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M = CM — CH CM ^ S 11 "News from Next Door” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2023 $1.50 1 SC jjl SCAN ME PAGE A6 Church of the Holy Trinity to celebrate 175 years in May PAGE Bl Group spreads an ti-monument message with billboard PAGE B5 Pirates snap 10-game losing skid, Lady Pi rates win again Interim no more: Council names Cole Hertford’s manager Hodges: Move signals town has ‘leader for long haul’ BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer Hertford Town Council last week officially removed the “interim” from in front of Town Manager Janice Cole’s title. Cole, who has been serv ¬ COLE ing as the town’s in terim man ager for the past year, did not push for the change. “I was content as interim,” Cole said Wednesday during an interview following a community forum at the Hertford Housing Authority. Cole said she came on in order to help, and didn’t re alize when she started that it was going to take as much time as it has to get town operations back on a surer footing. “A year later I’m still here,” she said. Councilor Ashley Hodg es, the council’s mayor pro tern, said part of the coun cil’s goal in naming Cole permanent manager was to communicate to state offi cials and officials in other area municipalities that “this is our leader for the long haul.” Even though the board’s action Monday implies a new permanence to her role for the town, Cole said Wednesday that she still thinks of her work in tem porary terms. It’s just that temporary is turning out to be longer than Cole, a former U.S. attorney, state district court judge, and Perquimans County commissioner, expected. Cole said she still feels like she is in the town manager position in order to help the town move to a point where it will be a smoother transition for someone else to take over. When she started in Jan uary of last year, Cole said, she had town council meet ings marked on her calen dar through June, which reflected something of the timeframe she had in mind at that point. Town Council made the See COLE, A3 Making a better Hertford Dinner boat also biz opportunity PHOTOS BY REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Hertford Mayor Earnell Brown hosts a “meet and greet” community forum at the Hertford Housing Authority, Wednesday, Jan. 25. The event was designed to elicit ideas from Hertford citizens about the kinds of attractions and services they believe the town needs. Forum highlights progress, challenges Hertford resident Keith Rouse shares his ideas for making Hertford a better place during a community forum held Jan. 25 at the Hertford Housing Authority. AirBnB units being developed on 2nd stories of buildings BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer A community forum held last week at the Hertford Housing Authority focused on improvements to the town but also generated a wish-list of ideas from local residents. One of the things resi dents said they would like to see in Hertford is a hotel. Hertford Councilwoman Sandra Anderson said in re sponse that she thinks there is a “golden opportunity” in Hertford now for someone to build a hotel. Mayor Earnell Brown, who hosted the Jan. 25 fo rum, and Mayor Pro Tern Ashley Hodges mentioned that the town does have short-term rental units be ing developed on the sec ond stories of buildings downtown. See FORUM, A3 for area Harbor Towns Inc. hires Martine to compile caterer list BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer The dinner boat that Harbor Towns, Inc. plans to begin operating on area waterways later this spring won’t just be an entertain ment vessel. It also will be an eco nomic development tool. At a community forum hosted by Hertford Mayor Earnell Brown last week, Drive On Opens JOHN FOLEY/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Drive On Academy President Janice Smith (left) and Hertford Mayor Earnell Brown cut the ribbon at Drive On Academy’s new offices at 118 W Market St., Hertford, Tuesday. Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce Director Diane Cangemi (not shown) looks on. For story, see A3. caterers Town Councilor Ashley Hodges mentioned that Harbor Towns’ dinner boat cruises in the area also will be a business opportunity for local caterers. Brown added that peo ple could also hire local people to provide deco rating, entertainment and other services on dinner boat excursions. Asked Wednesday about the opportunities for cater ers, Peter Thomson of Har bor Towns, Inc. said the See BOAT, A3 TPW changing to Saturday publication Hinton to oversee PCSF’s HELP initiative Prizer: Change to take effect with Feb. 11 edition The Perquimans Weekly Starting with next week’s printed edition, The Perqui mans Weekly will be pub lished on Saturdays instead of Thursdays. That means instead of receiving the newspaper on 6 " 89076 47144 Vol. 88, No. 05 WWW.PerquimansWeekly.com @2021 Perquimans Weekly All Rights Reserved Thursday, Feb. 9, subscrib ers will receive it on Satur day, Feb. 11, and on Satur days thereafter. Readers of our print edition will still be getting the latest news, plus they’ll also be able to find out about more communi ty news and happenings as they occur. “We are focused on pro viding local communities with the freshest and most reliable news and in formation possible,” Publisher David Priz- 2 er said. “And our par ent company, Adams Publishing Group, continues to grow See CHANGE, A3 Retted educator to help students, families find lesources From staff reports When Joycelyn Hinton retired in June 2021 af ter 31 years with the Per quimans and Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, she likely thought her career as an educator had come to an end. But her retirement plans changed after the Perquim ans County Schools Foun dation received a $45,000 grant to create a new po sition to work closely with students and school offi cials through the PCSF’s new HELP initiative. HELP stands for Helping Every one Live Productively. The foundation received the grant from the HCWGMW donor ad vised fund, which sup- HINTON ports proj ects and programs addressing pov erty that also involve home lessness and education. The majority of the grant will be used employ ing someone “to assist struggling students and families, helping them to connect with resources existing within the commu nity, neighboring counties and churches,” the founda tion said in a press release. As school officials re viewed the goals of the new position, foundation officials said one name kept coming up again and again to fill it: Hinton’s. The retired educator also impressed the Foundation Board of Directors in her application for the job: “I am seeking a position that affords me the oppor tunity to assist with the success of children,” she wrote. “My desire is to as sist students and parents to help determine their needs, contact employers for pos sible employment oppor tunities, connect families with community resource agencies and provide gen eral support to struggling families.” After that, the founda tion “knew she was the person for the challenge,” Foundation Executive Di rector Brenda Lassiter said of Hinton. The board voted unanimously to approve hiring the retired educator at its January meeting. In her new role with the foundation, Hinton’s job title will be homeless liai son and she’ll be working closely with school admin istrators, counselors and social workers “to ensure all children receive neces sary resources at home and school to be successful,” the foundation said. Foundation President Carson Stallings said the board was excited that Hin ton agreed to accept the position. See HINTON, A3
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