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Governor visits Bertie
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Keeping his
promise.
North Carolina Governor
Roy Cooper returned to
Bertie County last week on
his tour of several eastern
counties.
Gov. Cooper’s first stop in
the county was at ReBuild
NC Application Center, one
of the seven housing recov
ery application centers, that
has opened throughout the
eastern part of the state.
His stop was to see first
hand the progress the state
has made in helping people
qualify for hurricane recov
ery grants.
Gov. Cooper toured the fa
cility, and met with employ
ees and citizens inside the
center.
The application center is
a place for families affected
by Hurricane Matthew to
apply for additional assis
tance if they are in need of
funds to rebuild.
While at the facility. Gov.
Cooper spoke with some
applicants during his visit.
“We know that people who
get hit the hardest by natu-
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North Carolina Roy Cooper spoke with Camille Taylor from Windsor's Hur
ricane Matthew Housing Recovery Application Center during his tour of the
facility last week.
APD
makes
arrest
Dunlow to
face more
charges
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
AULANDER - An Aul
ander man fled last
week, but was caught
and faces a multitude of
charges.
Aulander Police Chief
Jimmy Barmer said offi
cers charged Justin Ray
Dunlow, 31, of 222 Dun
ning Rd. in Aulander fol
lowing the incident last
Wednesday.
Aulander Police Of
ficer Jessie Mizelle at
tempted to stop a ve
hicle driven by Dunlow
for a traffic violation
near Commerce and
Main streets.
Dunlow failed to stop
for the blue light and
siren, and continued to
his residence on Dun
ning Road.
“Once he stopped,
he admitted to having
some marijuana in the
center console of the
vehicle,” Chief Barmer
said.
APD officer William
Deanes arrived to assist
Mizelle, and the officers
conducted a search of
the vehicle where they
reportedly found crack/
cocaine and drug para
phernalia in addition to
the marijuana Dunlow
admitted to having in
his possession.
Agent Stephen White
See ARREST, A5
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Construction is under way for two additional tree houses in the Cashie Treehouse Village.
Two additions coming to
Cashie Treehouse Viiiage
TRISTEN NEWELL
Windsor/Bertie Chamber
WINDSOR - The Cashie River
Treehouses have been off
and running since their first
guests arrived in April of
last year, perhaps faster than
those involved in the tree
houses’ upbringing would
have anticipated.
Currently, there are two
tree houses located along the
Cashie River near the Cashie
River Campground. The com
bination of a growing demand
and excitement of tapping
into a new market, exclusive
to eastern North Carolina,
has caused the town of Wind
sor to begin construction of
two additional Cashie River
Treehouses.
These tree houses will be
located just a couple hun
dred feet further down the
same walkway from the cur
rent two tree houses, and will
have the same dimensions - a
256-square-foot open floor
plan with a square loft.
The new tree houses will
have a couple of different fea
tures. These new features will
include a shed-type roof, a
taller front of the tree house,
and plexiglass windows in the
See VILLAGE, AS
FEMA
funds
OK’d
Windsor
closer to
allocation
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Money has
been awarded.
North Carolina will re
ceive $16.8 million from
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(FEMA) to fund seven
mitigation projects to
elevate, remove or re
construct residences.
The projects are in the
towns of Windsor and
Fair Bluff, and in John
ston, Pender, Robeson
and Wayne counties.
Each of the commu
nities were affected by
flooding caused by Hur
ricane Matthew in 2016.
FEMA will pay 75 per
cent or $16,869,832 of
the $22 million cost of
each project.
The federal share of
the funds comes from
the Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP).
The town of Windsor
will use a total of $5.2
million to remove or
minimize future flood
ing loss to 40 residenc
es located in a special
flood hazard area.
Thirty residences will
be acquired and de
molished, and 10 resi
dences will be elevated,
in accordance with the
Bertie County’s Flood-
plain Damage Preven
tion Ordinance.
See FUNDS, A5
Church & Faith
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Classified
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Obituaries
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Opinion
A4
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A2
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