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SHEPHERD PRUDEN LIBRARY
106 W WATER ST
EDENTON NC 27932-1854
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019
LD
SPORTS
No. 2 John A. Holmes to face No. 7 North Stanly in
NCHSAA playoffs - B2
NEWS
State, local officials: Prison closures will pose prob
lems in Tyrrell County - A5
MOJO COLLINS
Blues musician, who also paints, will perform while
his art is displayed at the Chowan Arts Council - Bl
Stallings excited to serve
New mayor, councilors will take
oath of office on Dec. 10
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Time to take a moment to re
flect on Mayor-elect Jimmy
Stallings and Edenton’s mayoral
election.
We know who won — most
everybody knows that the long-
time councilman squared off
against two formidable oppo
nents — Steve Biggs and Jacque
line Hardy-Lassiter — to capture
the win.
After the election, Chowan
Herald stopped for a moment to
talk to Stallings and find out
more about what’s ahead. Eden
ton hasn’t had a new mayor in 24
years thanks to the timeless ser
vice of Roland Vaughan.
District Court Judge Meader
Harriss will administer oaths of
office to the Mayor-elect
Stallings and newly elected
councilmen — Roger Coleman,
Hackney High Jr., and Sambo
Dixon — at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.
10, in Council Chambers.
Get a cup of coffee from Eden
ton Coffee House and give this
story a read; perhaps consider
this article as you would the
“liner notes” that used to appear
in vinyl albums.
For more than 20 years,
Stallings has represented town’s
1st Ward, which includes most of
the neighborhoods from Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
down to Edenton Bay and some
of the downtown area, west of
South Broad Street.
In early January, Stallings hit
the ground running by announc
ing that he was going to run for
mayor — first candidate to do
so. More than 80 supporters at
tended the campaign launch at
See STALLINGS, A2
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Mayor-elect
Jimmy
Stallings
reads to
students at
White Oak
Elementary
during Book
Character
Day.
About $6K
in unpaid
lunch fees
recovered
Temporary policy put cap on
cafeteria charges at Holmes
Bringing the Old and New
to the Train Depot
Couple restores property
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
John A. Holmes High School
recently implemented tempo
rary changes in its cafeteria fee
policy in an effort to collect ap
proximately $6,000 in unpaid
fees since school started in late
August.
A person who notified the
Chowan Herald said the school
didn’t notify parents of the
change.
Edenton-Chowan Schools Su
perintendent Rob Jackson said
the district gave each of the
school’s principals the discretion
to collect unpaid lunch feeds
how they see fit.
For example, at White Oak
Elementary, some parents were
notified of the lunch charges dur
ing recent parent-teacher confer
ences.
The high school had sent fee
notifications earlier this school
year, but within the past few
weeks, recently implemented a
$20 cap on lunch fees. If a stu
dent was found to have $20 or
more in unpaid fees, they could
either pay for their lunch or were
supposed to be redirected to
Principal Steve Wood’s office to
privately discuss their fees,
See FEES, A5
FOR MORE
For more on the train depot, visit
the Instagram page https://www.in-
stagram.com/taylor.train.depot/.
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
Faded green aluminum sid
ing hides a hidden piece of
Edenton’s history on the corner
of East King and Oakum
streets.
The residence, with a white
picket fence, has been the
home of Jeannie and Bill Taylor
since June 2018. At the front
door, you may notice the over-
sized train lantern and the bell
with a metal train on top.
These little features outside
the home reflect the work go
ing on inside, as the Taylors
work to turn their home into
something more like the depot
the building was built as in
1902. It served all walks of life
as a depot for the Suffolk &
Carolina Railway, Virginia &
Carolina Coast Railroad and
Norfolk Southern Railway be
fore being converted into a resi
dence. For a while, it also
served as the home for St.
See DEPOT, A7
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Before (left) and after of
cleaning the walls in the for
mer black passenger lobby at
the Edenton train depot.
Bill Taylor
paints trim
above a
door at the
train depot.
Chowan
to stay
in 3rd
district
Goodwin’s amendment also
keeps Perquimans in district
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
If you see state Rep. Ed Good
win, R-Chowan, give him a pat
on the back!
Thanks to an amendment by
Goodwin, both Chowan and
Perquimans counties remained
in the 3rd Congressional District
map approved by the General
Assembly last week.
“’Mega kudos’ to Rep Ed
Goodwin for introducing his
Amendment to keep us in D-3
which was supported by the
House and Senate,” said Patti
Kersey, chairwoman of the
See DISTRICT, A5
Project aims
to bring ferry
next summer
Belle of Washington can fit 60
passengers for tour of sound
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Beaver Hill plant
upgrades complete
Water treatment system
operational after upgrades
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Edenton’s Beaver Hill water
treatment system went into ser
vice Thursday afternoon.
“The new water treatment
process will greatly improve wa
ter quality for our customers.
We appreciate our customers
patience, it has been a long
process,” Town Manager Anne
Marie Knighton said.
Water infrastructure improve
ments were needed because the
town’s water system is in viola
tion of state law because the
water contains elevated levels
of tri-halomethanes, a byprod
uct of the chemical process to
disinfect drinking water. Tri-
halomethanes, or THM, are con
sidered carcinogenic. That said,
don’t be alarmed because high
THM levels in the town’s water
MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
Upgrades to Edenton's Beaver Hill Water Treatment plant were
recently completed.
HERTFORD — Regional lead
ers are pursuing the prospect of
bringing the Belle of Washing
ton, a cruise vessel, to the Albe
marle Sound next summer.
During a meeting Monday in
Hertford, policymakers associ
ated with the Harbor Town Pro
ject said they seek to attract this
85-foot long ship that can accom
modate as many as 60 passen
gers for tours between various
towns by the Sound every other
month between April and Octo
ber.
The Harbor Town Project is
focused on upgrading the his
toric and eco-tourism sites along
the Sound, making them attrac
tive to visitors.
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