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Bank
project
maybe
delayed
By Earline White
Managing Editor
An appeal of a Edenton
Town Council’s decision
could delay Southern Bank’s
expansion project on the
corner of Broad and Queen
streets.
Michael Montanaro, who
owns the Taylor Theatre,
has filed the appeal saying
that the demolition and ex
pansion could diminish the
value of his adjacent prop
erty
Montanaro specifically
objects to the demolition of
the Furlough building that
would in turn demolish the
Taylor Theatre’s rear 5’ by
20’ structure used during
segregation as the “historic
black bathrooms.”
By appealing the Town
Council and planning
board’s decision to allow the
demolition and expansion
of Southern Bank, the case
will go to Superior Court. No
See BANK, Page A2 >
cans arrive
150 of 500 larger containers already
given out to help local recycling efforts
By Sean Jackson
Staff Writer
The blue recycling cans
are in.
A recent push to increase
residents’ recycling habits
has already shown signs of
working, Chowan County
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Earline WhitefThe Chowan Herald
Aamyah Watson. 7, was among the hundreds of children that turned out for the
White Oak Fall Carnival Saturday, hosted by the school PTA. The kids enjoyed
hay and pony rides, games and tons of treats.
Manager Cliff Copeland
said.
And with the influx of the
larger, roll-able cans, those
efforts should only increase,
he said.
“The only thing you really
can’t recycle is food,” Cope
land said.
**The only thing
you really can’t
recycle is food.?*
— CountyManager
Cliff Copeland
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That means all the paper,
plastic, glass, aluminum
and other throw-away items
can now be redirected from
the landfill to the recycling
bins.
To join the efforts to boost
the recycling numbers, stop
by the town Public Works
building at 118 W. Hicks St.
to register for the program.
“[Residents] have to agree
to participate in the collec
tion program,” to receive
the new cans, Town Man
ager Anne-Marie Knighton
said.
Arrangements can also be
made by calling 482-4111.
The initial response to
the ramped-up program was
strong in August.
“We saw an increase at the
recycling sites when we first
started the program,” Cope
land said.
Since then, the numbers
have flattened out, Copeland
said.
“We need to get them even
higher,” Copeland said.
In the Town of Edenton,
recycling has increased by
about 25 percent.
At the county recycling
centers in Ryland, Hancock,
and on N.C. Highway 32 and
Soundside Road, the num
bers have also picked up.
But Copeland feels there’s
room to grow the response
there, too.
A weekly $100 drawing is
also targeting improved re
cycling numbers.
Anyone who takes recy
clables to one of the county
recycling centers is given
a ticket. A winner is drawn
every Friday.
Officials are hoping the
recycling numbers will in
crease, lowering the amount
of trash the county sends to
the landfill in Bertie County.
Chowan is charged a fee
for every ton it disposes
at the landfill. The county
saves $60 for every ton it re
cycles.
Copeland is hoping that
boosted recycling numbers
will put a dpnt in the coun
ty’s annual $1.2 million cost
Biggs
Waff
51 PERCENT 49 PERCENT
Voters say incumbent’s experience
why they voted for Biggs
By Sean Jackson
Staff Writer
Veteran Councilman
Steve Biggs won re-elec
tion to a fourth term
yesterday, defeating chal
lenger Terry Waff.
Biggs won 363 votes, or
slightly more than 51 per
cent of vote.
Waff collected 342 votes,
or just under 49 percent
of the vote.
All results are unoffi
cial until Friday
Biggs could not be
reached for comment for
this story.
Biggs was first elected
to his at-large seat in 1995.
Tuesday’s race was the
first contested election in
Edenton in a dozen years.
Waff has been a mem
ber of the town Planning
Board for roughly two
years.
Waff has publicly sup
ported having a Lowe’s
Home Improvement cen
ter at the proposed Eden
ton Commons Shopping
Center.
Biggs has been ac
cused of being indecisive
about his stance towards
Lowe’s.
Biggs has denied wa
vering, saying he needed
more information before
making a final decision.
One female voter said she
preferred Biggs because of
his experience.
“He’s been in there long
enough and he’s doing a sat
isfactory job, as far as I’m
concerned,” she said after
voting for Biggs at the East
Edenton Precinct.
Biggs’ has also voted
against the past two town
budgets, the only dissenter
both times.
The woman said she saw
nothing wrong with that.
“Everybody [on Council!
has their differences,” she
said. “They just need to
work it out.”
Biggs is expected to be
sworn in during council’s
Dec. 11 meeting, along with
•other incumbents who were
re-elected yesterday.
Veteran Mayor Roland
Vaughan ran unopposed,
winning re-election to an
other two-year term.
Councilmen Jimmy Stall
ings and Sambo Dixon also
won unopposed races.
Besides Lowe’s, Waff and
Biggs had similar stances on
the need for a pool in Eden
ton, increased activities for
youth, and the need for in
creases in affordable hous
ing, as well as new jobs.
Both also said the town
needs to continue its effort
to curb gang-related activ
ity.
CHARLIE DANIELS
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