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Tribute to Mayor Vaughan: A man of all seasons
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
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Editor’s Note: This is the first
part of a two-part series about
Roland Vaughan, who served as
Edenton’s mayor 24 years.
Tuesday night after press time,
Vaughan said his goodbyes to
Town Council meeting and turned
over the gavel to the new Mayor,
Jimmy Stallings. Afterward, there
was a reception at the Chowan
Arts Council to honor his 24 years
of service.
Due to our press deadline, we were not able to include coverage
of Tuesday's town council meeting in this edition of the newspaper.
Information about the meeting appears on our Facebook page and will
appear in next week’s edition.
Edenton Town Council meet
ings are sometimes ajoy to attend
because they are orderly, reason
ably quick to end and never much
have eye-rolling drama that seems
to plague Congress these days and
even some of our neighbors in
northeast North Carolina.
Outgoing Mayor Roland
Vaughan is a large part of why
council meetings are civil, punctu
al and on task. He’s always smiling,
See VAUGHAN, A2
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Pay close
attention to this
photo of Roland
Vaughan. That’s
a necktie like
what he might
wear when
presiding over
Town Council.
The neck tie is
off, symbolic of
his retirement
from 24 years
of public service
as mayor.
Edenton
kicks off
holiday
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
It was a little bit of out with
the old and in with the new as
Edenton celebrated “Home for
the Holidays” this past weekend.
The activities kicked on Friday
evening with the tree lighting and
flotilla.
The Albemarle Sounds, along
with choirs from White Oak and
D.F. Walker schools, lead the
crowd of several hundred people
in singing Christmas songs Fit-
day.
Before fighting the tree, Eden
ton Mayor Roland Vaughan
passed the ceremonial magic
candy cane to incoming mayor
Jimmy Stallings and encouraged
the crowd to get as loud as it
could so the magic could light
the tree.
As the tree at the end of Broad
Street started to glow, about 18
trees fit up in Colonial Park. The
trees, donated by local business
es and supporters and decorat
ed by local nonprofits and other
groups, will be up until shortly
after the New Year.
They vary in decor from the
John A. Holmes High School’s
senior class tree to the Edenton
Tea Party NSDAR’s patriotic tree
to one decorated to look like a
snow man.
After the trees were lit, Santa
Claus came down with the help
of the Edenton Fire Department.
As he talked with those wanted
to share their Christmas wishes,
the annual flotilla, sponsored by
Regulator Marine, was held.
This year’s flotilla, kicked off
NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton Mayor Roland Vaughan and Mayor-elect Jimmy Stallings, along with members of the
Albemarle Sounds and D.F. Walker Elementary School choir, cheer as the tree lights turn on Friday
during the Destination Downtown Edenton ceremony.
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For more photos, visit our Facebook
page, facebook.com/thechowan-
herald.
by Capt. Mark Thesier’s Liber-
Tea, featured 10 boats. According
to Destination Downtown Eden
ton Executive Director Jennifer
Harriss, Regulator Marine won
in the large boat category and
Batch Attkisson won in the small
boat category.
See HOLIDAY, A3
PHOTOS COURTESY KIP SHAW
Above: Santa Claus
waves to the parade-
goers Saturday while
in front of the Chowan
County Courthouse
during the Edenton-
Chowan Christmas
Parade. Left:
Elves dance on a
Regulator Marine boat
during the annual
holiday flotilla Friday in
Edenton Harbor.
Cummings
files for
re-election
Candidates continue to submit
paperwork to board of election
BY STAFF REPORTS
Here is the latest update for can
didates have signed the fine to run
for office in Chowan County as of
Tuesday’s press time. The filing pe
riod continues through Dec. 20.
County Commissioner Ron
Cummings, a Republican, is the
latest to file for re-election.
Previously, Republican Alex Ke-
hayes, a former county commis
sioner, filed for the District 2 seat
on the Chowan Board of Commis-
I sioners now held by Patti Kersey.
I Kersey has said she does not plan
to seek re-election.
Also, Republicans Chris Evans
and Michael Dean filed to run
for the at-large seat now held by
Commissioner Don Faircloth, a
Democrat, who is not running for
re-election.
District 3 commission seat that
is currently held by Democrat
Greg Bonner is up for election too.
State Sen. Bob Steinburg,
R-Chowan, and state Rep. Ed
Goodwin, R-Chowan, filed for
their second terms.
Murphy to host
open house
BY SUBMITTED REPORT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Con
gressman Greg Murphy, M.D.
(R-Greenville) announced he will
host an open house at his new
district office in
Public Works repairs
sanitary sewer pipe
Quick response saves
Rocky Hock woman’s life
MURPHY
Partially collapsed line leaked
2,520 gallons of wastewater
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Edenton’s Public Works em
ployees put in some long hours
one day last week to repair a par
tially collapsed sanitary sewer
line.
Twas around 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 4, when the
bad news came in that the sewer
line near 711 N. Broad St., by the
Red Apple Market, needed some
mqjor work.
Dressed in boots and wearing
hard hats, these gallant souls
toiled and sweated for more
than four hours in the mud and
the muck to plug the line that
had discharged nearly 2,520 gal
lons of wastewater into a nearby
ditch that drains into Filberts
Creek.
Later, Public Works em
ployees worked Thursday and
Friday to replace the portion
of the sewer line that had col
lapsed.
Town Manager Anne Marie
Knighton said a portion of Fil
berts Creek contains construct
ed wetlands, which is basically
See SEWER, A2
Lisa Evans treated after founr
unresponsive on Sept. 24
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
ROCKY HOCK - Every now
then there are moments when
folks realize how precious life
is.
Sept. 24 was that day for
Chris Evans and his wife Lisa.
When Lisa texted her hus
band at 12:30 p.m. that day,
she let him know that their dog
“Millie” was ready to pick at the
groomer.
See LIFE, A2
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Lisa Evans takes a moment
to thank Dr. Bryan Gerber for
saving her life.
Edenton. The of
fice will serve as
a location for con
stituents to call or
visit for help with
federal agencies,
Service Academy
nominations or
to express their
opinion. The open
house will take
place from 2:30-3:30 p.m., Satur
day, Dec. 14.
Light refreshments will be
served. Constituents are encour-
aged to attend.
“Considering the large size of
the Third District, it’s important
for constituents all across the
district to have somewhere close
to them where they can receive
help,” said Murphy. “I hope many
of you will join my staff and I at
this event so we can introduce
ourselves and give more details
about the services we can provide
to constituents.”
The office on the second floor
of Town Hall, 101 W. King St.,
Edenton.
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James E. Parks
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