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S-bridge/Causeway options presented
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
More than 60 citizens attended
an informational workshop last
week to see options being con
sidered for the replacement of
the historic S-bridge and Cause
way that connects Hertford and
WinfaU. Additional members of
the area’s local governments at
tended as weU.
Nine options involving three
different bridge designs were
presented. Citizens looked at
maps detailing each option, talk
ed with representatives from the
North Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT) and
Ktmley-Horne Associates, Inc.
(KHA), the company hired by
NCDOT to study the project and
determine viable options.
The NCDOT will investigate
replacing the bridge either in its
existing location or on a new lo
cation crossing the Perquimans
River. It has not yet been deter
mined if the existing Causeway
win be repaired or rebuilt or if a
new roadway will be construct
ed on a new location.
Several different options were
supported by those attending
the workshop. Opinions were
as varied as the options them
selves.
The project is projected to be
funded for construction in 2015.
Citizens turned in 28 written
comments during the workshop
that will be considered and used
to determine which options de
serve future detailed study for
consideration. Local citizens
may continue to send in written
comments imtil May 6.
“In general, the response from
citizens was supportive of the
process,” KHA’s Teresa Gresh
am, project manager, wrote in
an e-mail. “They understood
that we are stiU in the prelimi
nary stages of the project, and
that each conceptual option has
pros and cons. Citizens viewed
the maps, asked project team
members questions, and talked
to us about their concerns and
preferences.”
Gresham encouraged citizens
who have not provided writ
ten comments on the project to
send them in now. Maps detail
ing each option are located in
See OPTIONS, 8
SUBMIHED PHOTO
Nine options
being con
sidered for
the S-bridge/
Causeway
replacement
project were
present to lo- ■
cal citizens last
week. Option
B shown on
this map is no
longer under
consideration.
By KRISTIN PITTS AND
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writers
One stop absentee vot
ing in Perquimans begins
Thursday
If you missed last week’s
deadline to register to vote
in the May 4 primary elec
tion, you may register and
•vote at one time from now
until May 1 during one
stop absentee voting at the
, county board of elections.
The May 4 primary in
cludes several state and fed
eral primaries and electing
three members to the local
board of education.
Five non-partisan can
didates are seeking three
seats on the Perquimans
County Board of Educa
tion.
Incumbents Walter Leigh
and Wallace Nelson are
each vyhig to keep their
seats while veteran Gail
Vaughn HiU, who'lost her
seat two years ago, is trying
to be elected back onto the
board. They face newcom
ers Ralph HoUoweU and
Dianne Layden.
Board of education candi
dates are included on each
partisan ballot and voters
may vote for only one can
didate. The top three vote
getters will be elected.
With 20 years on the
school board under his
belt, Leigh is the veteran of
the group. Leigh is followed
in experience by Nelson,
who has served 16 years
on the board, plus a term
on the county commission.
HiU served one term on the
board from 04-08. Layden
ran unsuccessfuUy for the
board two years ago.
See VOTING, 2
Weekend
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Friday
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Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 75 Low: 52
Sunny
Sunday
High: 71 Low: 51
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STAFF PHOTOS BY
THOMAS J.TURNEY
Spring break this year
included Easter egg hunts
and lemonade stands. A
host of children rush out
(above) to find hidden
Easter eggs on King Street
during one of several
Spring Break activities held
by HELP. Below, Mariah
James (left) and Erin
Bembridge sell lemonade
on Market Street to benefit
Relay for Life.
Historic homes tour highlights diverse architecture
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From staff reports
This year’s historic homes tour
takes visitors out into the County as
well as stroUing along the streets of
downtown Hertford.
The Perquimans tour of Historic
Homes, sponsored by the Perquimans
County Restoration Association and
Historic Hertford, Inc., wUl be held
April 23 and 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each
day.
Featured this year are three bed and
breakfast inns, five private homes,
four churches, the Newbold-White
House, and the historic Perquimans
County Courthouse. Tickets are $25
each for the self-guided tour, and are
available now and on the days of the
tour at the Newhold White House Visi
tors’ Center (NWH) as well as the Per
quimans Chamber of Commerce.
^ Artwork and a quilt will be raffled
rff at the NWH. The Methodist Wom
en’s Circle wiU sponsor a luncheon on
April 24 at Hertford United Method
ist Church for $8 a plate consisting of
country ham, Cheddar croissant sand
wich, potato salad, fruit cup, brownie,
and drink. Eat in or take out.
Murielle Harmon, chairman of spe
cial events for HHI, said this year’s
tour features diverse architecture and
two works in progress, including one
seen in its beginning stages in a tour
two years ago.
“The real added feature to this
year’s tour is having the tour include
sites both out in the county and in the
town,” she said.
The Beechtree Inn, Springfield Inn
Bed and Breakfast, and 1812 on the
Perquimans Bed and Breakfast each
add a unique sense of not only the his
torical and architectural highlights
in the county, but where to stay when
traveling as well.
Beechtree, owned by Ben and Jackie
PHOTO BY KENT SAUNDERS
The George E. Major House, ca. 1900, owned by Ed and Courtney
See TOURS, 4 Ritzmann, is on the Perquimans Tour of Historic Homes, April 23-24.