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Second death
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Governor’s order extended
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
North Carolina Gov
ernor Roy Cooper’s ex
tension of the Stay at
Home order last week
coincided with another
uptick in the number of
COVID-19 cases in Ber
tie County.
Gov. Cooper last week
extended the Stay-at-
Home order through
May 8, and later con
tinued the closure of all
on-site schooling, and
extended virtual learn
ing through the remain
der of the school year.
The extended order,
which was accompa
nied by a plan to re
open the state, came
as Bertie County’s
confirmed COVlD-19
cases reached 38 and
announced a second
death in relation to the
virus. As of Monday,
the county had 19 ac
tive cases, 17 recover
ies and two deaths.
Albemarle Regional
Health announced
the second death and
See COVID-19, 3
Two face more
charges locally
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
GREENVILLE - Two Ber
tie County men charged
by Martin County au
thorities, now face lo
cal charges.
Bertie County Sher
iff’s Office Chief Deputy
Kenny Perry said depu
ties were investigat
ing multiple breaking
and entering crimes
throughout the county.
The investigation led
to Maj. Matt Roebuck
and the investigations
unit working closely
with the Martin Coun
ty Sheriff’s Office and
agencies in Pitt County.
Recently, Martin
County authorities ar
rested four men in con
nection with a string
See CHARGES, 3
MICHELLE LEICESTER / Bertie Ledger-Advance
The Sans Souci Ferry will be closed June 13 due to cutbacks related to the COVID-IQ virus.
Sans Souci Ferry set to
be closed as of June 13
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
SANS SDUCI - Budget cuts in the
N.C. Department of Transporta*
tion has led to the temporary
closure of the Sans Souci Ferry.
The historic inland cable fer
ry, in existence since the early
1900s, will cease operation on
June 13, according to Tim Hass,
Communications Officer with
NCDOT. It is one of only three
remaining in North Carolina.
“We hope to have the Sans
Souci ferry back in service as
soon as possible, but the date
for resumption of service has
yet to be determined,’’ Hass
said.
A letter was sent canceling
the contract with the ferry op
erator as of June 13.
The N.C. Department of Trans
portation has said they are suf
fering budget-wise due to the
COVID-19 virus. Revenues from
gas taxes have been drastically
reduced due to people remain
ing off the roadways as part of
the governor’s stay at home or
der.
The Bertie County Commis
sioners and Windsor/Bertie
See FERRY, 3
Chamber Director: Meetings may stay virtual
Social distancing may have
changed the way business meet
ings are conducted not only
now, but into the future.
At the Windsor/Bertie Cham
ber of Commerce, one of the
main modes of communication
during these trying times of
COVID-19 has been virtual meet
ings.
“We had 13 virtual meetings
during the second week of April
as an example,” Chamber Ex
ecutive Director Lewis Hoggard
said. “With just the click of a but
ton or two, we can now interact
with people in other offices, oth
er towns, other counties, other
states and other countries.”
Video conferencing has been
around for a number of years,
but seemed to be used mostly
when someone was unavailable
to attend personally. Big inter
national companies have used
video communications to try to
bring employees together over
long distances without having
to spend the money and time of
making the meetings in person.
The talk of video with audio be
gan almost a hundred years ago
with the development of moving
pictures.
The first real success of merg
ing these mediums into a live
commercial format was in the
1964 World’s Fair in New York
City connecting to Disneyland
in Los Angeles, California. After
See MEETINGS, 3
WIndsor/Bertle Chamber Executive Director Lewis Hoggard
attends a meeting on Zoom.
Bertie-Martin Regional Jail writing manual 'as they go'
SARAH HDDGES STALLS
Adams Publishing Group
WINDSDR - Practices such as
social distancing are easier
implemented in some places
than others.
A jail facility is not the eas
iest place to conduct social
In this edition —
distancing and other prac
tices to curb the spread of
illnesses.
Larger facilities around the
state have racked up numer
ous counts of COVID-19 cas
es within their walls of their
facilities.
To date, the Bertie-Martin
Regional Jail, a 90-bed facili
ty serving both counties, has
no known cases of COVID-19
affiliated with the facility.
As the earliest waves of
COVID-19 struck, BMRJ of
ficials did not wait on guid
ance to be handed down to
them.
Instead, Administrator Ter
rence Whitehurst and BMRJ
Board Chairman John Trent
came to the table to devel
op protocols to manage the
storm.
“Mr. Whitehurst and I came
up with a plan of action and
Mr. Whitehurst has executed
that plan of action to the
tee,” explained Trent.
This plan was made “from
scratch,” according to Trent,
who brings a law enforce
ment background to the
table in addition to White-
Church & Faith 5
Classified 6
Opinion 4
Out & About 2
Sports 7
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