Bertie County News

It is once again filing time for municipal elections in North Carolina. Elections offices in Bertie, Hertford and Northampton counties will be closed on Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day, but will reopen Monday morning when filing will officially begin.

Sometimes it pays to be a "pack rat"....especially when it comes to tracing the history of a particular issue.

Motorists using a stretch of NC 305 in Bertie County will soon find a smoother ride over this two-lane strip of asphalt.

WINDSOR a ' Bertie County Schools will continue to do business with a variety of food vendors.

A Bertie County man faces kidnapping and assault charges after police said he had an altercation with a woman on Barlow Road in Tarboro.

A man facing more than three dozen counts of animal cruelty is due in court in the East Wednesday.

" 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.

" Do you know an outstanding citizen of Bertie County? If you do, the Windsor-Bertie County Chamber of Commerce is seeking your input.

" 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.

" Bertie County Schools is working to put quality teachers in every classroom. With that goal in mind, the district has partnered with Teach for America to provide at least six teachers for the coming school year.

For the first time since a shooting left three people dead at a grocery store in eastern Carolina 16 years ago, lawmen have submitted DNA evidence to be analyzed, in hopes of catching the person responsible.

Bertie County Manager Zee Lamb officially presented the 2009-10 budget during the regular meeting of the county commissioners Monday night.

" The current ninth graders enrolled in Bertie County's public school system will not be moving.

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

" Judge Howard Manning has made it clear he isn't waiting forever to see changes in low-performing school districts across North Carolina.

" A month after rejecting both bids for Council on Aging food service, Bertie County has a new vendor.

" Nearly 50 animals were removed from a home on Mitchell Street here Thursday morning.

Animal urine and feces created a stench so bad neighbors were forced to call Bertie County Officials.

" Hundreds turned out for the first-ever Askewville Family Fest here Saturday. The day began with what many believe to be the first parade ever hosted by the small central Bertie County town.