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"News from Next Door"
OCTOBER 18, 2017
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OCT 1 8 RED SOcents
Bridge agreement up for review this month
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The N.C. Department of
Transportation, US Coast
Guard and other parties in
volved in the final debate
over a replacement of Hert
ford’s S-Bridge, are being
asked to sign off on agree
ment this month so the proj
ect can proceed.
The Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) will so
lidify some of the finer de
tails of the $40 million plan
to build another swing-span
to replace the one built in
1927.
The project is several
years behind schedule. One
snag is because that part of
Hertford is considered an
historical district and any re
moving the old bridge auto
matically would have an ad
verse impact on the district
Because a federal permit
will be required to build
a new bridge, the federal
government was obliged to
do everything possible to
lessen any impact.
To reach that end, the
Town of Hertford and 12
residents representing the
group Citizens for the Pres
ervation and Growth of
Hertford were named con
curring parties in the MOA
process and allowed to pro
vide input.
A list of stipulations was
compiled on how the proj
ect should proceed. First,
the DOT agrees that before
it starts work it must pho
tograph the existing con
ditions of properties and
landscapes in the district,
including the old bridge.
The second point sets
out the design of the new
bridge.
That includes the require
ment for decorative pedes
trian lights that match the
streetlights already in the
town. There is also a re
quirement to build two ob
servational “bump outs” on
the bridge.
Jay McInnis, the project
engineer for DOT, said each
would be about 10 feet wide
and six feet deep and ex
tend off the sidewalk on the
bridge. The five-foot wide
sidewalk would extend from
Hertford to Winfall along the
east side of the bridge.
McInnis said ideally one
of “bump outs” would be
on the Hertford side of the
bridge and the other would
be on the Winfall side. How
ever if the final location of
the new bridge is too close
to Hertford, both “bump
outs” would be on the Win
fall side.
“We may have to shift
them,” he said.
The agreement also calls
of reusing the current bridge
plaque on the new bridge
along with the addition of a
second plaque for the new
See BRIDGE, 2
Foundation
elects new
officers
From Staff Reports
FIELDS of Faith
' The Perquimans County
Schools Foundation, Inc. re
cently elected Antoine Moore
as president and Todd Kemp
as vice president for the 2017-
2018 academic year.
MOORE
Moore is a
2003 gradu
ate of Perqui
mans High
School and
2007 gradu
ate of NC
State Univer
sity where he
earned a de
gree in Agri ¬
SUBMITTTED PHOTOS
cultural Communications and
Agricultural Business Manage
ment.
Brenda
Lassiter, the
executive
director of
the founda
tion, said
Moore has
been active
on the board
JOHNSON and provided
leadership
on the scholarship selection
committee for a number of
LAMB
Lassiter said.
years.
Kemp also
has been on
the founda
tion board
for a num
ber of years
and is active
and visible
in schools on
a daily basis,
“He probably has the most
KEMP
volunteer
hours of any
individual
that I know.
He serves as
a youth pas
tor at Bagley
Swamp and
is well ac-
quainted
with and has
a real desire to ensure stu
dents are successful.”
The board also approved
two new board members for
three year terms at the Octo
ber meeting.
Phil Johnson is employed
with Pepsi Bottling Ventures,
See FOUNDATION, 2
Top, groups
form circles to
- —- pray Sunday
during a Fields
of Faith event
at Perquimans
County High
School. About 180
people attended
the event. Right,
Students and
adults sit in
the stands for
the start of
Sunday’s Fields
of Faith event
at Perquimans
County High
School.
Belvidere
Day returns
on Oct. 28
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The fifth annual Bevidere Day
will be coming again on Oct. 28
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Doug Layden and a handful
of supporters started the event
to put a focus on what Belvi
dere had to offer.
“It’s grown every year since
then,” Layden said last week.
The event will feature food,
crafts, hay rides, raffles, prizes,
a cake bake off, a tractor race,
and a parade.
There will be events at
Layden’s Country Store, 1478
Belvidere Road, the Ruritan
Club building, The Nicolson
House and other locations.
Roughly every 30 minutes
from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
there will be somebody in the
dunking booth. The public can
pay $1 for a chance to throw
three balls and all the money
goes to local Ruritan Club for
projects like scholarships.
Those who will be getting
dunked will be: Glen White, 9:30
a.m.; Michael Stallings, 10 a.m.;
Henry Norman, 10:30 a.m., Matt
Norman, Noon; Tony Howard
from 252 Grill, 12:30 p.m., David
Stumsky, 1 p.m.; Sheriff Shelby
White, 1:30 p.m.; someone from
the Belvidere Fire Department,
2 p.m.; Tony Cook, 2:30 p.m. and
See BELVIDERE, 2
Christmas gifts sought for area seniors
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Workers assemble gift bags for seniors in the Albemarle area who
might not of had any presents last Christmas. The Hertford-based
Albemarle Commission is doing the program again this year.
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Ashley Lamb still wants
Santa Claus to come to older
residents in the northeast re
gion who may not any friends
or family that can bring Christ
mas this holiday season.
Lamb, an aging program
specialist with the Albemarle
Commission, said the group
was able to help last season in
part because of a grant from
SunEnergyl, a solar power de
veloper. The Santa for Seniors
grant provided money for gift
bags for seniors in the nutri
tion program in all 10 counties
in the region plus shelf stable
meals for the holidays for cli
ents in Camden, Chowan, Cur
rituck and Gates counties.
This year the Commission is try
ing the program without the grant.
Lamb said some seniors have no
family in the area, or any family at
all. Lamb wants to make sure they
get a little something at Christmas.
That includes members of area se
nior seniors, not just those in the
meal program.
The Commission is asking for
donations of blankets, towel sets,
socks/slippers for both men and
women; puzzle books; bath robes
for men and women, candies, sta
tionary and wall calendars.
“We want everybody to have
something,” Lamb said. “Last year
we sort of threw it together at the
last minute, but this year we’re
starting early.
Lamb said Hertford United
See SANTA, 2
Rotary concert to feature classic rock
From Staff Reports
The Rotary Club of Hert
ford will be hosting an eve
ning of “Classic Rock” for
its 12th annual scholarship
concert. The show will be
gin at 7 p.m. on Saturday
at the Perquimans High
School Auditorium.
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The Rotary Club of Hert
ford has been providing
scholarships for Perqui
mans County students each
year for the past 11 years.
Ad sales and ticket sales
for the concert are solely
used to fund the scholar
ships.
Earlier this year, $5,000 in
scholarships were awarded
to Perquimans County high
school graduates. The con
cert also funded a $1,000
scholarship administered
by the College of the Al ¬
bemarle for a Perquimans
County student.
The Rotary Club of
Hertford intends to pro
vide a similar amount for
scholarships in the spring
of 2018.
This year’s concert will
feature Savannah, a Nor
folk-based band, that has
been performing since 1977
in more than 30 states from
Florida to Connecticut and
as far west as Texas.
See CONCERT, 2
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Savannah
Band will
perform Oct.
21 at 7 p.m.
in the annual
Rotary Club
of Hertford
concert at the
Perquimans
County
High School
Auditorium.
For more
information
on tickets, call
426-5246.