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Askewville • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodville • Merry Hill •‘?^wellsville • Roxobel • Windsor P53/C14**********5-DIGIT 27892 AOOOl MCCP0008293- MCC LIBRARY 1161 KEHUKEE PARK RD WILLIAMSTON NC 27892-8307 B Ledffer-Advance ^ WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 1,2018 8 \ Spotless State Title Sports I B1 Davis leads BHS THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - Bertie High School has a new lead er. Last week, the Bertie County Board of Educa tion approved the hiring of Martha Ann Davis as the school’s 10th prin cipal in the past seven years. Davis, who currently serves as Principal of Southeast College Prep Academy in Halifax County, will be Principal of Bertie High School and Bertie STEM Acad emy. “We feel that Ms. Davis has the qualities that are necessary to move Ber tie High School/STEM Academy forward,” said Interim BCS Human Re sources Director Karen Dameron. “She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table when it comes to strategic instructional and goal-driven leader ship that we believe will maximize student and district gains.” She graduated from North Carolina Wes leyan College with a bachelor of arts degree in Elementary Educa tion, and furthered her studies with a master’s degree from the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition, she earned licensure See PRINCIPAL, A5 i# ■ 01 ■ LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance Moonshine headlined Friday’s sixth annual Sage Festival on King Street in Windsor. Sage Festival going strong THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - The sixth an nual Sage Festival was an other hit. Relocated to its original concept of being on the street, the Sage Festival welcomed more than 800 people onto King Street for music, fellowship and food. “It was an absolutely beautiful night for the Sage Festival,” Windsor/ Bertie Chamber of Com merce Executive Director Lewis Hoggard said. “We successfully avoided the rain, had a lot of people come out, and Moonshine was great as always.” Vendors lined the sides See SAGE A5 attendance danced on King Street. WPD nabs drugs THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - Excellent observation by officers with the Windsor Po lice Department led to a drug arrest here July 20. Windsor Police Chief Justin Jackson said two of his officers stopped a car traveling on Gran ville Street, and the result was a Windsor man being held on drug charges. Cpl. Frank Ratzlciff and Officer Jessie Miz- elle were on Granville Street when they saw a car going in the oppo site direction, and the operator was not wear ing a seatbelt. When Cpl. Ratzlaff ap proached the passen ger side of the vehicle, he reported marijuana was in plain view. In ad dition, he saw a plastic bag with a white sub stance inside, which he believed to be cocaine. “At that time, Cpl. Rat zlaff instructed Officer Mizelle to take the sus pect out of the vehicle,” Chief Jackson said. “He also explained to the suspect why he was searching his vehicle.” Following the recov ery of cocaine, the of ficers arrested Michael Earl Joyner, 31, of 504 Granville St. in Windsor. He was charged with See DRUGS, A5 Windsor museums will operate on same schedule THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSDR - History is alive and well in Windsor. A trio of museums is now open each Friday and Sat urday to allow people to visit the history of Wind sor, farmers and trains. Each of the museums will be open each week from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. each Fri day and Saturday. The newest museum in town is Russell’s Back in the Day Museum located on the corner of Queen and Camden streets. The “pink house” which houses the museum is behind the Windsor Post Office. The museum boasts a collection of a large num ber of artifacts from Wind sor and throughout Bertie County. There are bottles, posters, sports memorabil ia and a host of other items available in the museum. Also fairly new to the town is the Windsor Rail road Museum, which is lo cated in one of the former incubator buildings on Granville Street in Wind sor. The trains are spread throughout the building, and visitors are welcome. Mike Dail and his fam ily donated the trains and help operate the Railroad museum. The first of the town’s museums is the Windsor Farmer’s and Craftsman Museum, which is located on the corner of Granville and York streets near Liv- 'V % KJl' ii A, f# Hi See MUSEUM, A5 Russell’s Back-in-the-Day Museum is one of three historic museums open Fri days and Saturdays in Windsor. In this edition Q. V Church & Faith B3 Classified B4 Obituaries A2 Opinion A4 Out & About A2 Sports B1 ( Good Morning, Donna Bass OF Nags Head Thank you for subscribing! Find us on Facebook Volume 120: No. 31 11711 35906 6 PIGSKIN PICK’EM 2018 RETURNING THIS FALL Randy Whitaker and Mike Morris join the panel this fall!
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