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Town Council seeks rental ordinance revisions
Town looks to condemn
historic Gale St. home
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Edenton Town Council
discussed a Short Term
Rental ordinance and
plans to condemn a his
toric home that has fallen
into disrepair during Mon
day’s work session.
Rather than send
council the Short Term
Rental ordinance for con
sideration at the May meet
ing, council opted to give
Town Hall more time to
“tweak” the draft. Coun
cilors sought guidance on
matters that may require
changes to the proposal so
it complies with local
codes and state standards.
The proposed ordinance
addresses issues such as
insurance, expanding the
extent of fire suppression
measures, parking and al
cohol control policies.
In other matters, busi
ness, council will move for
ward with plans to con
demn 116 E. Gale St, the his
toric Hannibal Badham
house. Council will deter
mine the property’s fate at
its May 14‘meeting.
“Ilie structure is in a state
of decline, and it is so in
credibly valuable to the
history of Edenton, espe
cially the African American
history,” according to Town
Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton’s memo to council.
The Town worked with
the owner Bernard Over
ton since 2011, however he
died about two years- ago.
His wife Mary Overton of
Maryland now manages
the property. Knighton said
See RENTAL, A5
MILES LAYTON/
CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton Town
Council is
moving for
ward with
plans to con
demn 116 E.
Gale St. Coun
cil will deter
mine the prop
erty's fate at
its next meet
ing, May 14.
1,700+
attending
Cycle NC
Edenton will host 3-day
bicyling event, April 26-28
SUBMITTED REPORTS
The 16th Annual Cycle
North Carolina (CNC)
Coastal Ride will kick-off
Friday, April 26, in Eden- '
ton. The 2019 participants '
represent 36 different 1
states, the District of
Columbia and Ontario,
Canada.
Edenton last hosted
CNC Coastal Ride in 2016,
with 1,705 cyclists partici
pating. The town also 1
hosted the Coastal Ride in
2013, 2010, 2007 and the in
augural event in 2004.
In all, this will be the ]
sixth time Edenton has
hosted the Cycle North
Carolina Coastal Ride, the
most of any town. The fim-
filled weekend will offer j
three days of cycling and j
feature some great Coastal
Carolina food, music and
historical sites. Cyclists
will have many daily route
options, ranging from 5-
75+ miles, plus a century
route to tackle Saturday.
The CNC Coastal Ride also
will include many off-the-
bike recreational activities
in the Edenton area Pad
dle boarding, kayaking,
bird watching, boat rides
and beautiful sunsets will
fill time away from the bike
and provide a taste of
spring. Riders also can
take advantage of guided
trolley tours, walking tours
throughout historic Eden
ton, cruises on the Eden
ton Bay, and a live spring
concert at John A. Holmes
See CYCLE, A2
Celebrating Easter
Church services, plays,
egg hunts mark holiday
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Chowan County
greeted Easter weekend
not only through wor
ship, but with a bit of fun.
How cool was it when
a helicopter dropped
thousands of eggs Satur
day into the grass by
Rocky Hock Baptist
Church!? While adults
may have smiled as they
recalled that scene from
the television series
WKRP featuring the
Thanksgiving turkeys’
tragic flight after being
tossed from a helicopter,
that was definitely not
the case with this egg
drop Saturday. Kids had’
lots of fun searching for
the eggs - a genius idea!
That gigantic Baptist
church is known far and
wide for its music and the
ater, so it seems veiy im
portant to note its amaz
ing production of “We are
Witnesses: Encounters
PHOTO COURTESY ALEXIS TOBIAS
The Easter Bunny greets
a visitor Saturday to the
1767 Chowan County
Courthouse.
with the Savior.”
Historic Edenton State
Historic Sites hosted its
annual Easter activities
Saturday throughout
downtown Edenton.
Unanimity Lodge No. 7
had a sumptuous break-
fast, followed by face
painting and other activi
ties within the 1767
See EASTER, A5
PHOTO COURTESY
BENJAMIN ULLOM
Left: Jesus (cen
ter) talks to his
disciples during
the last supper at
Rocky Hock Bap
tist Church's re
cent production
of "We are Wit
nesses: Encoun
ters with the Sav
ior." Below:
Crosses deco
rated with flow
ers appeared at
several Edenton
churches, includ
ing Edenton
United Methodist
Church.
PHOTO COURTESY.KIM ULLOM
Church
to seek
funding
Effort aims to raise money
for Kadesh A.M.E. repairs
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
A champion fundraiser
will assist efforts to raise
the cash needed to restore
Kadesh AME Zion Church
on Gale Street.
Last week, David
Cooper, senior partner
with the Compass Group,
spoke to church members
and a local committee
seeking to
raise the
funds
needed to
repair the
interior
and exte
rior dam
age this
historic
house of
COOPER
worship sustained during
Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
With more than 30 years
of experience, Cooper has
served nonprofits, specializ
ing in principal and mqjor
gift fundraising for various
industries such as higher ed
ucation, environmental and
conservation and human
services. He is an expert in
both the “art and science” of
mqjor gift fundraising and
attributes much of his suc
cess to effective prospect
development and manage
ment with focus on working
against defined metrics to
achieve challenging goals
and objectives. Cooper’s ef
forts have generated more
than $500 million for the or
ganizations he has served
During Cooper’s speech
See CHURCH, A2
Solar facility policies will be reviewed
Planning Board study
Kirby’s proposed changes
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff Writer
The Chowan County
Board of Commission
ers will have the Planning
Board review changes
sought by county commis
sioner Bob Kirby regard
ing the county’s solar ordi
nance. Due to space con
straints in the print edi
tion, those changes are in
cluded in a web version of
the story that is available
within the Daily Advance’s
website at http://www
.dailyadvance.com/Com-
munities/2019/04/23/Com-
mission-considers-re-
views-solar-facility-
rules.html.
First, let’s shed of some
light on the subject with a
quick recap of this hot is
sue.
In 2017, commissioners
imposed a 120-day mora
torium on any new solar
development in the
county to give the board
time to study the county’s
current ordinance and
recommend potential
changes. The public be
came familiar with set
back distances and how
decommissioning
might work if the
clouds ever
blocked out the
sunshine coming
from federally
subsidies needed
to power these
solar projects.
Changes' to the
solar ordinance
were discussed during
long meetings by the Plan
ning Board and County
Commission before the fi
nal ordinance was
adopted in August 2017.
In February, the county
commission approved a
conditional use permit for
KIRBY
Ryland Road So
lar, a SunEnergyl
company, to de
velop the solar
farm at 3448 Vir
ginia Road, north
of the Ryland
Road intersection
in Tyner. Ryland
Road Solar is
proposing to.build
the solar farm on 65 acres
of an approximately 106-
acre tract.
Later that month, the
Planning Board approved
a SunEnergyl company’s
application to build a solar
Sweep Chowan
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Cub Scout Pack 164 participated in Sweep Chowan
recently by picking up litter in Bennett’s Millpond.
American Legion Post 40 sponsors the group.
According to Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Win Dale, businesses, organizations
or individuals participated on 18 projects. So far, a
total of 132 individuals have worked 250 hours and
collected 223 bags of trash. To join the Sweep
Chowan effort, call Dale at 252-482-3400.
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See SOLAR, A2
Ruritan’s Relay for Life Team
FRIDAY, APRIL 26% 7:00pm
Tickets 4 ^
$10.00
F SATURDAY, APRIL 27 th , 2:00pm & 7:00PM
JOHN A HOLMES
HIGH SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM
EDENTON, NC
Tickets Available at various locations or call 252-221-4875 or 252-333-8567. Email rockyhock opry@live.com