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Town seeks lease agreement with state for airport space
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Edenton town officials are seek
ing to end a stalemate with the
state on an office space lease at
the Northeastern Regional Airport
that Mayor Roland Vaughan said
has left the town owed $100,000 in
back rent “with no end in sight”
Vaughan has appointed a spe
cial committee to meet with state
officials to secure a current lease
for the portion of the airport prop
erty in Edenton occupied by state
Department of Transportation
staff.
Committee members will in
clude Jim Kalbach and Chuck Sch
meiler, chair and vice chair of the
local airport commission; town at
torney Hood Ellis; Town Manager
Anne-Marie Knighton and Coun
cilman Steve Biggs. Biggs serves
as liaison between the town and
the airport
The action came Monday night
at the town council’s monthly
work session.
In naming the committee, the
mayor emphasized that the town
had been very satisfied with hav
ing DOT offices at the site since
the original lease began in 1996.
Knighton explained in a Nov. 23
memo to the council that the town
has been negotiating “in good
faith” with NCDOT since last Jan
uary in an effort to renew the lease
for the office space at the airport
terminal building that is occupied
by Division One highway staff.
“I have previously advised
you of the frustrations we have
encountered,” she wrote in the
memo. “The lease must be formal
ly approved by the N.C. Council of
State. The assistant director of the
See AIRPORT, 2A
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Local retailers report
ed a positive start to
the annual Christmas
shopping season even as
sales events on Thanksgiv
ing Day and even Thanks
giving Eve stole some of the
thunder from the traditional
Black Friday shopping ex
travaganza.
One of those shopping
Friday morning at Peebles
in downtown Edenton was
Marvin McClease.
McClease was bom and
reared in Edenton, he said,
“but I’ve been gone about 50
years.”
Every two or three
months, though, he comes
back to see his father and
sisters.
McClease came home
for Thanksgiving and on
Friday morning was brows
ing Black Friday deals at
Peebles.
“Just seeing what they’ve
got,” McClease said. “Really
I’m just looking for some
jeans.”
McClease said his wife
is the main shopper in the
family and she stayed back
in Maryland.
“I’m just looking around
and if I see something I like
I’ll get it,” McClease said.
Jadelle Wagner, man
ager at Peebles, said Black
Friday actually started on
See BLACK FRIDAY, 4A
STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
Tahlia Jefferson, a cashier at Peebles, rings up a customer Friday as manager Jadelle Wagner - who like Jefferson is adorned with festive
holiday headwear - looks on.
Small Business Saturday shines light on local shops
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celebrates |
the |
Christmas |
and the
‘shop small'
promotion
that
encourages
shoppers to
patronize
small
businesses
in their
communities.
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Small business owners are moti
vated to get into that line of work for
a variety of reasons - everything from
a desire to be their own boss to a de
sire to offer more personalized service
within a community.
But all agree that small businesses
play an important role in a town like
Edenton. And a day like last Saturday,
Small Business Saturday, is the perfect
vehicle for getting customers thinking
about the part that they play in com
munity life.
Amy Roberson, whose business,
FindersKeepers, Is a little off the beat
en path - her shop is located on Court
Street just a short distance from the
main Broad Street business district
- is a believer.
“As a small business owner, I know
7 know it’s not as convenient
sometimes as shopping online
from home, but small local
shops really pride ourselves in
trying to provide curated gifts
and decor that are really one
of a kind and special."
Amy Roberson
FindersKeepers
I personally need and appreciate every
single purchase, no matter how small,
from my store,” she said. “I genuinely
cherish all of the new friends and ac
quaintances I have gained and am hon
ored to get to help furnish our custom
ers’ homes and provide personal gifts
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and customized decor
to anyone and every
one that walks in our
doors.
“I know it’s not as
convenient some
times as shopping
online from home,
but small local shops
really pride ourselves
in trying to provide curated gifts and
decor that are really one of a kind and
special,” she added.
Another challenge a small business
can face is being taken over by new
ownership. That’s the case with one
of the town’s most popular eateries,
the Nothin’ Fancy Cafe and Market on
North Broad Street.
Co-owner Frankie Eason said he
has worked in the restaurant business
See BUSINESS, 4A
Multiple arrests made in connection with break-ins
From staff reports
TTte Chowan County Sher
iff’s Office has arrested three
local men in connection with
a rash of daytime break-ins in
rural parts of the county.
Sha’Quean Qui’Mahri Nix
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on, 22, of Edenton, has been
charged with three counts of
felony breaking and entering,
felony larceny after breaking
and entering, and felony pos
session of stolen goods, and
one additional count of felo
ny breaking and entering. His
bond has been set at $70,000,
secured, according to Sheriff
Dwayne Goodwin.
Dy’ Benz Kenyi Roulac,
20, of Edenton, has been
charged with two counts of
felony breaking and entering,
felony larceny after break
DILLARD
NIXON
mg and entering, and felony
possession of stolen goods,
and one additional count of
felony breaking and enter
ing. His bond has been set at
$35,000, secured, according
to the sheriffs office.
ROULAC
2 Devonte
jj Raekwon
I Dillard, 20, of
■ Edenton, has
E been charged
h with three
■ counts of fel
® ony breaking
and entering.
felony larceny after break
ing and entering, and felony
possession of stolen goods,
and one additional count of
felony breaking and enter
ing. His bond has been set at
$50,000, secured, according
to the sheriffs office.
Goodwin said there had
been seven or eight daytime
break-ins in the Tip Toe Road
area and northern sections
of the county. These arrests
solve many of those cases, he
said.
Property has been re
coverd in connection with
a number of the break-ins,
Goodwin said. A variety of
property was stolen from the
homes, including electronics,
guns, jewelry and cash, he
said.
Goodwin said there
had been seven or
eight daytime break
ins in the Tip Toe Road
area and northern
sections of the county.
These arrests solve
many of those cases,
he said.
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