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Tornado Relief Fund deemed a success
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The Bertie Coun
ty Commissioners recently
expressed a sincere thank
you to those near and far
who contributed to the Ber
tie County Morning Road
Tornado Relief Fund.
The Morning Road area
was devastated by an EF-3
tornado as Hurricane Isaias
moved across the state on
Aug. 4.
The tornado carved a 10-
mile path of destruction, and
grew as wide as six football
fields.The tornado left more
than 25 families without a
home, injured 14 and tragi
cally killed two.
After several GoFundMe
pages were established to
raise funding for the affected
families, there were a num
ber of concerns.
Organizations and citizens
wanted to donate, but were
concerned. They wanted
to ensure the contributed
funds would go to those af
fected.
Seeing a need the Bertie
County local government es
tablished the Bertie County
Morning Road Tornado Re
lief Fund. The Bertie County
Board of Commissioners cre
ated a systematic approach
to equitably distribute funds
to those impacted by the
tornado for temporary hous
ing, food and personal assis
tance.
“We are pleased to be able
to provide a safe and secure
way for people to contribute
financially to these families,”
said the Bertie County Com-
Mt. Olive
provides
help
BY GENE MOTLEY
For the Bertie Ledger-Advance
LEWISTON WOODVILLE -
Lewiston Woodville’s
Mount Olive Mission
ary Baptist Church
celebrated their 155th
anniversary by doing
what they’ve done for
the last century and a
half: celebrating with a
spirit of community.
Ever since the earliest
outbreaks of COVlD-19
in this northeastern
North Carolina, not only
has the church held
drive-thru worship ser
vices Sundays at 10 a.m.
with a conference-call
service at 12:30 which
can also be heard and
viewed on the Church’s
Facebook Page
But beyond the as
semblies, the Church
is most proud of how
it has participated in a
generous spirit of phi
lanthropy.
It’s not MOMBC’s first
acts of benevolence. On
Aug. 3 when Hurricane
Isaias touched down in
Bertie’s Morning Road
area, the church leaders
were able to give mon
etary gifts to the storm
victims, receiving dona-
See CHURCH,3
LEWIS HOGGARD / Windsor/Bertie Chamber of Commerce
Carolers of Christmas Past performed at Saturday’s Cashie Christmas Music Festival Saturday.
Inaugural Christmas music fest
draws more than 100 attendees
LEWIS HOGGARD
Windsor/Bertie Chamber of Commerce
WINDSOR - The Cashie Christmas Music Fes
tival delighted attendees - who were in their
cars - from the loading dock of Powell &
Stokes.
An afternoon of mainly Christmas carols
and music were provided by five different mu
sical acts. The musicians and attendees were
socially distanced as required in COVID-19
protocols.
Henry Britt, who is known locally as “Mr. Tunes,’’ changed
See FESTIVAL, 2 ^[.^0 sounds to instrumental jazz playing.
New BLA
website
launches
The readers have
been clamoring for it.
And, the Bertie Led
ger-Advance and Adams
Publishing Group have
responded.
This morning, www.
BertieLedger Advance,
com went live to the
public, complete with
all the latest news,
sports, obituaries and
our local columnists.
For now, our readers
will be able to access
news and sports for the
past six months on the
site, dating back to July
1.
“We are beyond ex
cited to offer our sub
scribers a website that
will work hand-in-hand
with our print edition
of the Bertie Ledger-Ad
vance,” BLA Publisher
Kyle Stephens said. “I
think our readers will
enjoy the convenience
of getting news faster
via the website, but still
having the same service
from their hometown
newspaper.”
The Bertie Ledger-
Advance staff will work
to update the website
regularly with news,
opinion and sports con
tent. Breaking news will
See WEBSITE, 2
Windsor Police arrest New Jersey man on drug charges
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - To put it plain
ly, it was what is termed as
“good old-fashioned police
work.”
While on an unrelated in
vestigation, Windsor police
officers uncovered nearly
2,000 dosage units of heroin
in a room at the Windsor Mo
tel.
Windsor Police Officer Jes
sie Mizelle was investigating
an unrelated crime when he
was joined by Chief Justin
Jackson and Lt. Frank Rat-
zlaff.
The individual who was
staying at the motel gave
permission to search his
room, whereupon the offi
cers located bags that con
tained the illegal narcotics.
The first bag the officers
found contained 35 small
bricks of heroin, which con
tain 50 dosage units per
brick. Under the bricks, of
ficers found multiple dosage
units in a rubber band, and
others packaged in different
ways.
Upon discovery of the ille
gal narcotics. Officer Mizelle
arrested the person in the
room, who was identified as
Anthony Tyrell Baldwin of 14
Lasalie Ave. in Trenton, New
Jersey.
Baldwin was transported
to the Bertie County Sher
iff’s Office where he was
confined to the Bertie-Mar-
tin Regional Jail under a
$300,000 secured bond by a
magistrate.
Afterwards, additional
drugs were found hidden in
his clothing, causing Mizelle
to take out an additional
charge against Baldwin.
See DRUGS, 2
In this edition
Church & Faith 5
Classified 6
Letters to Santa 8
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Sports 10
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