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Winfall Council OKs $1M budget without a tax hike
WINFALL — Winfall Town Council approved a roughly $1 million budget last week that doesn't include a property tax increase. The spending plan, which the council approved by a 4-1 vote, spends more than $789,000 in the general fund and $278,817 in the sewer fund. Voting for the budget were Mayor Preston White and councilors Arnetta Ormond, Cynthia Cunningham and Debera B. Long. Councilwoman Valery McDonald cast the lone no...
Area to mark 4th with 4 fireworks shows
If you enjoy fireworks shows, the Albemarle is the place to be over the next several days. No fewer than four Independence Day celebrations, each featuring a fireworks show, are scheduled for either Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday. Elizabeth City kicks off the Fourth of July celebrations at 5 p.m. Wednesday with events at Waterfront Park. Attendees will be treated to live music, food vendors, a splash pad, yard games, and...
Tree removal accidentally unearths centuries-old artifacts at North Carolina church
ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina (WTKR) -- A church in Elizabeth City is waiting to hear back from State of North Carolina archaeologists on how to proceed after digging up potentially 300-year-old artifacts on its property. On June 20, Rev. Daniel Cenci, the rector at Christ Episcopal Church on Elizabeth City's...
Group mulls boycott of biz to force action on moving monument
An electronic newsletter emailed to the estimated 100 members of Edenton’s Monument Group, known for its weekly demonstrations demanding the removal of the town’s Confederate Monument from Broad Street, has broached the idea of an economic boycott against downtown businesses to force the statue’s removal. Rod Phillips, the author of the newsletter, describes the monument group as a “loose association of like-minded individuals” with no president or officers. Phillips said he writes the newsletter as a service to the group, which he said has not...
Edenton manager places new restrictions on Confederate monument picketers
The town of Edenton, citing concerns about traffic, noise and a strain on police resources, is imposing new picketing rules on both the group pushing to remove the Confederate monument from near the town’s waterfront and groups seeking to keep it where it is. An email from monument opponents Edenton Monument Group shared with The Daily Advance last week details five new restrictions Edenton Town Manager Corey Gooden has imposed on both monument supporters and opponents in the 500 block of South Broad Street, which...
Council OKs $350K to cover overspending on salaries in 2023-24
Moments after voting 5-0 to adopt the city’s fiscal year 2024-25 budget on Friday, city councilors and Mayor Kirk Rivers were facing the possibility of the city starting the new fiscal year already in the red to the tune of nearly $350,000. That realization set in after City Manager Montré Freeman asked council to approve a budget amendment to the 2023-24 budget, which expired on June 30. The amendment sought...
Davis mum on Biden debate performance, focused on 'issues relevant to constituents' concerns'
HERTFORD — U.S. Rep. Don Davis sidestepped questions about President Joe Biden’s performance in Thursday’s presidential debate with presumptive Republican nominee former President Donald Trump after a town hall in Hertford on Friday. Saying he was attending the town hall “in an official capacity to focus on the issues relevant to constituents’ concerns,” Davis declined to discuss Biden’s debate performance which included the president speaking in a raspy and halting voice, at times giving meandering answers, and several times seeming to lose his train of...
Retire your old, tattered American flags with honor at Twiford Funeral Homes
With the 4th of July spirit filling the air, many of us are sprucing up our homes and getting those flags ready to fly high. If you’re swapping out your old flag for a new one this year, let’s make sure those worn and weathered stars and stripes are retired with the honor they deserve.
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