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Smirlock letter: Perquimans' tax rate rising more than 2 cents
Perquimans’ tax rate rising more than 2 cents in 2024-25 budget On June 17th, the Perquimans County Board of Commissioners approved the county’s annual budget ordinance. The budget presentation showed an effective tax rate increase from 49.7 cents per $100 of property value, to 52 cents per $100. This would seem to be a 4.5% increase in property taxes. A deeper dive shows otherwise. This year, the county conducted a...
N.C. Wildlife fees will increase as of July 1
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is announcing an increase to fees for hunting, fishing, trapping and activity licenses, permits, stamps and certifications, which will go into effect on July 1. The fee adjustments are based on the total increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) since the last fee increase (January 1, 2020) and will help the agency with operating costs exacerbated by inflation and increased demand for its services. ...
Winfall to hold hearings on budget, firehouse-equipment lease
WINFALL — Town Council will hold two public hearings here on Monday, one on the town's proposed budget for 2024-25, the other on a proposal to lease Winfall's Volunteer Fire Department building and equipment to the Winfall Firefighters Association. On its Facebook page, the town said the firefighting equipment and firehouse building at 341 Wiggins Road have a taxable value in excess of $700,000 and that the lease to the Winfall Firefighters Association would be made in "consideration for providing fire protection" to the town...
Hoggard column: See your life through God’s eyes. It will change everything
Worship comes down to exalting, adoring and obeying God. Unless one spends time looking at God, how can one hear His voice in order to obey it? Many people say they never see God, yet they never look for Him. In Revelation, John is told to “come up here” to see from God’s point of view. What John saw there has mesmerized and perplexed humanity for two thousand years. A vision of who God is can change everything! ...
Mary Lauretta Chappell Winslow
Mary Lauretta Chappell Winslow, 97, of 1639 County Line Road, died Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Elizabeth City Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Winslow was born in Chowan County on July 2, 1926, and was the last surviving of eight children born to the late William Thomas and Lucy Lamb Chappell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.L. Winslow, sisters, Mildred Chappell, Myra Messner, and Alice Byrum, brothers, Carlton, Louis, Walton, and Milton Chappell, and by a granddaughter, Melissa Riddick. A homemaker and farmer's wife, she was a member of Hobbsville Baptist Church....
Hughes column: Draped in robe of righteousness
”I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels.” — Isaiah 61:10 What is it to be dressed in the clothing of salvation and a robe of righteousness? When Jesus died on the cross, He took...
McDowell column: Ending protections for Native remains erases history
Long before European colonization began on Turtle Island, the original peoples occupied the rivers, streams, swamps, and forests of what is today North Carolina. The Tuscarora Nation has occupied the lands surrounding the Roanoke, Pamlico, Tar, Neuse, and Cape Fear rivers for thousands of years. Our tribal neighbors, the Saponi, the Occaneechi, the Tsalagi, the Catawba, and many others have also occupied the state since time immemorial. Like our extended...
Willie Mays: A winner in every sense of the word
This is a column about a winner. I could discuss the NBA, the NHL or the UFL all of whom just crowned or are about to crown new champions. Instead, I want to write about a fella who won the World Series 70 years ago. A gentleman they call the “Say Hey Kid.” Willie Mays passed away on Tuesday and, while I’m not one to often discuss baseball, Mays was...
Orr column: Fried zucchini takes basic cacio e pepe dish to new level
I love summer for the fresh locally grown produce. I no longer have my vegetable garden after selling the Inn, but I do have my herb gardens. I can also find local produce at our farmers market as well as at Bunch’s farm stand, and many other stands that pop up throughout our area. With a dozen zucchini on hand the other day I was mulling over ideas for a...
Overton, Outland awarded Kemet Perseverance scholarships
A former Perquimans County High School graduate who is himself studying for a university degree is providing scholarship funding so other PCHS grads can follow their own college dreams. The $500 Kemet Perseverance Scholarship sponsored by Thomas A. Riddick Jr. was made available to PCHS grads for the first time this year. Riddick graduated from Perquimans County High School in 2023 and is currently enrolled at North Carolina A&T University...
Winslow Mini-Grant Fund to help 34 students attend camp
More than 30 Perquimans County High School students plan to attend the Fellowship of Christian Athletes summer camp this year, the largest group of PCHS students ever to travel to the annual camp in western North Carolina. Funding from the Collin “Snap” Winslow Mini-Grant Program will help them make the trip. According to a press release from the Perquimans County Schools Foundation, interest in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes continues...
22 from Perquimans graduate from COA
More than 20 Perquimans County residents graduated from College of The Albemarle during the spring semester. The graduates and their degrees include: • Morgan Baccus, associate in arts • Dawson Brickhouse, associate in science • Tiffany Demase, associate in applied science, associate degree in nursing ...
Durant's Neck Ruritan Club awards 3 $1.5K scholarships
DURANT’S NECK — The joys of the high school graduation season are not limited to students capping 12 years of education. For civic clubs like the Durant’s Neck Ruritan Club, the graduation season also is a joyful time. It’s when the club’s months of fundraising pay off with the awarding of college scholarships to deserving students, many of whom plan to return to Perquimans and make the county a better place to live and work. ...
Gardner column: How our border problem is actually an opportunity
A neighbor’s son spent two years with the Peace Corps in Morocco where he met and married a Moroccan woman. It took him three years and the intercession of U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, R-NC, to get her into the U.S. legally. This sclerotic bureaucratic ordeal is an example of why so many immigrants don’t bother to go the legal route, instead entering our country by climbing through fences and overwhelming...
Jernigan column: What happens when your thoughts turn out not to be facts?
A few years ago, I was wallowing in the chaos of my own brain, and I didn’t even know it. I lived in a state of almost constant overwhelm, but I was so used to it that I had begun to believe it was normal. Didn’t everyone stress about every detail of every moment? Wasn’t it normal to feel an underlying tension for no particular reason throughout the day? Weren’t all the other humans drowning in every request that was made of them? ...
Lewis recipient of Barry Ford 'Giving Back' Scholarship
A recently graduated Perquimans County High School senior is this year’s recipient of the Barry Ford “Giving Back” Scholarship. Shavoris Lewis, who graduated from Perquimans High School on May 31, plans to attend Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he will study electrical technology at the Nucor Technical Academy. Lewis was a dual enrolled student at PCHS and College of The Albemarle and had a 4.14 grade-point average. ...
Dollar General Market opened on Winfall Boulevard in May
Dollar General recently opened its newest DG Market at 131 Winfall Boulevard in Hertford. The store, which features an expanded selection of fresh meats, fruits and vegetables as well as the other products typically found at Dollar General stores, opened on May 20, according to a press release. “We are excited to provide Hertford residents with our new DG Market format and look forward to welcoming customers to our new...
Miracle League baseball holds first game
After three straight Saturday rainouts, it seemed like the “miracle” in the area’s first-ever Miracle League would be playing its first-ever game. The miracle finally happened on June 1, when the rains finally held off and the Miracle League of the Albemarle Sound hosted its first game on a baseball diamond at the Perquimans County Recreation Department in Hertford. According to league organizer Cyrus “Skip” Hawkins, 17 youth ages 6-19...
Crimewatch: Perquimans Sheriff makes arrests for FTA, assault
Jasmine Bowser, of the 120 block of Wynne Fork Road, Hertford, was arrested April 25 and charged with failure to appear in court as required. A $5,000 secured bond was set. James Proctor, of the 700 block of Davenport Lane, Edenton, was arrested April 26 and charged with failure to appear in court as required. A $6,000 secured bond was set. Travis Shaner, of the 200 block of Sunset Drive,...
Letter: Story on track naming for Wiggins needs clarification
We are writing to clarify information included in recent articles that appeared in the Perquimans Weekly and The Daily Advance concerning the naming of the Perquimans High School track. The misunderstanding appears to stem from the consideration of only one of the two meetings involved with the presentation and request for naming the track during the March 26, 2018, school board meeting and the meeting on April 23, 2018, when the vote was taken. ...
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