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“News from Next Door" WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 Pirates run past conference rival Bruins, 4 $1.00 Commission approves plans for new housing development BY MILES LAYTON Editor Perquimans County Com mission unanimously ap proved a zoning request that would permit the creation of a new housing development by Albemarle Plantation. During Monday’s meet ing, commissioners listened to arguments pro and con as to whether they should approve Perquimans Devel opment Company’s plans to transform 1,500 acres of farmland into a 30-year phased development that may eventually have 2,400 residential units, 273 of which are townhomes/ condominiums. Associated commercial development may include a hotel with up to 80 rooms and two restau rants that would each seat up to 125 people. Bobby Masters, an execu tive with Perquimans Devel opment Company, shared his insight as to the scope of the development. “I’ve been involved in this business for 30 years and I probably can’t name one community where all the density that was originally approved was actually built out,” said Masteis, general manager of Albemarle Plan tation. “I think you have to adjust to the marketplace. The biggest demand for amenity these days is natu ral areas, walking trails and getting people back in touch with nature. As we move through this and develop our marketing programs, it’s very likely that some of these areas perhaps will be turned into more parkland and whatnot, but we had to know what our master plan was and what we had to work with. Then, we will go in and respond to the mar ketplace accordingly.” Water, sewer, roads, stormwater planning, police and fire protection would be added as the develop ment, which may come to be known as Albemarle Preserve, evolves in the eastern end of the county by Harvey Point Road near Holiday Lane and continues northeast to the Perquimans River, where a marina may be built. Pending market forces, development of a maximum of 150 lots at a time could start as soon as 2021. County’s water service is able handle the additional load of up to 320 lots, but beyond that would require changes to the system. The county’s Planning Board approved zoning and See COMMISSION, A2 Forensic Files relaunches with Lico’s help BY MILES LAYTON Editor While world-renowned television executive Gary Lico of Hertford was in Eu rope in recent weeks, he made a quick phone call to his favorite local newspa per, the Perquimans Weekly, to share the big news. LICO Produc tion is un derway for new epi sodes of Fo rensic Files, the world’s most suc cessful true crime/inves tigation television series. Forensic Files, a pioneer See LICO, A2 Election results posted to web Staff reports Are you wondering where the town election re sults are in this week’s Per quimans Weekly? We thought you might be. We always strive to pro vide election results as soon as possible. However, we were still at work Tuesday night compiling the vote totals, long after our weekly press time. They are, of course, on the Daily Advance See ELECTION, A3 PHOTOS BY MILES LAYTON /STAFF WRITER Hertford Halloween extravaganza Staff reports Nearly 200 kids wore their best Halloween cos tumes during Hertford’s trick-or-treat celebration last Thursday through downtown. There were a lot of spidermen, a Hulk, princess, Wonder woman and maybe a cute cup cake plus countless other costumes. Candy that was given out by merchants and homeowners ranged from chocolate to Skit tles. All in all, many kids ended the evening with smiles on their faces and sacks full of candy. Pho tos by Perquimans Weekly all-star Beverly Alexander — thanks for giving candy out! Staff writer Miles Lay- ton can be reached at mlayton@ncweeklies. com Layton to lead paper Staff reports Adams Publishing Group announces the hiring of Miles Layton as editor of the Perquimans Weekly. LAYTON Layton, who previ ously worked as a editor/ staff writer for the Chow an Herald, has won various press associ ation awards in North Carolina, Pennsylva nia and West Virginia “We are so fortunate to have Miles at the editorial helm,” said Robin Quillon, publisher of The Daily Ad vance, The Perquimans Week ly and Chowan Herald. “His enthusiasm and love for jour nalism excellence will help us propel the Perquimans Weekly to new and exciting heights.” Prior to joining The Per quimans Weekly, Layton worked for newspapers large and small during his career as a reporter and ed itor. After graduating from East Carolina University, Layton owned and edited his own weekly newspaper before attending law school at the University of Toledo. He then attended graduate See EDITOR, A2 Meet Your Neighbor Ex-Congressman finds home in Hertford Homecoming King & Queen BY MILES LAYTON Editor The walls of Dick Schul ze’s condo are lined with photos of world leaders, past and present. Each pic ture has a story to tell about how Schulze, a retired Pennsylvania congressman now living in Perquimans County, came to know world leaders such as Pres ident Ronald Reagan, Egyp tian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Schulze, now 90, served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives between 1975 and 1993. A Republican, Schulze’s dis trict encompassed portions of Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties in the western Philadelphia sub urbs. During his career in the House, Schulze rose to serve 89076 47144 2 6 BY MILES LAYTON /STAFF WRITER Richard Schulze, a retired Pennsylvania congressman, has a wealth of stories to share about his life and times. During Schulze’s tour of duty in congress, he worked closely with President Reagan and other leading politicians,Though Schulze has traveled across the globe, he has never lost the common touch and calls Hertford home. as a top-ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee and the senior Republican member on the Oversight Subcommit tee. He also served op the Armed Services Committee and Banking. He chaired the Republican Study Commit tee, and was the Republican Whip for Pennsylvania. A few years after Schulze retired, he bought a condo in 1999 at Albemarle Planta tion where he lives with his wife, Nancy. “What attracted Us here were the people.... The peo ple are wonderful,” he said. The couple could have lived anywhere — even remain in Washington DC where they have a place that Congressman Greg Murphy is staying at as he transi tions to his new job. But Dick and Nancy Schulze chose to live out side a small town far away from cosmopolitan lifestyle. “I grew up in an area where neighbors knew neighbors, you didn’t have to lock doors, kids would go and come back when it was dark,” Dick Schulze said. “That’s the way it is here. If you really need something, almost any of your neigh bors — if they have it, they’ll give it to you. They’ll help you. If people know about it, they’re going to help you. That’s the way the country should be.” Their condo is a short hop to the golf course and the Albemarle Sound — a split second decision to buy the place was made during a trip through northeastern NC. Schulze said he was looking for some place See SCHULZE, A2 SUBMITTED PHOTO Makayla Williams and Anthony Griswald were crowned the Queen and King of Homecoming at Perquimans County High School. Williams is a senior and vice president of the-Student Government Association, secretary of the INTERACT club, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Hertford, Nursing Aide I student at COA, where she was recently awarded the State Employee’s Credit Union (SECU) Bridge to Career Program Scholarship for the 2019- 2020 semester. She is also a Theater Arts member and Varsity Cheerleader and member of the LEAD club. Williams’ parents are Rebecca and Chris Murray Griswald is a senior and is the starting kicker-tor the football team. His parents are Rachel Taylor and Christopher Griswald.
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