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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
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Town manager clarifies process on properly at waterfront
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
If Councilman Bob Quinn’s concerns
about the use of property adjacent to the
Conger Building at Edenton’s waterfront
prove to be a genuine sticking point, there
is a process for converting some of the land
in the park to private use in exchange for
acquiring additional park land.
Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton
reported on that process in a memo to the
mayor and members of the Town Council.
Councilman Bob Quinn, one of four
councilors who recently voted not to sell
the building variously known as the Conger
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have been discussions, and questions about
which activities can occur on the 1979
Northeast Commission Building,
has submitted 13 questions and re
lated concerns about the sale. Many
of the concerns deal with use of the
land around the building.
One of Quinn’s questions is
“Where are the exact physical
boundaries of the land surrounding
the building that is to be leased or
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Grant’s reserved property within
legal boundaries of the Park. Both
development proposals included
plans for exterior decking and out
door use by patrons, which the plat
does not appear to allow. Definitive
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1 negotiated after a sale or lease or
tolerated without proper endorse
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The councilman goes on to say: “There Knighton indicated the boundary ques
tion had been worked on and was still be
ing resolved.
“I can tell you that there is more land in
cluded in the Conger Building property on
the east of the building (entrance of build
ing) than what has been assumed,” Knigh
ton said in a message to town councilors
and the mayor regarding Quinn’s questions
and concerns. “And there is a 5/12 foot gap
in the boundary line on the west side (Steve
Leary property). Steve’s deed has a bound
ary line that favors the Town but the Town’s
See PROPERTY, 2A
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
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Progress
Edenton
staunch
but civil
BY REGGIE PONDER AND
REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writers
A leader of the Progress
Edenton movement said last
week that the group is com
mitted to maintaining civil
discourse while continuing
to push for town officials
to sell the former Northeast
Commission Building to a
developer with plans to op
erate a brew-pub at the wa
terfront site.
“I certainly hope no mem
ber of Progress Edenton
See CIVILITY, 3A
Planning
processes
evoke
controversy
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Chowan County officials
have determined it is too
late for citizens to appeal
a decision by the planning
board last summer to ap
prove a special use permit
for a solar farm on Yeopim
Road.
Harriet DeHart told the
county commissioners at
their May 2 meeting that
the planning board did not
follow proper quasi-judicial
procedures in granting the
See PLANNING, 3A
Chowan first to be NC Certified Work Ready Community
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Staff Writer
Chowan County has
officially become the
first county in north
eastern North Carolina to
be declared a NC Works
Certified Work Ready Com
munity by the North Caro
lina Chamber Foundation.
According to a news re
lease issued by the Edenton
Chowan Schools, Chowan
Is the 11th of North Caroli
na’s 100 counties to achieve
the designation as the result
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by the school system, the
Edenton Chowan Partner
ship, the Edenton-Chowan
Chamber of Commerce and
College of the Albemarle.
Those officials came to
gether Monday afternoon
for a press conference an
nouncing the special recog
nition for the county.
Chamber president Win
Dale noted that the process
that led to the certification
began about a year ago and
was designed to close the
gap between potential em
ployers and qualified em
ployees.
Special guest, North Caro
lina Chamber Vice-President
See WORK READY, 3A
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
County Commission Chair
Jeff Smith, left, joins
Mayor Roland Vaughan,
center, in accepting a
certificate presented by
North Carolina Chamber
Vice-Chair Ed Troha, right,
designating Chowan
County as the first
county In northeastern
North Carolina to earn
the NC Works Certified
Work Ready Community
designation.
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