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“What has happened to Princess” was the question PETA Assistant Director of Local Affairs Rachel Bellis asked the Bertie County Commissioners last Monday after speculation Princess and two of her four puppies had died due to neglect.
Bertie County is actively searching for a candidate to fill the Bertie County Clerk to the Board/Executive Assistant position that became vacant when LaShonda Cartwright resigned her position last month.
Bertie County Department of Social Services Board Chair James Lee offered praise for DSS Director Daphine Little during the Public Comment session at a recent meeting of the Bertie County Commissioners.
It may have been the first time in history no citizens showed up for a public hearing on taxes in Bertie County.
While the champagne may have been missing from the event, such drinks were partially the reason the checks from the Bertie County ABC store revenue were being passed out in the first place.
Two separate shootings have occurred over the last two weeks that have citizens concerned. One was in Kelford and one in Aulander.
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Those who know, know that the content you see on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, is primarily content you spend the most time looking at. They utilize an algorithm to show you what they believe you will be most likely to look at the longest.
Bertie High School’s track teams competed in a three-team nonconference meet at Rocky Mount High School on Monday.
Women’s college basketball got record viewers, Dawn Staley is making South Carolina a dynasty, Dan Hurley has led UConn to back to back championships, the NBA and NHL playoffs are set to begin and the NFL draft is two weeks away. It’s a busy part of the sports calendar.
Chowan County commissioners have approved a plan to build box seats at Historic Hicks field for corporate and private parties.
Roanoke logperch populations found in twice as many streams since listing as a result of survey and dam-removal efforts led by the Service and its partners
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- Little lauded for work at Bertie DSS
- Bond was a major influence
- ABC Board delivers funds
- Cordon pastors two church in Bertie Co.
- Two shootings being investigated
- Commissioners approve new occupancy tax
- County clerk set to leave current position
- PETA official: What happened to Princess
- Chowan Co. commissioners approve skybox seats at Hicks Field
- Animal shelter bids rejected, project on hold
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As a kid, I can always remember the ashtray in my dad’s car always being full, but not of cigarette butts. No, this is where he would put his sacred spare change. It wasn’t stored there to buy us kids penny candy and a Slurpee.
A few days ago, with my wife and family, I drove along I-77 up into Virginia and turned west on I-81 driving alongside large, luscious, spring green pastures towards historic Abingdon, home of the Barter Theater.
I entered Bertie High School in the Fall of 1985 with both trepidation and excitement.
What did the Democrats in Ohio do in the recent Republican U.S. Senate primary that North Carolina Democrats did not have to do?
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It’s Strawberry Season in Eastern North Carolina! Those beautiful red jewels are glowing in strawberry patches across our region.
Ten years ago then Bertie County Schools Superintendent Elaine White was an advocate for more adequate teacher housing in Bertie County. White’s dream has come true.
Most of us have become accustomed to living in a world of “breaking news.” Information in quantities past generations could never have conceived bombard us constantly, even when we would rather shut it out.
Different areas of the South have their signature one-pot wonders. Texas has its Chili, Virginia has its Brunswick Stew and the Deep South has its Gumbo. All three dishes have hundreds of variations depending on a family recipe or region.
Why did Jesus come to earth? At Christmas, we often say that Jesus was born to die. When Easter comes, we say that Jesus became our substitutionary atonement, or what is sometimes called vicarious atonement in theological study.