Community
Historic Albemarle Tour presents spring events
From staff reports
Celebrate the arrival of
spring with events at many
of the Historic Albemarle
Tour sites.
Scheduled pmfpnms in
clude:
• Read iir\g for the Chan
nel: Colonial Shipping at
Ports: Brunswick and Bath
— Historic Bath, Saturday,
April 9, 10 am. to 11:30 am.
Jim McKee, historian and
site manager of Brunswick
Town/Ft, Anderson, will
present a lecture on his re
search about Brunswick
Town's colonial shipping
parallels to the wharf-town
landings in Bath. Adntission
to this event is free.
Please contact (252 ) 923
3971.
Location: Historic Bath.
NC
• Halifax Day — Histor
ic Halifax, Tuesday. April
12. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mark the 240th an
niversary of the Halifax
Resolves, the first offi
cial call for independence
from "England by any
American colony. Halifax
Day will include tours of
historic buildings, living
history activities, and a
commemoration program
with a guest speaker, fol
lowed by a reception.
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Come visit Somerset Place in Creswell for Days Gone By on Saturday, June 11 from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. This will be a fun-filled day with lots of educational opportunities and
hands-on activities. Also included will be period games and pony rides for children.
Please contact (252)
583-7191 or nchistoric
sites.org/Halifax for more
information.
Location: Historic Hal
ifax. NC
• 23rd Annual Aurora
Fossil Festival — Historic
Aurora. Friday through
Sunday, May 27-29
Food, music, educational
events, lectures, dancing,
entertainment and more!
There will be a wonder
ful parade and breakfast
honoring our veterans as
well as lawrunower pulls,
car shows and other sur
prises for the entire fam
ily!
Please contact the
Chamber Office (252) 322
4405 or the Aurora Fossil
Museum (252) 322-4238
for more information.
Location: Downtown
Aurora, NC
• Whalehead Wednes
days — Whalehead Club,
Every Wednesday from
June 1 through Sept. 14, 3
p.m. to 7 p.m.
Bring the entire family
every Wednesday to er\joy
live music and watch the
beautiful sunset over Cur
rituck Sound! Local food
will be available to pur
chase. A general admission
ticket will get you a souve
nir wine glass and samples
of 20-plus featured wines.
Please call (252) 453-9040
or visit www.visitwhale
headclub.com for more in
formation.
Location: Whalehead
Club, Route 12 North, Co
rolla, NC
• Dare Day — Manteo,
Saturday, June 4.
Held on the Manteo wa
terfront Dare Day will not
disappoint! New additions
have been added to the ac
tivities for the festival this
year in addition to food
vendors, live music, crafts
and a kids zone.
Please visit townofman
teo.com for more informa
tion.
Location: Downtown
Manteo, NC
• 33rd Annual Washing
ton Summer Festival — His
toric Washington, Friday,
June 10, 8 am. to 9 p.m.
A community festival
committed to providing a
variety of family-centered
activities held in down
town Washington. This
years activities include the
annual street fair featuring
food, arts and crafts and
commercial vendors, free
concerts, a kids zone, and
much more!
Please contact (252) 946
9168 or visit wbcchamber.
com for more information.
Location: Downtown
Washington, NC
• Days Gone By — Som
erset Place, Saturday, June
11,10 am. to 3 p.m.
Go back in time this
spring and visit another pe
riod to explore and experi
ence history, food, arts and
crafts. This fun-filled and
educational day will feature
life on a plantation through
hands-on activities with cos
tumed interpreters. Tours
of the homes, outbuildings,
and grounds will be avail
able with demonstrations
and exhibits, period games,
and pony rides.
Admission to the event
will be $4 for adults and $2
for children 12 and under.
Please call (252) 7974560
or visit www.nchistoricsites.
org/somerset/somersethtm
for more information.
Location: Somerset
Plantation, 2572 Lake Shore
Road, Creswell, NC
Please visit our website,
www.historicalbemarle
tours.org, for a full listing
of all events or call Kristen
Kinney, HAT coordinator, at
(252) 789-0801.
Historic Albemarle Tour
is North Carolina's oldest
self-guided heritage driving
tour. Follow the HAT sign
along highways to become
alive in North Carolina’s his
tory.
Fish and Wildlife distributes $1.1B to agencies
From staff reports
The keystone of annual
funding for state wildlife
agencies was put into place
an March 6 with the I'.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service's
distribution of $1.1 billion in
revenues generated by the
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife
Restoration and Dingell
.Johnson Sport Fish Resto
ration acts. The funding,
which supports critical state
environmental conserva
tion and recreation projects
throughout the nation, de
rives from excise taxes paid
by the hunting, boating and
angling industries on fire
arms, bows and ammunition
(Pittman-Robertson), and
sportfishing tackle, some
boat engines and small en
gine fuel ( I)inge 11 -Johnson).
“State w'ildlife agencies
play an essential role in the
conservation of America's
wildlife, while also generat
ing billions of dollars for the
nation's economy through
increased hunting and fish
ing opportunities. It’s fitting
that those very sporting ac
tivities help sustain wildlife,
their habitats and the agen
cies that manage them,” said
Service Director Dan Ashe.
The funding was an
nounced by Bob Curry,
Deputy Assistant Direc
tor of the Service’s Wildlife
and Sport Fish Restoration
(WSFR) program, at the
2016 Bassmaster Classic; an
established fishing tourna
ment now in its 46th year
and a major gathering for
the fishing industry. This
year’s event took place at
the Grand Lake O’ the Cher
okees, a site that has ben
efited from Dingell-Johnson
funds.
Pittman-Robertson and
Dingell-Johnson act funds
are administered by the
Service’s WSFR program.
To date the program has dis
tributed more than $18 bil
lion for state conservation
and recreation projects. The
recipient state fish and wild
life agencies have matched
these funds with more than
$5 billion over the years, pri
marily through hunting and
fishing license revenues.
Driver License Service
moving to renovated office
From staff reports
Beginning Monday, driver License services at the
Edenton Driver License Office returned to the build
ing aftf r moving out for a month of repairs and reno
vations.
The office is located at 705 N. Broad St.
While the office was being renovated, services
were offered onsite by the N.C. Division of Motor
Vehicles mobile unit.
Offices for the license and Theft Bureau will
reopen in the building within die next two weeks.
Driver license services, including road tests, will
continue to be offered onsite Monday Friday, from
8 am. to 5 p.m.
Customers may call the office at (252) 482-8941.

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The Week of the Young Child Children's Festival
and Safe Kids Day on April 23 from 10:00-2:00 at
the Perquimans Recreation Center. Spaces are
limited, and will be handled on a first come first
served basis Cost is $25/space. Call 252-482
3035 or visit cp-smartstart.org/news for an appli
cation. Deadline for applications is March 31.
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Crimewatch
Edenton Police
ARRESTS
• March 10 —Dennis
Leon Hassell 56, of Cabarrus
Street, was charged with one
misdemeanor count of assault
on a female.
• March 8 — Zeferino Bau
tista Velazco, 28, of Sandy
Ridge Road, was arrested on
one misdemeanor count of
failure to appear.
• March 7—Jacob Morales.
20, of Staten Island, NY, was ar
rested on one felony count of
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill and one mis
demeanor count of discharg
ing a firearm in the town limits.
• March 6 — Marvin Jordan
Lewis, 26, of C'resweU, was
charged with one misdemean
or count of assault on a female.
• March 2 — Leslie Ann Bond,
24, of Wedgewood Apts., was
charged with one misdemean
or count of resisting arrest.
INCIDENTS
• Mar ch IT) — Injury to real
property at the New Ekienton
Housing Authority on North
Oakum Circle.
• March 9 — I lit and run < >n
West Water Street.
• March 7 — Larceny on
North Broad Street.
• March 7 — Simple assault
on North Broad Street.
• March (i — Larceny at
the X-Mart on North Broad
Street
• March (i — Injury to real
property on Morris Circle.
HOTEL
Continued from 1A
the historic integrity of the
building, which previously
was known as the Hotel
Hinton.
“Working with the town
and the county and the peo
ple of the town has been
just great,” said Howsare,
who is spearheading the
hotel project for SAGA,
said last year at the time
of the closing. "There has
just been an extraordinary
support level from them.
People are excited about
the prospect of seeing the
hotel operate again, and
saving this historic build
ing.”
SAGA paid $125,000 for
the building, which has
been described as struc
turally sound but in need
of significant updates and
repairs in addition to the
massive renovation neces
sary to operate it as a high
end hotel.
The company plans to
invest millions of dollars in
the renovation of the hotel
building.
Initial indications were
that the hotel might be
able to open for business
by Thanksgiving 2016 — a
timetable that now has
been revised based on the
lengthy process of finaliz
ing the financing and tax
credits.
Plans for the hotel in
clude conference space,
guest rooms and a number
of suites — including a
premier suite with a large
balcony; a restaurant,
room service and a rooftop
lounge; and event planning
services for weddings, cor
porate events and other
group activities.
The hotel is expected to
employ 50 people on-site.
Prior to becoming the
county’s office building
the structure was operated
as a hotel. And previous
buildings on the same spot
had been taverns and inns
all the way back to the Co
lonial period.
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