Pinetops News

State Rep. Joe Tolson, D-Edgecombe, expressed his excitement to the Tarboro Rotary Club on Thursday about his recent two-week-long trip to China.

All of Pinetops was without electricity around an hour early this morning, with power completely restored by 5:30 a.m. Pinetops Assistant Town Administrator Brenda Harrell said the outage occurred around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, when a large tree fell and brought down three "main power lines" on North Second Street.

A Christmas without a tree, lights, or bows was the kind of holiday Juanita Royal-Burgess of Princeville was anticipating until she found decorations within her price range on Black Friday.

" Eight Virginians are behind bars in Hertford County following an incident Sunday afternoon which may have been in retaliation for last week's murder of Johnny Parker Jr.

" A team of investigators are probing a deadly shooting that occurred here Tuesday.

Three local volunteer fire departments received grants from the N.C. Department of Insurance this month.

More than 250 people showed at Nash Community College for the eight newest inductees into the Twin County Museum & Hall of Fame Thursday night at Nash Community College.

ABB's charitable organization, the ABB Foundation, is set to donate food and money earned from an employee-sponsored food drive to Tarboro Community Outreach.

If so, you may want to head on over to Edgecombe Memorial Library in Tarboro or the branch at Pinetops.

Area Christmas parade organizers are getting their events ready, as applicants are already reserving their spots for the ones held in Tarboro, Pinetops and Princeville.

An 83-year-old Tarboro man died Thursday after a traffic accident, when police said he pulled out in front of an oncoming vehicle at the Speight Avenue and Western Boulevard intersection.

Much of Edgecombe County was spared from widespread outages and with no reports of homes damaged from the heavy rain and high winds Wednesday.

Norfleet Sugg of Pinetops said that men like Charles "Keith" Chapman make Edgecombe County one of the most important places in North Carolina.

Voters have been trickling in and out of area polling sites today to choose new municipal leaders, election officials said, reporting low to moderate turnout.

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.

Seven towns in Edgecombe County will hold races for board and mayoral seats in the Nov.

Work has begun in Pinetops this week to install more than 11,000 linear feet of water line throughout the town.

My friend Mary wrote the other day to tell me of her grandfathera s dilemma. Hea s involved in important litigation aimed at saving his farm, his family business, and hundreds of agricultural jobs in North Carolina.

If the rain and cold weather would hold off for a few more weeks, Extension Director Art Bradley and Edgecombe County cotton growers would be happier.

Early voting for the Tarboro, Princeville and Pinetops' municipal elections begins today in the Edgecombe County Administration Building.