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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 “News from Next Door” $1.00 @ SCAN ME PAGE A6 Perquimans’ Cohen named top instructional coor dinator PAGE Bl Family, com munity vital to Pirates’ state baseball title PAGE A2 Smiths report Chowan's first cotton bloom Brothers, Anderson file for council seats in Hertford Jackson not seeking 2nd term, Norman not commenting BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer The filing period for two seats on Hertford Town Council opened Friday with two candidates offi cially declaring their candidacies for the November election. Local minister and civic activist Connie Brothers and retired U.S. Senate staffer Sandra Anderson both filed for the council seats cur rently held by Councilors Quentin Jackson and Frank Norman III. Jackson, the town’s former mayor pro tern, has already an ¬ nounced he’s not seeking re-elec tion to a second four-year term. “Absolutely not,” Jackson said last week when asked if he would be filing for re-election. Jackson said he instead plans to run for Perquim ans County comnussioner in 2022. Norman declined to comment on his plans when reached last week. As of Friday afternoon, he had not filed for re-election to his seat. Brothers said in a press release that she has strong community BROTHERS ties that she will use “to enhance communication and strengthen relationships among all of Hert ford’s residents as we continue to grow our historic town.” Brothers said she has sought to give back to the community through charitable and service activities, and sees her bid for election to town council as an extension of her work in com munity service. Anderson says she is running because it’s her “belief that public service is a responsibility that we all share, and we should all be will ing to contribute our time and best effort toward the well-being of the community in which we live.” She said one of her primary goals is to improve communica tion between the town administra tion and Hertford residents. Anderson, a substitute teacher and board of elections poll work er, has served on the Board of Di rectors for Historic Hertford Inc., the Community and Waterfront Advisory Committee, the Eco nomic Resurgence Committee, and the Town of Hertford Mural Committee. “With respect, grace, and See SEATS, A3 REGGIE PONDER/ THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Sandra Anderson files to run for Hertford Town Council shortly after the filing period opened on Friday. “S Ready for a new approach Stallings award Gates schools chief recalls Stallings as friend, mentor From staff reports The North Carolina School Superintendents Association has announced that Dr. Barry Williams, su perintendent of Gates Coun ty Schools, is the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Dwayne Stalling Leadership Award. The award, named for the late Dwayne Stallings, a former Perquim ans County Schools superinten dent, is pre ¬ sented to a STALLINGS superinten ¬ dent serving a school dis trict in northeastern North Carolina who is a member of the Northeast Regional Education Service Alliance. According to the NRESA, the Stallings award is pre sented to a school superin tendent with a strong dedi cation to public education, commitment to academic excellence, and a contin ual focus on professional growth and student learn ing. NERESA is a profes sional alliance that supports and enhances educational services and resources in its member districts. Jack Hoke, executive REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Latisha Coston of N.C. Probation and Parole and Perquimans Sheriff Shelby White get hot dogs ready to serve to citizens during the “Meet Your First Responders” event in Hertford, Friday. The Perquimans Sheriff’s Office officially took over policing in Hertford on Thursday and Friday’s event was an opportunity for Hertford citizens to meet the officers who will be policing their town. Citizens warming to policing plan See STALLINGS, A3 Hundred-plus attend ‘Meet Your. First Responders’ event Friday night BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer More than a hundred people turned out in downtown Hertford Friday evening for a hot dog cookout with first responders — and most were upbeat about the new con ¬ tract the town has with the Perquim ans Sheriffs Office to provide law en forcement services in town. The town of Hertford officially dissolved its police department last week. As of July 1, law enforcement is being provided through a contract with the Perquim ans County Sheriffs Office. Deputy Jacob Sikes, who is one of two former Hertford police officers who have switched over to work for the sheriffs office as deputies, said the sheriff offered him a good op portunity to continue working in the town. Sikes said what he is doing now See POLICING, A3 Hertford OKs water, sewer rate increases $6.9M approved budget reflects policing savings BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer The $6.9 million budget Hertford town budget that took effect on Thursday does not raise the town’s property tax rate but does increase residents’ water and sewer rates. Under the new rates, a 1,000-gallon-per-month customer will pay just un der $9 more for water and sewer a month. That customer will pay $97.41 for combined water and sewer services. The water and sewer bill for that same customer under the rates in the 2020-21 budget would have been $88.56. For up to 12,000 gallons, the new water base rate is $36.36, the water usage rate is $6.22 per 1,000 gal lons, the sewer base rate is $43.70 and the sewer usage rate is $11.13. For customers using 12,001 gallons or more, the water base rate is $72.72, water usage rate is $7.78, sewer base rate is $87.40, and sewer usage rate is $13.91. For multi-tenant facil ities, the base rate is the number of units multiplied by the base rate for up to 12,000 gallons for both wa ter and sewer, and the us age rates are the same as See BUDGET, A3 Albemarle Plantation to play host to GPro Tour event Maintenance crew ensuring course ready for golfers BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer The Sound Links golf club at Al bemarle Plantation is hosting this week’s Tour Championship tour- 6 1 89076 47144 " 2 Vol. 87, No. 28 www.PerquimansWeekly.com @2021 Perquimans Weekly All Rights Reserved nament for the Greensboro-based GPro Tour. The tour’s top 30 players this season are slated to be at Sound Links this week for a pro-am Tues day and the championship tourna ment Wednesday and Thursday. Randy Tetterton, a Plymouth native who has been superinten dent of Sound Links for three years, said he believes it is presti gious for the course to be hosting the championship tournament for the small regional tour. “I think it’s a great thing,” Tet terton said. Sound Links annually hosts the Biggs Classic, a stop on the GPro Tour. “The players love coming here,” Tetterton said. They especially epjoy the hospitality and the way they are treated by club members, he said. “And they say the course is al ways in excellent condition,” he said. Members volunteer in numer ous ways to make sure the Biggs Classic — and this year also the GPro Championship — lives up to its reputation for hospitality. “They do it all,” Tetterton said of the volunteers. Players stay in club members’ homes during the tournament. See GOLF, A2 REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Arturo Vasquez rolls the green on the ninth hole at Sound Links golf club as Ezequis Lopez holds the flagstick. 4
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