Powellsville News

" By blinking, one will miss the small community of Trap, located on NC 42 between Powellsville and Colerain.

Authorities in Bertie County are investigating a weekend shooting that killed one person and wounded a second.

" Thanks to the kind heart of an Ahoskie man, six young puppies will live to see another day.

" Powellsville Mayor Thomas Asbell sought help from the Bertie County Board of Education here last week.

" While a construction timetable has yet to be developed, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced plans to replace two bridges spanning the Ahoskie Creek on US 13 South.

" Another senior civil servant is stepping off center stage. Windsor Commissioner O. Wint Hale has announced his intention not to seek reelection for his seat on the town board.

Mayoral filings have highlighted the early activity during the registration period for municipal elections.

" A decade-long project is nearing fruition. Tuesday afternoon, the town of Powellsville inched closer to awarding bids for a multi-million dollar sanitary sewer system improvement.

" A program that has been one of the most successful in Bertie County celebrated here Thursday.

" The good fortune of one Bertie County volunteer fire department is now shared with another.

" Small towns and big cities that dot the nation's map add to their fleet of emergency response vehicles throughout the year.