QUIMANS
EEKLY
^News from Next Door”
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021
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Citizens Share Concerns With Town Council
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Monday’s Hertford Town
Council meeting prom
ised a lengthy agenda that
could’ve lasted long after
the midnight hour, but sev
eral items were taken off
the agenda to allow those
topics time to mature.
Mayor Pro Tern Ashley
Hodges said if Monday’s itin
erary had moved forward as
planned, he computed that
the meeting could’ve easi
ly lasted 24 hours if every
speaker used their fully al
lotted time limits for speak
ing.
Though the multi-hour
meeting was shorter by the
usual council standards,
longtime council watchers
still had a chance to see
tempers flare, insults fly
and parliamentary proce
dure brandished as Mayor
Earnell Brown moved the
sometimes contentious
meeting along. For a small
taste of this bile, see Martha
Border’s letter to the editor
on page A4.
One item that was strick
en from the agenda for the
time being was the Mayor
Brown’s written documen
tation on councilman Jack-
son’s fitness for office and
the Mayor’s letter from for
mer Mayor Sid Eley about
Jackson and Councilman
Frank Norman.
Perquimans Weekly is
making inquiries as to what
this item is all about, so stay
tuned.
Citizens’ concerns is
a portion of the meeting
where John Q Public can
voice his/her thoughts
about Town Hall.
Among the highlights
of citizens’ concerns was
a speech by Tini Brinn of
Front Street who spoke in
glowing terms of the prog
ress being made in Hertford.
He said when new residents
move into the community,
they ask two questions -
what’s up with town council
and what is being done to
eliminate blight.
Brinn noted how Zac-
chaeus Legal Services of
Trenton is bearing down
hard on those property
owners who owe back
taxes. On that note, Brinn
spoke about the longstand
ing need for code enforce
ment from Town Hall as a
means to reduce blight.
A point echoed by Rhon
da Waters of North Church
Street who said citizens
have a right to feel safe and
know that the structures
around the community are
of a sound nature.
See COUNCIL, A2
LEPER to
The Editor
Word
of Praise
Thank you to the Carolina
Moon Theater (http://caro-
linamoontheater.org/) for
returning in-person commu
nity theater to Hertford!
Along with 40 other area
residents, I enjoyed being
part, of the mask-off audi
ence for a close-in and often
edgy performance of Dave
Goss “Andy” and Lynne Ray
mond “Melissa”.
The play, “Love Letters”,
is a timely look back at the
humorous and humbling life
choices of two characters
who look back on a lifetime
of letter correspondence.
Lynne’s punchy and some
times shocking delivery
are complemented nicely
by Dave’s intonations and
facial expressions. Keep the
performances coming!
JENNIFER SPRING
Hertford
Editor’s Note: "Love
Letters” will be performed
at 7p.m. June 25 and June
26 at the Carolina Moon
Theater. Tickets can be
purchased online at car-
olinamoontheaker.org or
at Carolina Trophy at 109
N. Church Street, Hertford
Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m.
to If p.m.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Rick Durren, general manager of Biggs Cadillac, Buick, and CMC Trucks (second on the left), is
shown with Albemarle Railroad Club members (left to right) Karl Autrum, David Rigby, and Sam
Monds with a banner announcing the Biggs organization as a sponsor of the railroad club.
Biggs Cadillac, Buick, and GMC Trucks
Becomes Railroad Club Sponsor
BY DAVID RIGBY
For the Perquimans Weekly
The Biggs Cadillac, Buick, and
GMC Trucks dealership in Eliz
abeth City has become the first
sponsor of the Albemarle Railroad
Club.
According to Richard “Rick”
Durren, the general manager and
I vice president, “Biggs is proud to
| be the first local business to step
up and support these serious hob
byists.” Model railroading has in
terested Durren for years, includ
ing having an operating train set in
i the dealership showroom.
The Albemarle Railroad Club,
located in Elizabeth City, is a
See RAILROAD, A3
Round-up
Pirates’
Track Stars
and Moore
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
FILE PHOTO/DAILY ADVANCE
HO scale model railroads are fun to build.
A round-up of all things Per
quimans County...
Perquimans Chamber
of Commerce building/property
on West Market Street is for sale,
listed in late May, long and Fos
ter Real Estate has the property
posted for sale at $150,000.
When asked why the chamber
is selling the property, Chamber
Executive Director Katrina Leary
Mann said because the chamber
“needs a bigger area for con
ference room and to set up for
classroom.”
In other news, Perquimans
Arts League is presenting
See ROUND-UP, A3
JAYDEN WHITE
Perquimans Counh Schools Honor Rolls
Hertford Grammar School
2020-21 A/AB
Honor Roll
Quarter Four
Grade 3
A Honor Roll
Keira Abu-Zah
ra, Aubrey Ashley,
Easton Conway,
Andrew Davis,
Colton Dickson,
Brandon Hughes,
HERTFORD
GRAMMAR
Brody Griffin, Wil
liam Howell, Faith
Jackson, Noah
Lawson, Peyton
,Outlaw, Noah Pen-
dergraft, Emily
Russell, Ky’Miere
Saunders, Trayvis
Saunders, Bailey
Sawyer, Brycen
Stallings, Carter
Perquimans
Middle School
20-21 Honor RoU
Perquimans County
High School
Q4 Honor roll
2020-2021
Gavin Jones, Au
rora McMahon, Noah Miller, Ryan
Moreland, Olivia Ross, Krystal Ti
emann, Hayden Ward, Rory White
AB Honor Roll
Farrah Adams, Makayla Bailey,
Ronan Brown, James Cochran Jr.,
Hayley Colson, Kamarien Coulter,
Carson Diamond, Breena Garvey,
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Stoop, Avery Wa
ters, Lila West, Harris Winslow,
Thad Woodard, Willow Woods
Grade 4
A Honor Roll
Angelica Ainslie, Chase Baker,
Jacob Brewer, Landon Brinkley,
Marcus Byrum, Kayden Coulter,
Brody Dail, Madison Davenport,
Ethan Drew, Laciana Hodges,
Eliza Jethro, Mitchel Meads,
Andrew Mountjoy, Jacob Quim
by, Madilyn Rodriguez, Trevor
Rountree, Lillie Stallings, El
lie Thomas, Alayna VanHorn,
Kaylee Winslow
See HGS, A3
Quarter 4
6th Grade
Principal’s List
9th Grade
A Honor RoU
Kaylee Anderson, Morgan Baccus, Laura Bohn,
TaNiyah
Brothers,
Hayden Dail, Mahalia
Hodges, Scarlet Hooper,
Eleanor Howell, Kelvin
Linton,Mason Roberts,
Brianna Ross, Jason Vans-
coy, Chloe Ward, Jackson
Ward, Dallas Williams, Na
thaniel Williamson, Alyssa Winslow, Caden
Winslow
AZB Honor Roll
Ja’Shasti Nelson, Benjamin Biter, Amber
Boseman, Derrick Castillo, Bailey Cavanaugh,
Tanner Chappell, Evan Clayton, Emily Cop
persmith, Alexander Crowley, Airiana Dean,
Trevor Doman, Ariana Farrar, Sa’riyali Fletch
er, Cheyenne Freeman, Gabriel Gomez, Za’erha
See PCMS, A3
Daven Brabble, Dawson Brickhouse, Marleigh Coo ¬
per, Waylon Davenport, Megan Forbes, Vivien Lane,
Shavoris Lewis Jr., Celia
Manning, Dakota Mayo,
Nicholas Moxley, Jus
tin Richardson, Bristyle
Riddick, Holly Riddick,
Collin Roberts, Ashleigh
Russell, Breanne Shep
herd, Kenley Stallings,
Keralyn Stanley, Troy
Sutton, Ashlynn Ward,
Lucas Winslow
A/B Honor Roll
Tiffany Baxley, Camden Carroll, Kylie Cavanaugh,
Brianna Gilbert, Harlee Hunter, Cassie Hurdle, James
Hurdle, Jashad Kee, Haley Mathews, Brent Melton,
Jacob Nixon, Jedediah Ray, Nicole Russell, Hailey
Scott, Elizabeth Ward, Gary Weeks, Ky’ara Wilson
10th Grade
See PCHS, A3