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P8/C8******CAR-RT LOT**C 002 A0109 ... SHEPHERD PRUDEN LIBRARY , 106 W WATER ST £JLi EDENTON NC 27932-1854 to White Oak Elementary, 6A 482-4418 Wednesday, July 30, 2014 50* Jordan, Guard in District 2, Seat 1 school race BY REGGIE PONDER Chowan Herald There is now a contested race for District 2, seat 1 on the Eden ton-Chowan Board of Education. Rhonda Jordan, 65, filed this week as a candidate for the seat, which currently is held by Board of Education Chairman John Guard, 70. Board member Gil Burroughs is running unopposed for filed to seek reelection to District 3, Seat t BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer During their first day of excavation at the Courthouse Green in Edenton, archaeologists uncovered some evidence of a possible brick founda tion. A iti^jor focus of their investigation is to search for the location of the original Chowan County Courthouse built in the early 1700s. “We have recovered 30 plus brick fragments and are planning to open this area up wider tomorrow,” said team member Lauren Souther. “I can’t say if it is part of a wall or a foundation for the courthouse but it is in keeping with what we’re trying to find,” Souther added. Other findings, according to Shawn Patch, principal ^.insaestigatoE and. geophysics, specialist for Greensboro based New South Associ ates, said other findings today had included nails as well as oyster shell and glass fragments including one large chunk of glass that he said appeared to have formed part of the bot tom of a bottle. “This is probably from an 18th century bottle,” Patch said. Earlier in the day Patch and Souther walked an established grid using a ground penetrating radar device that allowed the team to see what lay five or six feet below the soil. Once they examined the footage from that scan they decided on two separate areas on the Courthouse Green where they would begin their work. “We have a 3-D image now,” Patch said, “and Asset sell-off could reduce electric bills From staff reports The N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency and Duke Energy Progress have announced an agree ment for the purchase of NCEMPAs power-generating assets. The sale still must be approved by regulators but would reduce the debt owed by NCEMPA from $1.9 billion to approximately $480 mil lion. The deal could lower power bills significantly for Town of Eden ton utility customers. Edenton Town Manager Anne Marie Knighton greeted the an Legal filing postpones farmland auction BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Two large tracts of land that had been slated for ©2009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved .. • •• 1. The N.C. Gen eral Assembly last year passed a local bill changing the terms on the Edenton-Chowan Board of Edu cation from six years to four. Under that law, some seats will initially serve one two-year term before switching to the four-year term in order to maintain the sys GUARD STAFF PHOTOS BY REBECCA BUNCH Sam Harding (left) was among the youngest visitors to the dig site at thp Courthouse Green, Monday. Sam is seen here watching members of the team dig in an area where a possible foundation was uncovered at the site. that’s a huge help. With the radar we now have data on the entire lawn.” John Mintz, chief ar chaeologist with the Office of State Archaeology in Raleigh, was on hand to assist and observe during the first day of the dig. He expressed regret that other obligations would prevent him from being present on Tuesday and Wednesday as the dig continued. “You can basically view this as a cultural land scape,” Mintz said. “It’s fascinating.” Equally intrigued by all nouncement as good news. “The mayor and council were pleased to hear that the Power Agency and Duke Energy Progress announced that both companies’ boards of directors have approved an agreement for Duke Energy Progress to purchase the Agency’s generating assets,” she said. "lire Town Council previously adopted a resolution supporting the nego tiations so this is positive news. As Electricities Chief Executive Of ficer Graham Edwards said this is a complicated transaction that re quires federal and state approvals. sale by auction Monday af ternoon might not have to be sold after all A business entity known as the J. Gilliam Wood Fam ily Limited Partnership has filed for relief under chapter 11 of the U.S Bank ruptcy Code. The filing was Friday, according to a letter and fax from Amy M. Cur tin, a New Bern-based at tern of staggered terms on the board. In the No vember election Burroughs will be running for a four-year term but Guard and Jordan will be running for a two-year term. This is Jordan’s first campaign for elective office. She described her interest in the activity at the site were Edenton resident Cynthia Harding and her son, Sam, who was possibly the youngest visitor there on Monday. “We live in the neighbor hood and we heard about it, and we were really inter ested in what they might find,” Harding said. “We’ve only been living here for two years so we’re still learning about the history of Edenton. I’m amazed at the patience (the archaeolo gists) have shown in han dling all these little pieces, and being so careful.” But today’s news is positive and we will keep working to achieve the goal to reduce the Agency’s debt and lower the Agency’s wholesale eleetric costs to member cities and towns.” Rep. Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan, noted the agreement follows a plan he advocated in a House resolution that encouraged NCEMPA to pur sue a sale of its assets to an inves tor-owned utility in order to reduce the utility’s massive debt, which drove up the cost of electric power significantly higher than other parts of the state. tomey who represents the Partnership. A sizeable portion of farmland - rdughly 300 acres - along Highway 32 South on the outskirts of Edenton had been sched uled for sale by auction Monday afternoon at the Chowan County Court house. That sale was post poned indefinitely as a re MORE CANDIDATES ■ See list of candidates, 2A running for the board of educa tion in terms of giving back to the community. “Following a devastating house fire in 2008 and my husband’s death in a local plane crash in 2010, the outpouring of loving, kind sup port here has been so amazing that I would like to give something £M if j “Once regulators approve, this positive step forward will lead to more jobs for our area,” Steinburg said. “High energy costs are pre venting businesses from moving here or new businesses from start ing here. Family budgets are tight, and lower energy costs will make a big difference on everyone’s bot tom line. This approach is the right way to lower costs quickly while maintaining a reliable power sup ply” Hertford Town Manager Bran See SELL-OFF, 3A suit of Friday’s filing. >, “The filing of this Bank ruptcy proceeding acts as a stay in any actions pending against the Debtor,” Currin explained in the letter. Althbugh the family has been involved in a num ber of residential devel opments, none of those residential properties were included in the notice of the sale that had been slated for Monday afternoon. The tracts involved in the notice of sale consisted entirely of farmland along both sides of Highway 32 South. Currin explained that the Partnership was formed for limited purposes related to the ownership of the two See FARMLAND, 3A good back to my community; this opportunity to serve seems to fit my need,” she said in a statement emailed to the Chowan Herald. Jordan said she became inter ested in seeking a seat on the lo cal board of education when she spoke at a county commission meeting in favor of reducing the board members’ term of office from six years to four. “My desire grew further as the See SCHOOL RACE, 3A ‘Night Out’ set for Tuesday * From staff reports Two neighborhood parks will be host sites for this i year’s National Night Out j Against Crime in Edenton. The Edenton Police De partment and other local law enforcement agencies will host the National Night Out Against Crime Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. There will be hot dogs, cold drinks and crime pre vention information while supplies last. The Night Out celebration this year will be held at two locations — Griffith Park on East Freemason Street and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Playground. ■ Previous year’s celebra tions have been held at the j downtown waterfront, but j this year’s event will move i the celebration into two | neighborhoods in town.
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