THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2023 $1.50
“News from Next Door”
0 SCANME
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Bridge project
gets $110M fed
grant
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Library re
ceives donation
from disbanded
research group
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Seniors gear
ing up for start
of Albemarle
Senior Games
Town, county, schools see facility projects in 2023
Hertford also eyeing financial
management improvements
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Local government offi
cials see a number of eco
nomic development and
facility improvement proj
ects ahead for Perquimans
County in the coming year.
In Hertford, town offi
cials expect 2023 to be a
year of continued improve
ment in fiscal management,
infrastructure upgrades and
community development.
A high-speed ferry is
scheduled to begin in the
spring, offering visitors a
new way to get to the town.
And town officials are
hoping to make continued
strides in improving what
people see when they arrive
in Hertford.
Along with the launch
ing of the ferry, Hertford
and Perquimans County
officials are working to con
tinue growing tourism and
visitation to the town and
county.
interim Town Manager
Janice Cole said Hertford
officials, as they look to
2023, hope to continue to
show that the town is fiscal
ly and financially responsi
ble, with a goal of eventual
ly coming off the N.C. Local
Government Commission’s
Unit Assistance List.
The UAL is a state watch-
list of towns and cities in
some degree of fiscal dis
tress.
At its regular meeting
in December, the Hertford
Town Council voted to hire
financial services firm First
Tryon at a cost of $35,000
to develop a model of town
finances. The model will be
designed to correlate the
town’s debt, fund balance,
spending, revenues, inter
est, and other variables to
determine short- and long-
term impacts of purchasing,
spending and borrowing de
cisions.
The model is expected
to be ready by the time
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PHOTO COURTESY NICK DIDOW
The town of Hertford plans to use part of its $725,000
Rural Transformation grant to improve access to
the public docks where the Anticipation V, a dinner-
excursion boat, will be moored when it starts visiting
the town next spring.
All the buzz
Davis: Mandate is
to seek solutions,
bipartisanship
PHOTO COURTESY BEEKEEPERS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Beekeepers of Chowan County members (l-r) Marvin Hare, Stuart Morris and Ron Cummings build the club's
centralized apiary on Brayhill Road in Edenton. Club members will be teaching an introductory beekeepers class
at College of The Albemarle’s Edenton-Chowan campus starting Jan. 31.
Chowan group to offer beekeeping course
5-week course at E-Chowan
campus will start Jan. 31
BY JOHN FOLEY
Staff Writer
Even though the Bee-
keepers of Chowan Coun
ty’s apiary is located on
Brayhill Road in Edenton,
beekeeping enthusiasts
from around the area are
invited to join the organiza
tion.
Hertford resident Eliza
beth Towe, for example, is
the group’s current presi
dent.
“Our Beekeepers club
is dedicated to teach and
encourage better meth
ods among' beekeepers of
Chowan County to promote
cooperation and sharing,
to reach a common under
standing regarding (club
members’ beekeeping)
problems and their solution,
said Towe. “We also aim to
maintain friendly and help
ful relations with the North
Carolina State Bee Associa
tion.”
The club was formed in
2019 and maintained small
apiaries at a variety of lo
cations until 2021 when the
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New congressman was
sworn in for first term Tuesday
BY GINGER LIVINGSTON
The Daily Reflector
GREENVILLE — The
1st District’s new congress
man-elect believes there is
room for bipartisanship in
the 118th Congress and is
seeking it out at every op
portunity.
U.S. Rep.-elect Don
Davis spent the last sev
en weeks in orientation
sessions, workshops and
interviews prior to being
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New U.S. Congressman Don Davis poses on the steps
of the U.S. Capitol. Davis, who was elected on Nov. 8,
spent the last seven weeks in orientation sessions,
workshops and interviews prior to being officially
sworn in Tuesday as a member of the 118th U.S.
Congress.
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Davis announces staff picks
for offices in district, DC.
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sworn in as a member of
the 118th Congress on
Tuesday.
He learned a month ago
his office in the Longworth
House Office Building
once belonged to the late
U.S. Sen. John McCain
when McCain was first
elected to Congress. Da-
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Gates woman died
in Dec. 10 accident
Local motorist cited for school bus collision
Harvey’s SUV collided with
car on US 17 near Hertford
From staff reports
A Gates County woman
was killed Dec. 10 after the
vehicle she was driving was
struck by another vehicle
on U.S. Highway 17 near
Hertford.
Marion Harvey, 75, was
killed when the 2019 GMC
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sport utility vehicle she was
driving was struck by Im on-
coming vehicle just before
noon, Saturday, Dec. 10,
said Sgt. Beau Daniel, of the
N.C. Highway Patrol.
Harvey failed to yield the
right of way as she was turn
ing right off Wiggins Road
onto U.S. 17 when her ve
hicle was struck by a south-
bound 2013 Hyundai sedan
driven by Gerena Thomas,
24, Daniel said.
Daniel, citing the
responding trooper’s
accident report, said
2 he was unsure of
Thomas’ place of res
idence.
Thomas was
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This reader-submitted photo shows a 2008 white
Suzuki station wagon after it collided with a
Perquimans County Schools bus Wednesday, Dec. 21.
The driver of the vehicle has been charged with failure
to reduce speed to avoid a collision. The blue smudge
on the vehicle was added by the reader who submitted
the photo.
Mize cited for failure to reduce
speed in Dec. 21 accident
BY CHRIS DAY
The Daily Advance
A Hertford woman has
been charged with a traf
fic violation in connection
with last week’s accident
involving a Perquimans
County school bus carry
ing students home for their
Christmas break.
Trinity I. Mize, of the 160
block of W. Island Trail,
Hertford, was charged with
failure to reduce speed to
avoid a collision, said Sgt.
Beau Daniel, of the N.C.
Highway Patrol. Daniel
was not sure of Mize’s age
and the N.C. Highway Pa
trol’s collision report does
not list it.
The accident occurred at
around 12:57 p.m. Wednes
day, Dec. 21, as Perquimans
County Schools Bus 129
was stopped in the right
northbound lane of the 430
block of U.S. 17 to drop off
a child, Daniel said.
Mize, who also was trav
eling north in a 2008 Suzuki
station wagon, struck the
left rear corner of the bus
while she was moving to
the left lane, Daniel said.
The station wagon came
a controlled stop in the
median, the patrol’s report
states.
Reporters saw the sta
tion wagon being towed
from the scene with exten
sive damage to the front
right side.
At the time of the
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