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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 ...
Museum of the Albemarle: Edenton port attacked by Loyalists in American Revolution
Celebrations of the United States’ 250th birthday have already started to gear up in North Carolina, with an event recognizing the Halifax Resolves occurring just last month in Halifax County. While no major Revolutionary War battles happened in this corner of North Carolina (in fact very few happened in the state at all), there were still plenty of smaller interesting occurrences during America’s struggle for independence, many of which shed light on the region’s maritime heritage. ...
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. ...
Perquimans OKs liquor-by-the-drink vote for Nov. ballot
HERTFORD — Perquimans County voters will decide this fall whether mixed drinks can be sold countywide. County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to place a liquor-by-the-drink referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot. County Manager Frank Heath read the resolution authorizing the referendum before commissioners voted to approve it. It will now be up to county voters to decide whether mixed alcoholic beverages can be sold countywide. ...
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...
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...
Rockin the streets: Boogie on Broad draws hundreds to downtown
Several hundred music fans gathered on Edenton’s blocked-off Broad Street Friday, April 26, for Boogie on Broad, an evening of live music, family amusement for the kids, and vendors offering craft beers and wine. Vendors catered to children with face painting and toy balloons, while other vendors served craft beers and wine by the glass. Boogie on Broad was the first of four summer concerts arranged by Destination Downtown Edenton,...
Rivershore bridge project needs extra $1M
Replacing the Rivershore Road bridge will require an additional $1 million after construction bids came in over the amount the city has in state funding for the project. Public Utilities Director Dwan Bell said at last week’s City Council work session that an extra $1 million is needed to complete the project. The city is already using a $1.9 million grant from the N.C. Emergency Management Department to repair the bridge, which has been closed since March 2022. The city was awarded the Transportation Infrastructure...
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...
City sets hearing on LMFakro biz incentives plan
Elizabeth City city councilors have set a public hearing for later this month on whether to adopt a resolution of support for business incentives for a new manufacturer that promises to bring 23 new jobs to Pasquotank County. City Council voted unanimously last week to hold the public hearing at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, May 13. The hearing is required before city leaders vote on whether to support resolutions and business incentives for LMFakro, which manufactures attic ladders and other attic accessories. ...
County drafting liquor-by-the-drink referendum
Perquimans officials are likely to have more information at commissioners’ upcoming May 6th meeting about the county’s efforts to put a countywide liquor-by-the-drink referendum on the November ballot. That’s according to Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Charles Woodard, who said Monday that County Manager Frank Heath and the county’s attorney, Hackney High, are currently working on draft language for the referendum. Sales of liquor by the drink are now permitted...
Safety improvements coming for NC 32 in Chowan, Gates Counties
SUNBURY, N.C. – The N.C. Department of Transportation is making initial plans for a project to improve safety on approximately 18 miles of N.C. 32 in Chowan and Gates counties. The improvements, which will include wider travel lanes and shoulders, will run from the Virginia state line to the intersection of N.C. 32 and Gliden Road near […]
City water rate study proposes 32% rate hike
A study of Elizabeth City’s water rates proposes a combined 32% increase in water and sewer rates for city customers. Alicia Melton, a technical assistance manager for the nonprofit N.C. Rural Water Association, presented the findings of her study at last week’s City Council work session. Council took no action on Melton’s presentation. Rural Water’s study proposes a 22.06% increase in the city’s water rate and a 10.37% increase in...
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