Conetoe News

A Macclesfield man was injured and sent to the hospital Monday after he fell out of a truck, along with a couch, while traveling south on U.S. 258.

Only one new face will appear on Conetoe's Board of Commissioners early next year.

Edgecombe County residents will have several chances to apply for heating assistance without having to make a trip to the county Department of Social Services in Tarboro.

In Conetoe's mayoral race, incumbent Linda Ingram is being contested by Linda Jordan.

Seven community agencies who help Edgecombe residents with their health were awarded $98,000 from Heritage Hospital on Monday.

On Oct. 19, the 10 candidates running for town council and the mayorship of Conetoe will have their chance to make a public appeal to voters.

The Board of Elections was met with a flurry of activity on the last filing date Friday, as eight more candidates put their names on the ballots for Edgecombe County's municipal elections in the fall.

Three more candidates, an incumbent and two challengers, filed Wednesday to run in Edgecombe County's municipal elections in the fall.

Six more candidates filed Thursday for the fall's municipal elections in Edgecombe County, including two former Princeville officials and a former Tarboro official.

The gorgeous weather Tuesday brought out four more candidates to file for Edgecombe's municipal elections, two incumbents and two challengers.

Only two men filed for elections Friday and Monday for their respective Edgecombe municipal boards, a challenger in Conetoe and an incumbent in Macclesfield.

Only two more candidates filed Wednesday at the Edgecombe County Board of Elections for November's municipal elections, one incumbent and one challenger.

A Winterville man was charged with reckless driving, after the North Carolina Highway Patrol said he wrecked his truck Saturday on N.C. 33 between Pinetops and Conetoe.

Of the more than 30 municipal candidates up for reelection this year, six incumbents, and one challenger, officially declared their candidacies Monday.

John Faulkner operates radio equipment during the Amateur Radio Field Day at Nash County Emergency Operations Center.

Now that Edgecombe County's out of the drought conditions that plagued it over the last two years, Extension Director Art Bradley said so far, the county's "crops look decent." But Bradley and Conetoe farmer Wayne Harrell were quick to add Edgecombe could use "a decent shower" across its area.

Conetoe's Town Commissioners voted themselves a 10 percent raise last week, but none of the elected representatives in Edgecombe's County's smallest town want to talk about it.

Deed Transfers recently recorded at the Edgecombe County Register of deeds Office.

Time and time again, the school Summer Feeding Program has provided an avenue for parents to save a few dollars during lunch time.

Several residents were evacuated late last month in Princeville, due to what is thought to have been a gasoline spill at Bridgers Food Store on Main Street.