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Anderson, Brothers win Town Council seats
Jackson, Norman lose
their bids for re-election
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
HERTFORD — First-time
candidates Sandra Ander
son and Connie Brothers
won seats on the Hertford
Town Council in the town’s
election Tuesday, Nov. 2.
According to election
results, Anderson finished
first in the six-candidate
race, collecting 321 votes,
or 28.18% of all ballots
cast. Brothers garnered 292
votes, or 25.64% of all bal
lots cast, to finish second.
Incumbent Councilor
Quentin Jackson fell short
in his re-election bid, finish
ing third with 177 votes, or
15.54%.
Former Councilor Gracie
Felton finished fourth, col
lecting 165 votes or 14.49%.
She was followed by first-
time candidate Martha Bor
ders, who finished with 140
votes or 12.29%.
Incumbent Councilor
Frank Norman III also lost
his bid for re-election, fin
ishing sixth with 43 votes or
3.78%
There was also one write-
in vote.
“I am happy,” Brothers
said at a victory celebration
after the early-vote count
was released early Tuesday
evening, Nov. 2. “I am ex
cited. We wanted a change.
The election wasn’t about
PHOTOS BY REGGIE PONDER
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Above: Hertford Town Council
candidate Connie Brothers (left)
reads one-stop voting results on
her phone at an election victory
celebration for her and fellow
candidate Sandra Anderson (right)
at the Historic Hertford Inc. building
on West Academy Street, Tuesday,
Nov. 2. Looking on is Brothers’
7-year-old grandson, Jeremiah Smith.
Brothers and Anderson finished first
and second in the election for two
Hertford Town Council seat#.
Maps put
Steinburg
in new
district
Senator plans to seek 3rd term
in newly drawn 2nd District
BY PAUL NIELSEN
Staff Writer
New legislative maps
have set up a primary be
tween two of the most con
servative Republicans in
the North
Carolina
See COUNCIL, A3
Left photo: Hertford Town Councilman
Quentin Jackson, flanked by
supporters June Gibbs (left) and
Muffin Hudson (right), waves to voters
outside the East Hertford precinct at
the Perquimans County Courthouse,
Tuesday, Nov. 2. Jackson lost his bid
for re-election to a second term.
Senate.
A new
state Sen ¬
ate map
given final
approval
by lawmak ¬
ers Friday
moves
state Sen.
Bob Stein ¬
burg,
R-Chowan,
from the
1st Sen ¬
ate Dis ¬
trict into
the newly
STEINBURG
SANDERSON
drawn 2nd
Senate District. The new
2nd District also includes
four-term
incumbent
Sen. Norman Sanderson,
R-Pamlico.
With the move, Steinburg
See STEINBURG, A7
Breast cancer survivors share stories
22H/T24 foundation
honored 16 survivors
at Oct. 30 banquet
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Breast cancer survivors
Kisha Darden and Kend
ra Bailey want women to
know that early detection
and comprehensive treat
ment can be lifesavers in
the battle with breast can
cer.
The two women were
among 16 breast can
cer survivors honored at
the 22H/T24 Scholarship
Foundation Breast Cancer
Awareness Banquet held
Saturday, Oct. 30.
Dr. Larry Honeyblue,
one of the event’s princi
pal organizers, noted that
speakers included Dr.
Baogana Liu from Sentara
Albemarle Medical Center
PHOTO COURTESY LARRY HONEYBLUE
Sixteen local breast cancer survivors were honored
at the 22H/T24 Scholarship Foundation’s first-ever
Breast Cancer Awareness Banquet held at Poole’s
Grove Baptist Church in Hertford, Saturday, Oct. 30.
The foundation was founded by Bobby Tolson and
Larry Honeyblue, both former student-athletes who
graduated from Perquimans County High School.
and Terriceda Calvin, a 10-
year breast cancer survivor
from Maryland who orga
nized a team to walk in the
Susan G. Komen 60-mile
walk over three days.
The event, held at Poole’s
Grove Baptist Church in
Hertford, was held to raise
awareness about cancer
and a new breast cancer
support group was formed
as a result of the event.
Half of the event pro
ceeds are going to the sup
port group and the remain
der will go to the 22H/T24
Scholarship Foundation.
More than 80 people at
tended the banquet, includ
ing 16 breast cancer survi
vors.
“The courage and
strength in those beautiful
women was admired by
many who were in atten
dance,” Honeyblue said.
Darden, who was diag
nosed with breast cancer
in January 2017, has had a
double mastectomy and 25
rounds of radiation and re
mains on medication.
Now she is doing “pret
ty good,” she said. She still
keeps regular appoint
ments.
See SURVIVORS, A3
Sheriff’s Office to be
fully staffed Dec. 1
White expects Hertford policing
transition to take 6 months
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Perquimans County Sher
iff Shelby White expects
his department will be fully
staffed by Dec. 1 and its han
dling of policing in the town
of Hertford will be operating
smoothly by mid-Januaiy.
The Perquimans Sheriff’s
Office took over law enforce
ment responsibilities in Hert
ford under a contract with
the town that went into ef
fect July 1. White said during
the first week of July that he
expected it would take six
months for the new arrange
ment to be working smooth
ly, and he said last week that
timetable appears to be hold
ing true.
WHITE
At Per
quimans
commis
sioners’
Nov. 1 meet
ing, Com
missioner
Joseph
H o f f 1 e r
asked
White how
the transition was going.
“It has been extremely
busy,” White responded.
White reiterated that he
thought it would take six
months before his office’s
policing of Hertford was run
ning smoothly.
White told The Perquim
ans Weekly last week that
call volume has been high but
that behind-the-scenes work
related to the transition also
has been taxing.
See SHERIFF, A3
County approves funding for 911 emergency center upgrades
Heath: Cost of replacing four
consoles at 911 Center is $484K
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Perquimans County is replac
ing aged-out equipment in the 911
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emergency communications cen
ter.
The county Board of Commis
sioners approved budget amend
ments for the project at the board’s
regular meeting Nov. 1.
“We are pleased to be able to
proceed with this much-needed
equipment upgrade in the 911
Center and appreciate the contin
ued support of the county com
missioners to provide quality ser
vices for our citizens and visitors,”
said Jonathan Nixon, director of
Perquimans County Emergency
Services.
County Manager Frank Heath
explained to the board that the
funds are for upgrading the radio
consoles in the 911 center.
The cost is $484,088 to replace
four Motorola console positions,
Heath said.
State 911 emergency commu
nication funds and local dispatch
fees are being used to pay for the
project, he said.
The board approved bud
get amendments appropriating
$39,956 in municipal dispatch
fees, $140,796 in emergency 911
fees and $230,683 in fund balance
for the equipment upgrades.
Julie Solesbee, communica
tions director for Perquimans
County emergency services, said
the project will upgrade all of the
radio console positions in the pri
mary 911 Center, replacing cur
rent equipment that will be con
sidered end- -of-life on Dec. 31 of
this year. Motorola cannot guaran
tee that it will be able to repair the
equipment past the life cycle date,
Solesbee explained.
The county is buying and in
stalling four Motorola radio con
soles that are located in the Pri
mary 911 Center.
The total project cost is
$484,088 and a large portion of the
funds will come from the State 911
Fund balance, according to Soles
bee.
The county is also allocating
$39,956 in local dispatch fees to
cover the remaining expenses for
the project.
“The revenue stream identi
fied came from payments made
by the town of Hertford for back
payment related to 911 Center
operational fees,” according to
Solesbee.
Since Perquimans 911 serves
as the backup 911 Center loca
tion for the Chowan 911 Center, it
will have a simultaneous project
updating its radio equipment and
installing three Motorola radio
consoles, in addition to the work
being done in Perquimans.