QUIMANS
EEKLY
“News from Next Door”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020 $1.00
PAGE A6
Tri-County Animal
Shelter’s Pets of the
Week
PAGE Bl
Volleyball team’s
seniors honored during
game
PAGE B2
Stable owner offering
reward; says horses were
poisoned
Gas Line Rupture Spurs Evacuations
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A major transmission line
for Piedmont Natural Gas
ruptured Tuesday morning
during construction at the
Wynne Fork Road bridge,
prompting an evacuation of
nearby residences.
Piedmont Natural Gas
Spokesperson Jennifer
Sharpe said during bridge con
struction, the NC Department
of Transportation struck the
See GAS, A2
Shown on this map is the site (red dot) where a new bridge is being
constructed on Wynne Fork Road. A construction crew building the
bridge hit a gas line along the road Tuesday, causing a gas leak and
forcing evacuation of several buildings in Hertford.
Hertford Water Pressure
is Now Back to Normal
Low pressure, outages returned to normal in
reported after plant shut down Hertford on Tuesday fol
lowing several days of
low pressure and service
BY MILES LAYTON outages caused by the
Editor shutdown of the town’s
Water pressure levels See WATER, A3
Police Seek
Man After
Shooting,
Car Crash
FROM STAFF REPORTS
A juvenile is in custody
and authorities are seeking
another man following an
incident Friday that began
with a shooting in Hertford
and ended with a vehicle
striking a house in Eliza
beth City.
According to the Hert
ford Police Department,
officers heard what ap
peared to be gunshots in
the King and Stokes streets
area around 9:53 p.m. Fri
day. Officers found a man
on Stokes Street who had
been shot.
He was transported to a
hospital for treatment of a
non-life threatening injury.
It was not clear if the man
was still at the hospital on
Monday.
Officers located a red ve
hicle believed to have been
involved in the shooting
and attempted to stop it.
The vehicle failed to
stop however, and con
tinued across the Perqui
mans County line into
Pasquotank County, where
Pasquotank deputies also
attempted to stop the vehi
cle, said Sgt. Lamar Battle
of the Elizabeth City Police
Department.
The driver of the vehi
cle, identified by Battle as
a juvenile, lost control of
the vehicle on North Road
Street around 10 p.m. and
the car struck a house in
the 900 block of the street.
A male got out of the
vehicle and ran from the
scene, Battle said. He was
not apprehended.
Three other occupants,
including the driver, were
trapped in the car. All three
were transported to an
area hospital for treatment
of non-life threatening in
juries, he said.
A subsequent investiga
tion by city police deter
mined the vehicle involved
the accident had been re
ported stolen from the 100
block of Ward Street on
Nov. 25, Battle said.
Hertford police said the
See POLICE, A3
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‘Reverse’ Parade Delivers Holiday Spirit
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Saturday’s “Reverse” Parade -
a caravan of vehicles - through
downtown Hertford featured PQ
Schools’ bands playing, firetrucks
and more so as to get people in the
holiday spirit.
LEANN EURE
Eure's Goldendoodle, Dash, can’t
wait for Christmas to arrive.
This trio of
terrific women
do their best
to serve the
community.
(Right to left)
Superintendent
Tanya Turner,
Hertford Mayor
Earnell Brown,
and Anne
White, parade
marshal and
PQ Board of
Education
chairwoman.
Register of Deeds, Staff
Take Oaths of Office
Whatever Happened To:
Albemarle Railroad Club
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Jacqueline S. Frierson,
Register of Deeds of Perqui
mans Coumty and her staff
were given the oath of office
by Hertford Mayor Earnell
Brown on Monday morning,
Dec. 7.
Frierson was appointed to
office in September of 2013
and later elected in 2016 and
2020.
According to the Register
of Deeds’ website, the office
PHOTO BY LEANN EURE
That’s not a reindeer, but cute little 4-year-old Collins Eure.
That’s Santa Claus by Perquimans EMS. To
quote Buddy the Elf, “I know him!'’
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
provides many services to all
walks of life, whether the pro
fessional community or the
general public, all documents
pertaining to land transac
tions are recorded and main
tained in this office.
This office also issues mar
riage licenses, administers
notary oaths, retains military
discharges, cemetery records,
plats, genealogy information,
as well as other useful infor
mation.
See DEEDS, A3
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Because it is the Christmas
season, this country editor got to
thinking about model trains and
wondering what happened to the
Albemarle Railroad Club’s plans
to move to Hertford.
Earlier this year, the club
“lost” its lease in Elizabeth City
and was asked to leave the build
ing in early May. Without a place
to move to, the club members
had to break-up the various lay-
outs (4-5 in total) and store the
Round-up
Exodus
and Elliott
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A round-up of all things
Perquimans County...
Since this country
editor has to cover courts and
cops beat for the Perquimans
Weekly and Chowan Herald,
this nugget about Hertford
Town Councilman Quentin
Jackson came across my desk
early Monday morning.
Let me state up front - there
was NO arrest - just a ticket for
revoked license plates.
According to the Chowan
County Sheriff’s Office, a depu
ty discovered a vehicle that was
unoccupied around 11:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Cape Colony
neighborhood by the Northeast
ern Regional Air Port
During the investigation,
Jackson approached the deputy
and said it was his car. The
vehicle had revoked plates on
it and they were subsequently
seized and turned into NC DMV.
When the incident occurred,
Jackson told the deputy he
is the liaison between Town
Council and the Hertford Police
Department. A quick check
with the Police Chief Dennis
Brown indicated that HPD does
not have a liaison with council.
To be fair, whether serving as
council’s liaison to HPD or any
other Town Hall department is
an official or unofficial thing,
Jackson’s dedicated service
on council means he is knowl
edgeable about police matters
among other affairs in this
small town, same as any other
councilor.
Moreover, no one would
deny Jackson’s breadth of
knowledge about the police,
See ROUND UP, A3
items and materials in member’s
garages.
The group of model railroad
hobbyists, had reached an infor
mal agreement with Mayor Ear
nell Brown and Town Manager
Pam Hurdle, pending council
approval, to occupy the former
community center on Grubb
Street until* such time as other
town-owned facilities could be
offered to the club. Well, that pro
posal fell apart due to a perfect
storm of tumultuous Hertford
See RAILROAD, A3