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BY KtBcGCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Mayor Roland Vaughan
has signed off on an agree
ment between the Town of
Edenton and the Chowan
Perquimans Habitat for
Humanity chapter to help
increase opportunities for
affordable housing in the
community.
Vaughan met last week at
town hall with Habitat presi
dent Sally Holloway, town
planner Sam Barrow and
Town Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton to sign a memo
randum of understanding
making the arrangement
official. The arrangement
was approved by members
of the town council prior to
the signing ceremony.
“The memorandum me
morializes the town’s com
mitment to work with and
support Habitat for Hu
manity’s mission of creating
affordable housing in our
community where possible
in the Oakum Street Neigh
borhood Redevelopment
Zone and the Moseley Street
Redevelopment Zone,”
Knighton explained.
“The town’s two rede
velopment plans for these
See DEAL, 3A
Mayor Roland Vaughan, center, prepares to sign a memorandum of understanding between the town and Chowan
Humanity. Looking on are local Habitat chapter president Sally Holloway and Edenton Town Planner Sam Barrow.
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
-Perquimans Habitat for
Flynns petition to overturn wind project permit
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
A Paradise Road resident op
posed to the proposed TimbermiU
Wind project has filed a petition
in Chowan County Superior Court
asking that the conditional use per
mit for the project be revoked.
Patrick Flynn filed the appeal on
behalf of himself and his wife, Be
linda Flynn.
The Flynns own and live on
property next to a tract that is part
of the proposed TimbermiU Wind
Project
The Chowan County Board of
Commissioners last month ap
proved a conditional use permit for
the Chowan portion of the Timber
RELATED STORY
■ Apex appeals Perquimans' decision
to deny permit-2A
mill Wind Project, a 300-megawatt
wind energy generation facility
proposed for the Center Hill and
Bear Swamp areas of Chowan and
Perquimans Counties.
Perquimans officials denied the
CUP request for the Perquimans
portion of the project Charlottes
ville, Va,-based Apex Clean Energy
Inc. announced this week that it
is appealing the Perquimans deci
sion.
Also, a spokesman for Apex said
Wednesday that the company had
determined it would be economi
cally feasible to move forward with
a project sited entirely in Chowan
County and intends to pursue such
a project
The Flynns’ appeal alleges that
die project will harm U.e value of
their property — reducing the val
ue by as much as 22 percent.
"limbermill’s own evidence
shows conclusively that the project
will damage the value of adjoining
and abutting property,” the appeal
states.
The appeal also cites a likeli
hood of harm to personal health,
especially for Belinda Flynn, who
suffers from vertigo.
Much of the appeal focuses on
environmental studies that Apex
Clean Energy Inc. performed in
preparation for the Tlmbermill
project but did not submit to coun
ty officials as part of the applica
tion for the conditional use permit.
The appeal cites reports that were
presented to Coastal Management
officials but not provided to county
officials. Those reports included a
bird and bat study and other stud
ies related to wildlife and human
health.
“The type of damage this project
is going to have on the citizen health
and safety and Chowan wildlife is
unknown; but Apex submitted that
information to CAMA officials,” the
See WIND, 4A
DLO moves into county-owned building
bTAF-F PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
Driver license examiner Katherine McDaniel works in the new office at the
Shepard Building on the grounds of the Chowan County Public Safety Center.
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The N.C. Division of MotorVe
hicles Driver License Office has
moved to the historic Shepard
Building on the grounds of the
Chowan County Public Safety
Center.
The Driver License Office had
been operating out of a mobile
unit since vacating its previous
location on North Broad Street
across from John A. Holmes
High School earlier this year.
License examiner Katherine
L. McDaniel, who is stationed
at the office, said work is begin
ning to get out to the public that
five Driver License Office is now
in the Shepard Building. The
Shepard Building is a freestand
ing'brick building located at 307
W. Freemason St. on the grounds
of the county’s main administra
tive office building.
County Manager Kevin How
ard said thet county had started
about a year and a half ago put
ting funding in place so that the
building could be renovated for
use as an office. The Driver Li
cense Office is a good fit for the
space, he said.
The county has spent about
$80,000 on extensive renova
tions to the building. The reno
vations have including wiring
See MOVE, 2A
Radke named county tax administrator
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Melissa Radke became
the tax administrator for
Chowan County effective
Dec. 1.
Radke had spent six
months training for the post
under interim tax admin
istrator Pete Rodda. She
served as the delinquent tax
clerk before being appoint
ed tax administrator.
Radke replaces Hosea
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Wilson, who left last spring
to work in the Dare County
Tax Office. Wilson had been
the county’s tax administra
tor since 2013.
The new tax administra
tor considers the biggest
challenge of the job to be
keeping up with a constant
ly changing set of require
ments and regulations.
“Evertything is continu
ally changing with tax,"
Radke said. There always
are new things that come
up, she said.
Radke, who said she en
joys dealing with the public,
said she tries to help taxpay
ers while also complying
with all the applicable legal
standards.
Dealing with unhappy
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taxpayers is a big part of
the job, but one she takes in
stride.
“You just have to try to
explain to them the best you
can why we’re legally bound
to stick with certain things,”
Radke said, adding she also
tries to help taxpayers out
as much as she can within
the law.
Radke said the staff in
the county tax office does a
great job.
“The staff here is great,”
Rfldke said. “They have got
many years of experience in
doing what they are doing.”
The staff deals well with
the public, she said.
Radke, who originally is
See RADKE, 2A
STAFF PHOTO BY
REGGIE PONDER
Melissa Radke
Is Chowan
County’s
new tax
administrator.
Radke had
spent six
months
training for
the post under
Interim tax
administrator
Pete Rodda.
She served as
the delinquent
tax clerk
before being
appointed tax
administrator.
Perry,
retired
sheriff,
dies at 92
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Retired Chowan Coun
ty Sheriff Glenn H. Perry
Sr. died Friday at the age
of 92.
Perry was appointed
to fulfill the remainder of
Sheriff Troy Toppin’s term
after Toppin died in office.
Perry had served as chief
deputy under Toppin and
retired as sheriff in 1986.
Perry’s funeral was
held Monday afternoon at
Edenton Baptist Church.
Perry was Chowan
County Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year in 1980.
He was in the first group
of emergency medical
technicians in Chowan
County.
Retired Sheriff Fred
Spruill said Perrv helped
him out a
great deal
when he
first be
came sher
iff in 1986.
Spruill
said he
came from
the Eden
PERRY
ton Police Department
and had to learn the pro
cesses and procedures of
the Sheriffs Office.
Perry, he said, could not
only tell him what needed
to be done but also could
explain why it was done
that way.
“We had a very good
and strong relationship
from before I was sheriff
and even stronger after I
was sheriff,"Spruill said.
“He was a mentor to me.”
Sheriff Dwayne Good
win recalled that Perry
had repaired the old clock
at the 1767 Chowan Coun
ty Courthouse and kept
it running for years. He
knew a great deal about
the county’s history, ac
cording to Goodwin.
Perry was the jailer at
the 1788 Chowan County
Jail. He and his family
lived in the house locat
ed between the jail and
See PERRY, 2A