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ERQUIMANS
Weekly
''News front Next Door"
AUGUST 11, 2010 - AUGUST 17, 2010
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Development rezoning sought
Houses, condos would
be built in New Hope
By CATHY WILSON
Staff' Writer
A Virginia Beach firm is seek
ing to rezone a 89-acre parcel of
land in the New Hope area to cre
ate The Moorings at Albemarle,
a large housing community fea
turing approximately 100 single
family lots as weU as additional
triplex waterfront condomini-
loms.
Operating under the name The
Moorings at Albermarle, LLC,
owner Bruce Exum, Sr. seeks to
develop parcels of land located
on Muddy Creek, Cross Neck,
and Hoyle Jones roads adjacent
to Long Beach Estates.
Derrick Smith, with East Car
olina Consulting, PLLC, said if
the rezoning and all permits are
approved, the development will
eventually offer speculation and
custom-built homes averaging
around $220,000 with those closer
Jo the waterfront costing more.
“It is a nice project, certain
ly not low income, not by any
means,” he added.
Fifteen buildings housing
three condos each are planned
for construction on the water
front.
Plans caU for the new commu
nity to operate with a centralized
wastewater treatment facility.
Smith says if aU goes weU, con
struction of speculation homes
could start in the spring of 2011.
Currently, the different par
cels of property are zoned rural
agriculture, and residential and
agriculture. The property seeks
to be rezoned residential and
agricultural which would allow
the condominiums under an ap
proved conditional use permit
(CUP). The rezoning request
went before the county’s plan
ning board last month, but was
tabled until Aug. 10 after a large
group of citizens turned out, pre
senting board members with a
petition showing the names of 52
people who oppose the proposed
project.
Those in opposition cited con
cerns over additional traffic,
blocked views by the large tri
plex buildings, increased strain
on infrastructure, utilities and
See WATERFRONT, 9
Plantation
plans new
lot section
From staff reports
Albemarle Plantation is
opening a new neighbor
hood featuring 30 home-
sites priced under $70,000.
The new neighborhood,
called Belmont, is “like a
little slice of Venice right
here in the Carolinas,”
says Chris Matoska, vice
president of sales at the
See PLANTATION, 9
Single
copy price
of PW to
increase
From staff reports
After nearly 20 years of
selling single copies of The
Perquimans Weekly for 35
cents, we are increasing
the newsstand price to 50
cents, effective August 18.
New bright blue boxes
wiU be installed with the
new single copy price next
week. Have your quarters
ready because the new box
es wiU only accept quarters
- no dimes or nickels. The
price is 50 cents at inside
dealer locations, as weU.
“We have not had a sin
gle copy price increase in
almost 20 years; however,
our subscription rates
have gone up,” said Ann
Hoffman, publisher of The
Perquimans Weekly, The
Daily Advance, and Chow
an Herald. “We believe the
value of The Perquimans
Weekly in keeping county
residents informed about
their community is weU
worth 50 cents a week to
those who prefer to buy the
paper from the box or deal
er rather than subscribe.”
The subscription prices
for home delivery of the
weekly paper will remain
the same. Home delivery of
the paper either by carrier
or by mail in Perquimans
County is $24.20 per year.
In addition, home delivery
subscribers may also sign
up for a free e-edition of
the paper, which allows the
subscriber to see the com
plete paper online in PDF
format as early as 5:30 a.m.
on the day of publication.
Subscription price for
The Perquimans Weekly
mailed outside of the
county but in North Caro
lina remains $29.50 per
year. Subscription price
for mailing the paper out-
See INCREASE, 4
Weekend
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Come on in!
Meals
delivered
with a
smile
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
S eeing the silver Dodge
Dakota pickup truck
puUing into the park
ing lot or driveway is almost
like ringing the dinner bell.
For the dozen or so
people who depend on Emile
LaPierre, the hot nutritious
lunch he brings to the table
is not only needed, but also
appreciated.
“We look forward to this
every day,” said Roberta
Hawk, who, along with her
husband, are just one stop
on LaPierre’s home de
livered meals route. Each
weekday, LaPierre, along
with 103 other volimteers in
Perquimans County, pick up
prepared lunches and deliv
er them to elderly residents
throughout the county as
part of the home delivered
meals program sponsored
through Albemarle Commis
sion.
Last Wednesday, home-
bound residents received
lunches made of chicken
parmesan, salad, garlic
bread, orange juice, brownie
and milk prepared by
Golden Coral in Elizabeth
City. Packed in separate in
sulated containers that keep
hot items hot and cold items
cold, LaPierre loaded his
truck with the containers,
and then drove to each stop.
The first stop on the day
was the housing authority
apartments on King Street
where he backed his truck
midway between the four
apartments he visits.
LaPierre, who retired here
in 2000 from Rhode Island,
quickly takes two complete
meals out of the insulated
carriers and places each
item on a small blue lunch
tray. With tray in hand,
he walks to an apartment,
knocks on the door, and en
ters, greeting each occupant
inside with a welcome as
' STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
Senior Howard Long (left) opens the door for Emile LaPierre who delivers lunch with the Home Delivered Meals program
In Perquimans County.
warm as the chicken parmesan
he places on the table.
He takes the time to talk with
the residents, checking to see if
they need anything.
“Sometimes ru give them a
hand,” he admitted. “I like to
do this. I don’t mind helping
people.”
LaPierre’s route includes other
stops in Hertford subdivisions
including 90-year-old Howard
Long and his wife, Inez.
Opening the door for LaPierre,
Long, who walks with a cane,
says the food is good and people
who bring the food are good. He
and LaPierre share a few jokes
before LaPierre leaves for his
next destination.
“You behave yourself,” LaPi
erre tells Long as he runs down
the porch steps on his way to his
next lunch stop.
Volunteers usually run routes
that include an average of five
stops which normally serves two
people per stop. The route takes
less than an hour to perform.
LaPierre takes on two routes,
delivering meals in both Hertford
and in Snug Harbor, where he
lives.
Residents who would share
their food with their pets out
of love and concern for their
animals are provided pet food as
weU.
Along with a hot meal for a pet
owner, LaPierre also delivered
five pounds of dry dog food for
the beloved dog. Peaches, at one
of his stops last Wednesday.
Kandy Williams, site manager
for the nutrition program at the
Perquimans Senior Center where
a congregate meal for active
seniors is served each day, says
volunteers who deliver meals
often check to make sure the
elderly residents at home are not
suffering in any way.
“Sometimes they wUl check to
make sure they have enough oil
in their tank during the winter, or
See MEALS, 5
Rabid animals attack twice in area
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Two reports of attacks
by rabid animals have oc
curred here in the past
week.
Sheriff Eric Tfiley said
a fox attacked two adults
walking in their back yard,
and a raccoon attacked a
dog inside a dog pen. Both
the fox and raccoon were
kUled and sent'to the state
lab for testing which deter
mined each suffered from
rabies.
In the first attack, two
adults were walking from
their swimming pool to
their Hopewell Road home
after an late-night swim
when the fox attacked, bit
ing both the man and the
woman. The man, Tfiley
said, fought the fox with
a baseball bat, killing the
animal. The attack was
unprovoked, and occurred
in the southern end of the
county
“They never saw the fox
coming at them,” Tfiley
said.
Both have already start
ed rabies prevention treat
ment, Tfiley added.
In the second attack,
which occurred at the oppo
site end of the county, a rac
coon climbed inside a dog
pen at a Chappanoke Road
home and attacked a Lab-
radore Retriever. When the
pet’s owner returned home,
the raccoon was found dead
inside the dog pen.
Tfiley encourages resi
dents to be cautious and
aware of any wild animals
in the yard, especially ones
acting strangely
“Don’t approach the ani
mal,” he said. “Call animal
control.”