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"‘News from Next Door” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021 $1.00 ^ SCAN ME PAGE A2 Model train enthusiast donates collection to Albe marle Railroad Club PAGE A6 Perquimans football rolls over Bertie for win on home- coming PAGE A6 Pike's coffee business ben efits “retired” working dogs Hertford hopefuls support riverfront development plan Borders, Brothers, Anderson also weigh in on economic development BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer Three candidates for Hertford Town Council who responded to The Perquimans Weekly’s questions about the town’s Riverfront Com munity Development Plan say they support the plan and believe its im plementation could benefit all Hert- ANDERSON ford residents. The candidates who responded — Martha Borders, Connie Brothers and Sandra An derson — also outlined in their answers what they think should be Hertford’s eco nomic development priorities. Hertford Town Council approved the Riverfront Community Devel- BROTHERS opment plan in September, say ing it provides a blueprint for promoting a mix of tourism, com merce, recreation and housing in the town’s riverfront and downtown ar ¬ eas. Council sup ported the plan by a 3-1 vote, with only Councilman Quentin Jackson voting against it Councilman Frank BORDERS Norman III didn’t attend the meet ing. The Perqui mans Weekly reached out about the plan to all six candidates for the two open seats on Hertford Town Council in the town’s Nov. 2 election. Only three — Borders, Brothers and Anderson — responded with answers by the newspaper’s deadline. Candidates Gracie Felton and incumbents Jack- son and Norman did not respond by the deadline. TPW: What do you think are the pros and cons of the River front Plan? How quickly should the town move to address the infrastructure concerns cited in the plan? What else do you think the town should do to spur economic development? See HOPEFULS, A3 Four Rivers champs County resident who died from COVID under 25 HARLOW PHOTOGRAPHY Members of the Perquimans County High School varsity volleyball team pose after winning the Four Rivers Conference regular season championship at home Thursday, Oct. 14. The Pirates defeated the Riverside Knights, 3-0, to run their unbeaten streak in the conference to 13-0 and their regular season mark to 19-1. Pirates claim conference volleyball title Pirates defeat Riverside, run league record to 13-0 BY PATRICK MCCARTHY Correspondent HERTFORD — The Per quimans Lady Pirates vol leyball team claimed the Four Rivers Conference volleyball title last week by defeating the Riverside High School Knights 3-0. Set Large crowd greets PAL gallery opening Joyner’s sculpture exhibit ‘Art in the Land of Beautiful Women’ featured BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer HERTFORD — People from Perqui mans County and beyond had a chance last weekend to see the new Perquim ans Arts League gallery in Hertford. PAL President Vaneeda Bennett told those in attendance Saturday, Oct. 9, that community support had made the gallery’s restoration possible. “Hertford is a wonderful communi ty,” Bennett said. A capacity crowd turned out for the grand opening and Bennett said about 75 people showed up Friday afternoon for a ribbon cutting at the recently ac quired and newly renovated space at REGGIE PONDER/THE DAILY ADVANCE Sculptor Alexis Joyner (left) and Keith Rouse stand next to one of the sculptures in Joyner’s exhibit, “Art in the Land of Beautiful Women,” during the grand opening of the new Perquimans Arts League gallery in Hertford, Saturday, Oct. 9. 6 1 89076 47144 Vol. 87, No. 42 WWW.PerquimansWeekly.com @2021 Perquimans Weekly All Rights Reserved * it 104 N. Church Street. Highlighting the grand opening of the gallery was the exhibit “Art in the Land of Beautiful Women” by Alexis Joyner, one of the most celebrated art ists in tire area Joyner chose the exhibit’s name as a nod to the Algonquian heritage of Perquimans County and the name Perquimans, which means “Land of Beautiful Women.” He also said in an interview that he wanted to acknowl edge that many of the people depicted in his works are women — especially women of African and African-Ameri can heritage. One of the wood sculptures in Joyner’s exhibit is titled “Yesterday’s See PAL, A3 7 V scores for the game were 25- 16,25-15,25-12. , Dre Pfrates, who are 13-0 in the conference and 19-1 overall, jumped out to a 5-1 lead early in the first set, and that set the tone for the rest of the night. Riverside was able to fight back and bring the score to 10-8, before Per quimans finished out the set 25-16. The second set saw the Pirates jump out to an early 2 5-0 lead before the Knights took a timeout. Following the timeout, the Knights were able to get some points on the scoreboard. Howev er they could not stop the Pirates dominant attack, and Perquimans won the set 25-15. The third set began with Riverside taking their first lead in the game, winning the first point of the set. Per quimans was able to put to gether a 13-3 run, powered by six straight serves from junior Maddie Chaulk. The rest of the set was a back- and-forth battle, with the Knights fighting hard before Perquimans won 25-12. “I thought we played re ally well tonight, and that it was one of the faster paced games that we have played so far,” said Perquimans See PIRATES, A7 Betts warns residents to be alert to COVID-related scams BY JULIAN EURE The Daily Advance Albemarle Regional Health Services reported another eight deaths from COVID-19 in the eight-county region last week, including a Perquim ans County resident who was younger than 25. ARHS said three Gates County residents also died of complications from COVID, two between the ages of 50 and 64 and the third over age 65. Two Pasquotank residents, both over 65 and one a resi dent of Elizabeth City Health and Rehabilitation Center, also died from COVID last week, ARHS data show. Deaths were also reported in Bertie and Hertford coun ties. The Bertie resident was between the ages of 50 and 64; the Hertford resident was over 65. The Perquimans resident who died was between the ages of 18 and 24, becoming Heath: No plans for public safety building right now Citizen urged board to keep county offices downtown BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer Perquimans officials have no immediate plans to build a new government center. That’s according to Coun ty Manager Frank Heath, who was responding to a citizen’s comments at a commissioners’ meeting earlier this month. During the public com ment period at the Oct. 4 meeting, resident Pete Per ry asked county officials to keep county government offices in Hertford’s down- town district. Perry said he recogniz es a need for an updated public center. He said there seem to be two options: an upgraded public safety building or a more elaborate “governmental complex.” Perry suggested that a non-binding referendum be the region’s third resident in that age group to die from COVID. Two Bertie residents in the age group died earlier this year. The Perquimans death from COVID follows the deaths of three county res idents from the disease the week before. Two of those residents were between the ages of 50 and 64; the third was over 65. New COVID-19 cases in the region, meanwhile, increased last week by 452, which is 34 more new cases than were reported last week Active cases, meanwhile, held steady at 392, ending five straight weeks of declines. Pasquotank continued to reported the largest jump in new COVID cases (148), followed by Hertford (71), Currituck (60), Bertie (48), Chowan (38) and Gates (34). Perquimans reported 33 new cases last week. Bertie (16), Chowan (15), Perquimans (5) Gates (3) and Hertford (3) all report ed increases in active cases. See COVID, A7 held in conjunction with the next county election to gauge the level of public support for either project. Perry said he has heard the county might try to buy a piece of land to build a new government complex. But he said any new struc ture should be erected on property the county already owns. Perry closed his remarks by saying that if county government officers were moved out of downtown Hertford it would be the nail in the coffin for the town. Heath said there are no immediate plans for a new building. “We have no immediate plans for a Public Safety building in Perquimans County,” Heath said when asked about the project by the Perquimans Weekly. “It has been discussed by the Board in previous retreats, but only in terms of being a project for the future, possi ble 10 years out.”
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