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Man shot near Lewiston Woodviile
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
LEWISTON WOODVIILE - An
incident at a convenience
store in Lewiston Woodviile
may have led to a man being
shot Sunday evening.
Bertie County Sheriff John
Holley said his office is work
ing “several good leads”
in the shooting, which oc
curred on Piney Woods Road
outside of Lewiston Wood
viile.
Sheriff Holley said his of
fice received a call around
8:20 p.m. Sunday that a per
son had been shot and was
in the roadway at the 800
block of Piney Woods Road.
Upon arrival, it was deter
mined the man had been
shot multiple times.
The victim was transport
ed to West Bertie Elemen
tary School in Kelford where
he was airlifted to Vidant
Medical Center in Greenville.
He was in critical condition
as of Tuesday, according to
information received by the
sheriff’s office.
“There was reportedly an
incident at a convenience
store in Lewiston Woodviile
which may have been a fac
tor,” Sheriff Holley said. “We
are working several good
leads, but welcome any in
formation the public may
have.”
Anyone with information
See SHOOTING, 3
No tax
hike
slated
Budget cut
by $700K
in proposal
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - No tax hike.
Bertie County Manag
er Juan Vaughan 11 said
his proposed budget
for fiscal year 2020-2021
presented reflected no
tax increase nor did it
provide an appropria
tion from fund balance.
Vaughan said most
funding was level for
outside agencies, but
county departments
cut an average of five
percent from their bud
gets a year ago.
“The proposed fund
ing for the General
Fund for FY 2020-2021
is $24,755,534 which is
a decrease of $736,370
or three percent be
low the original budget
ordinance for the cur
rent year, which was
$25,491,904,” Vaughan
said in his budget mes
sage. “The proposed
General Fund budget
does not include a fund
balance appropriation
or an increase in the
See PROPOSAL, 3
BERTIE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
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Students at Bertie Early College High School graduated by BECHS Principal Wanda Cofield and Bertie County
Friday “by appointment’’ at the school. They were able Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Otis Smallwood. Staff mem-
to receive their diplomas with their families, presented bers cheered each graduate as they entered and exited.
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Aulander
PD makes
arrest
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
AULANDER - An Aul
ander man is behind
bars facing numerous
counts related to break
ing in and robbing from
a home and church, and
a related fire.
Aulander Police Chief
Jimmy Barmer com
mended a host of of
ficers from several de
partments who aided
him in the arrest of
Dwight Davis, 46, of 407
Chestnut St. in Wind
sor.
Chief Barmer was pa
trolling on Sunday, May
24 when he noticed
Davis walking with a
black trash bag over
his shoulder. He turned
around and stopped to
speak to Davis on South
Commerce St. after see
ing the latter toss the
bag into a ditch.
Upon questioning,
Davis said the bag con
tained trash, but when
Chief Barmer opened
the bag he located sev-
See ARREST. 3
Filing begins for board of education, soil and water
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Board of Education or the
Bertie County Soil and Water
District Supervisor board
WINDSDR - Filing begins can begin making their can-
Monday. didacy known next week.
Those wishing to seek a All three seats are non
seat on the Bertie County partisan, and those wishing
In this edition
to file can do so beginning
at noon on Monday, June 8.
Filing will continue through
noon on Monday, July 6.
The two seats on the
school board are for District
1 (Windsor) and District 5
(Indian Woods). They are
currently held by Bobby Oc-
cena (District 1) and Tarsha
Dudley (District 5).
John Griffin currently holds
the seat on the Soil and Wa
ter District Supervisors.
Currently, the elections of
fice is closed to the public,
but the staff continues to
work. Visits are appointment
only. Prospective candidates
See FILING, 3
Church & Faith 5
Classified 6
Opinion 4
Out & About 2
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