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Askewville • Aulander • Colerain • Kelford • Lewiston Woodville » i^rrv Hill • Powellsville • Roxobel • Windsor Bertie Led?er-Advance lA/CHMCCnAV . AAAVQ miO WEDNESDAY • MAY 8,2019 Warriors 980 S. Academy St. Ahoskie,NC2791i . . . ..*4.*c;_nTaTT 27892 AOOOl ] MCCP0008293- '' 11R1 kehukee park rd WILLIAMSTON NC 27892-8307 Sports I B1 Heating & Air Conditioning 252209.0223 Controversial road ordinance passes Commissioners split 3-2 in final vote SARAH HODGES STALLS Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - The Road Safety and Maintenance Ordinance for Bertie County passed Monday night in a 3-2 vote. Commissioners Ernestine Bazemore and Tammy Lee have expressed their con cern with the proposed or dinance since it first came to the board table. Monday night they made it clear their positions had not changed. “Sure, the owners should be held accountable for their roads,” Bazemore said, “Not - A the citizens.” “I’m still not convinced,” Lee said. Staying with her previous concerns, Lee made clear she did not believe this or dinance in question was the best way to handle the prob lem. As expected, favorable votes were cast by Chairman John Trent, Vice Chairman Greg Atkins and Commis sioner Ronald D. Wesson. Votes against were made by Bazemore and Lee. See DRDINANCE, A3 MCC suspends president, dean DEBDRAH GRIFFIN Enterprise & Weekiy Heraid WILLIAMSTDN - The Martin Community Col lege (MCC) Board of Trustees has placed its president on adminis trative leave. An emergency meet ing of the board was called Thursday, May 2. The meeting was closed because it involved per sonnel issues. After the meeting it was announced Presi dent Dr. Paul Hutchins was suspended. It was also announced Vice President, Stu dent Services Dr. Brian Busch would be serving as interim president. “The Martin Commu nity College Board of Trustees held an emer gency meeting on April 30 and a special called meeting on May 2 to dis cuss a personnel matter which is confidential under North Carolina General Statute 143- if.- i5r ■in: * See MCC, A3 N.C. 45 project moving ahead A SARAH HODGES STALLS / Bertie Ledger-Advance This pair was taking a break from the race circuit to participate on Saturday. SARAH HDDGES STALLS Bertie Ledger-Advance MERRY HILL - Prelimi nary steps have begun on a project to widen N.C. 45 from the Wash ington County line to Colerain, according to N.C. Department of Transportation offi cials. A public meeting de signed to answer ques tions on April 16 drew more than 50 people, according to Brooks Braswell, Division Resi dent Engineer. He explained the pro posed layout for the project seeks to cause the least possible dis ruption to residents. “We have initially chosen an alignment that does not impact any homes,” Braswell said. He added the pro posed alignment would require additional right of way, which has the “potential” to affect septic tanks or wells connected to adjacent Powellsville Day is fun for all Grand marshals are all 101 SARAH HODGES STALLS Bertie Ledger-Advance See PROJECT A3 Youngsters enjoyed Powellsville Day. POWELLSVILLE - The town’s 19th annual Awareness Day got underway Saturday morning with the traditional parade. While excited about how the outcome, event organizer Hat tie Askew hesitated to even guess on a number of those in attendance. “Powellsville Day turned out very well,” said Askew. “1 just want to thank everyone that took part and made the day possible. We are already look ing forward to number 20.” The highlight of this year’s parade were the three grand marshals helped lead off the event, each being 101 years of age. “It means a lot,” explained Es- See PDWELLSVILLLE, A5 Stamp Out Hunger campaign slated for Saturday THADD WHITE AND Food Drive. “On behalf of the food LESLIE BEACHBDARD The campaign is the larg- bank and all those we serve, Bertie Ledger-Advance est one-day food drive in I’d like to thank the NALC for America, and directly ben- keeping this essential food On Saturday, May 11, let- efits Food Bank of the Albe- drive thriving for over two ter carriers nationwide will marie, which serves Bertie and a half decades. All the once again be fighting hun- County. non-perishable food that ger with The National As- Last year marked the cel- is collected stays right in sociation of Letter Carriers’ ebration of 25 years of the your communities in north- (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger drive. eastern North Carolina, and In this edition ^ ^ Church & Faith B3 ^ ( GoOD AAORNING, f ReJy Life 8, style ..B2 I EsTELLA SiMONS ■ FOR^ Obituaries A2 OF POWELLSVILLE A4 . Thank you for subscribing! we sincerely appreciate all of the effort that goes into making this food drive a suc cess,” said Food Bank of the Albemarle Executive Direc tor Liz Reasoner. The Food Bank of the Albe marle and its partner agen cies will be promoting this event on social media, and the official hashtag for this event is #StampOutHunger. In more than two decades, the Stamp Out Hunger food drive has collected more than 1.5 billion pounds of food. To donate, just place a box See HUNGER,A3 Find US on Facebook Volume 121: No. 19 11711 35906 6
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