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Volume 123:
No. 50
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ROXOBEL WINDSOR
THADD WHITE/GROUP EDITOR
New Windsor Mayor Lewis Hoggard takes the oath of office with his parents, Minnie and Robert Hoggard,
nearby. Hoggard was sworn in Thursday morning by Bertie County Register of Deeds Annie Wilson.
‘Changing of the guard’
Windsor welcomes new leadership
THADD WHITE
Group Editor^
WINDSOR - The changing of the
guard has taken place in Windsor.
Earlier this morning (TTiursday),
Lewis Hoggard was sworn in as only
the third mayor in more than three
decades in the town of Windsor. He
was joined by new commissioner
L.C. Hoggard EQ and re-elected com
missioner Randy K. Whitaker in tak
ing the oaths of office, which were
administered by Bertie Coimty Reg
ister of Deeds Annie Wilson.
As the meeting began, Mayor Jim
my Hoggard called the group to order
and led the initial business, including
approval of minutes and the like.
The retiring mayor then offered
lus thanks to those who attended,
as well as his congratulations for the
new members of the board.
“I’m glad to see so many people
here on this happy occasion,” he
said. “Congratulations to those who
were recently elected.”
He also said thank you for the sup
port he received while in office.
“Thank you to everyone for your
N.C. Supreme
Court halts filing
THADD WHITE
Group Editor
Filing ended almost be
fore it started.
Late Wednesday after
noon (Dec. 8), the N.C. Su
preme Court issued an or
der halting all filing for the
midterm elections, as well
as delaying municipal elec
tions.
Filing had begun in North
Carolina Monday, but not
before there was confusion
about the process.
Just before filing began
Monday, a N.C. Court of Ap
peals judge stopped filing
for seats in the N.C. Gener
al Assembly and U.S. Con
gress in response to a law
suit filed against the state
legislature and board of
elections related to the re
drawn districts for the U.S.
House of Representatives,
N.C. Senate and N.C. House.
The same afternoon, the
entire N.C. Court of Appeals
restored filing, but incUcated
the court would take a look
at the lawsuit and could
pause filing should it deem
it necessary.
On Dec. 8, the N.C. Su
preme Court stepped in
to stop aU filing and move
the Primary election from
March 8 to May 17 of next
year.
“In light of the great pub
lic interest in the subject
matter of these cases, the
importance of the issues to
the constitutional jurispru
dence of this State, and the
need for urgency in reach
ing a final resolution on the
merits at the earliest possi
ble opportunity, the Court
grants a preliminary ii\jimc-
tion and temporarily stays
the candidate filing period
for the 2022 elections for all
See FILING, A5
‘Wreaths’ event
set for Saturday
THADD WHITE/GROUP EDITOR
New Windsor Commissioner L.C. Hoggard III (left) is sworn in while
his son, Stephen C. Hoggard, holds the Bible. Commissioner Hoggard
was sworn in to his first term on the board Thursday by Bertie County
Register of Deeds Annie Wiison.
support over these last 12 years,” he
said. “I have been privileged to work
with good boards and good employ
ees.”
The outgoing mayor then recog
nized the 50-plus years of service of
See GUARD, A5
BRANDICE HOGGARD
Staff Writer
WINDSOR - Two National
Wreaths Across America
Day ceremonies will be held
in Wmdsor this weekend.
The ceremonies are set
to take place at noon on
Saturday, Dec. 18 at Edge
wood Cemetery. That will
be followed by a ceremony
held at 2 p.m. later that day
at Hillcrest Cemetery. Both
cemeteries are located in
Windsor.
Len Haste Joyner is the
founder of the Windsor
branch of WAA. There are
more than 2,700 participat
ing locations like this one
with millions of Americans
gathering safely as one na
tion to Remember, Honor
and teach.
The service will be about
15 minutes long, proceeding
the service the wreaths will
then be distributed. Wind
sor Mayor Lewis Hoggard
will be welcoming everyone
to the service.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) James Lee,
will be presenting the pro
gram at the Hillcrest Ceme
tery and Ken Rome, Col. Re
tired, will be presenting the
program at ffie Edgewood
Cemetery.
At the beginning there
See WREATHS, A5
Another 900 get vaxx booster shots; active cases dip
ARMS: Four COVID deaths
in Pasquotank, Chowan,
Camden
JULIAN EURE
’ The Daily Advance
>
New COVID cases, ac
tive cases and infections
at nursing homes-assisted
living centers all fell across
the region last week as an
other 938 residents got their
booster shot, raising the to
tal to over 10,000.
Albemarle Regional
Health Services did report
four more COVID-related
deaths across the region
last week, raising the total
to 363 since the pandemic
began.
Two Pasquotank County
residents between the ages
of 50 and 64 died of compli
cations from COVID, ARHS
reported Friday. One Chow
an County resident and one
Camden County resident,
both over 65, also died from
COVID complications, the
agency said.
ARHS plans to host mass
drive-thru clinics offering
the Pfizer and Modema vac
cine this week after host
ing three last week. Those
left for this week include
the Perquimans Recreation
Center on Thursday, and the
American Legion in Eden-
ton on Friday. All cUnics are
from 10 am. to 1 p.m.
To get a booster, resi-
•dents of ARHS’ eight-coimty
region should have com
pleted their first two shots
of either Modema or Pfiz
er at least six months ago
or their single dose of the
Johnson & Johnson vaccine
at least two months ago.
Booster-seekers are urged
to bring their vaccine card
with them.
Data ARHS released
Friday shows 241 new
COVID-19 cases reported in
the region last week, down
firom 312 new cases the
week before.
Active COVID cases de
clined to 234, a decrease of
17 from the previous week.
Pasquotank had the high
est number of new cases
(59) and second-highest
number of active cases
(51). Currituck had the
See COVID, A5
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