statewide.
City asks TDA for $15K to host Summer Sounds concert series
After a concert series was canceled last year because of budget issues, Elizabeth City’s recreation chief is hoping to use $15,500 in tourism funds this year to jumpstart the free “Summer Sounds” concert series. Sean Clark, director of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Parks and Recreation Department, made a request for the funding while addressing City Council at the city’s work session last week. “We want to reignite our ‘Summer Sounds’ concert...
Area workforce soared by nearly 800 in March; jobless claims fell by 29
Nearly 30 fewer people filed for unemployment benefits in the six-county area in March than did in February, while the number of people either joining or rejoining the area workforce soared by nearly 800. The result was a slight decrease in the six-county unemployment rate to 3.6%, a tenth of a point better than North Carolina’s average rate in March. The N.C. Department of Commerce released county unemployment data Wednesday...
ECFD welcomes new truck with 'push' ceremony
Two years after ordering it, the Elizabeth City Fire Department celebrated the arrival of its shiny new red fire truck on Monday with a firehouse tradition that dates back to the 1800s. Back then, fire equipment was drawn by horses, so when it had to be stored inside a firehouse, firefighters and community members had to unhitch it and manually push it indoors. Elizabeth City Fire Chief Chris Carver said...
Join the Special Meeting on Kitty Hawk’s Future Recreation Trail
The Town’s Recreation Committee will hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, April 30, 2024 at 6:00 pm. The purpose of this meeting is to walk the Town’s proposed recreation trail and discuss overall plans for its development. The public is welcome to attend but is advised to wear appropriate clothing and footwear for hiking through the woods. The meeting will be held at Kitty hawk Town Hall, located at 101 Veterans Memorial Drive, Kitty Hawk NC 27949.Visit here for more details.
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