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Hertford OKs Grubb Street rezoning for bakery expansion
House may develop
mixed-use center
REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Hertford Town Coun
cil Monday approved the
rezoning of a former tex
tile mill site on Grubb Street
that a local businessman
plans to renovate as a mixed-
use commercial center.
Henry House, owner of
Carolina Moon Bakery in
downtown Hertford, told
Town Council that the busi
ness needs additional space
in order to expand. He said
the plan is to keep the bak
ery in its downtown location
but open a production facil
ity offsite to enable whole
sale operations and overall
expansion of the business.
The former textile mill site
bounded by Grubb Street,
Perry Street, Woodland Street
and Willow Street is larger
than what it is needed for the
bakery production facility, so
his plan is to develop a mixed-
use commercial center that
would include the bakery
production facility, a cater
ing kitchen, a restaurant, and
a community market that
would sell food staples and
other basic food items, House
explained.
The council voted unan
imously to approve the
rezoning of the four parcels
that make up the site from
the current R-8 residential
zoning to a new C-2 com
mercial zoning. The action
was made contingent on
House closing on the pur
chase of the property no
later that Nov. 14.
House said that he not
only is interested in expand
ing his own business but also
in renovating the abandoned
building and improving
property values in the town.
“We want to embolden
our local community to
make an investment within
itself,” House said.
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Hertford Town Council agreed to rezone this site on Grubb
Street from residential to commercial to accommodate
Henry House's plan to renovate a former textile mill on the
site into a mixed-use commercial center.
Getting an early start
CHRIS DAY/THE DAILY ADVANCE
Gov. Roy Cooper sits on the floor while visiting with two toddlers and teachers Valeria Johnson (left) and Marjorie Hassel
(not shown) at The Learning Center of Perquimans County, Thursday, Aug. 10.
Hertford hopefuls
weigh in on Cole,
town’s direction
Cooper stresses child care funding
REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
At least half the candi
dates in Hertford’s Nov. 7
municipal election say they
approve ofthe direction the
town has taken under the
leadership ofTown Man
ager Janice Cole and the
current council since Cole
started in January 2022.
The candidates note that
since Cole became the town
manager, the town has gar
nered 2 number of grants
to begin addressing infra
structure, stabilized town
finances, grown down-
town business and begun to
address dilapidated struc
tures in the town.
Candidates for mayor
and town council were
asked the following ques
tion: “Are you pleased with
the direction the town
Rouse
Hodges
Waters
ferently?”
has taken
under the
leader
ship ofthe
current
council
and Town
Man-
agerjan-
ice Cole?
What do
you like
or not
like about
what is
being
done cur
rently?
What
if any
thing do
you think
should be
done dif-
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REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
HERTFORD — Gov.
Roy Cooper said state law
makers need to make a sig
nificant investment in early
childhood programs during
his visit to an early child
hood education center in
Hertford last week.
Cooper apologized to a
group of children for inter
rupting their story time as
he stepped into The Learn
ing Center of Perquimans
County on Thursday, Aug.
10.
“Books are that much
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fun,”he agreed when kids
told him they like looking at
books.
One ofthe children said
Curious George was his
favorite monkey, and Coo
per responded that Curi
ous George is a favorite of
his, too.
The governor listened
to pre-school teachers as
they talked about the chal
lenges of operating the cen>
ter during the COVID-19
pandemic. Cooper said he
knows about the challenges
of early childhood education
even through the experience
of his own family.
“My daughter teaches
preschool so I know that it
can be challenging,”he said.
He said he appreciates
what teachers do every day
for young children.
“Thank you guys for what
letting us spend a few min
utes, and thank you for what
you do,’’Cooper said.
Cooper said it makes
a difference for children
when they start young with
a quality pre-school edu
cation. He said any kinder
garten teacher in the state
will say that they can tell
from the first day which
kids have had a quality pre-
school education and which
have not.
The governor said in rural
areas especially, early child
hood education is a signifi
cant challenge. But he said
he can see the difference the
teachers at The Learning
Center are making for chil
dren.
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Winfall candidates
differ on policing
Several believe
town will hire
full-time officer
REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
WINFALL — Candi
dates for mayor and town
council in Winfall’s Nov.
7 election have differ
ing views on how the town
should handle policing.
While one candidate for
town council thought pur
suing a short-term con
tract with the Perquimans
County Sheriff’s Office for
law enforcement protec
tion in the town was a good
idea, the two other council
candidates and two may-
oral candidates did not.
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Wallace held 10 summer golf camps at Sounds GolfLinks
Golf pro looks to
expand AP's reach
DAVID GOUGH
The Daily Advance
HERTFORD — Mary Eliza
beth Wallace has had a busy summer
at Albemarle Plantation this year.
Wallace, PGA Director of
Instruction at the Sound Golf
Links, held her 10th and final
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junior golf camp for kids ages 6-14
last week. Kills from as far away as
Moyock participated. The camps
were so successful, the 24-year-
old Wallace said she plans to host
them again next summer.
Wallace, who started her job
with Albemarle Plantation in
February, said her job is to try to
“modernize” the gated communi
ty’s golfing facility and expand its
reach.
“They had kind of been stuck,
not getting a whole lot of play out
side ofthe gated community,” she
said. “They added me to the team
so I could have more outreach
to Edenton and Elizabeth City,
which I started doing that.”
Wallace is the first person at
Albemarle Plantation to ever hold
the title of Director of Instruc
tion and she has multiple instruc
tional events planned to help oth
ers improve their skills.
Starting on Saturday, Aug. 26,
the Sound GolfLinks will host an
eight-week Operation 36 course.
The idea behind Operation 36,
which is designed for kids and will
be held every Saturday from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m., is to teach the game
“backwards.”
For example, kids will learn
about putting the first week.
They’ll learn about chipping the
next week, followed the next week
by learning to hit the ball from
50 yards deeper until they finally
reach the tee boxes.
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SUBMITTED PHOTO
Mary Elizabeth Wallace (right) instructs a youngster during one of the
10 junior golf camps she held this summer at Sound Golf Links at Albe
marle Plantation. Wallace is the first-ever PGA Director of Instruction at
the Sound Golf Links.