Camden County News

George Ramsay demonstrates how a Shingle Lighter boat is maneuvered, Wednesday, Ramsay built the boat based on only two known drawings of the vessel that will be on display on the Great Dismal Swamp canal trail.

With wind energy is picking up speed in North Carolina and soon to become a reality in Pamlico Sound, many local officials think the Albemarle Sound could be a prime area for wind farms.

Staff Photo by Justin FallsCamden Sheriff's Sgt. Wilton Forbes locks the door to the Sheriff's Satellite office at 200 Main Street in South Mills, Friday.

Tim Aydlett and his brother Mike Aydlett set up a temporary moonshine still on Canal Road in the Dismal Swamp State Park.

Efforts by state mental health officials to get to the bottom of the fiscal meltdown at Albemarle Mental Health Center - and determine if any illegal activity occurred amid the mismanagement of the agency - will have to wait at least a couple more weeks.

Author and professor Kate Willink is the ultimate Yankee: raised in New York City.

A Shiloh resident whose building permit application was denied because of school capacity impact concerns lost her appeal on Monday.

Nearly half of the 89 residents surveyed in South Mills say they want a new sewer system to replace the current residential septic tank system, a county-paid engineer told Camden County Commissioners Monday night.

Above: Bicyclists prepare to leave the Dismal Swamp Welcome Center. staff photos by brett a. clarkSean Robey leads the pack as cyclist's leave from the Dismal Swamp Welcome Center, Saturday, during Camden County's Fall into Cycling 40-mile bicycle tour.

Havelock women on a business summit to Washington, D.C. last week used the opportunity to bend the ear of a Navy admiral to voice support for the OLF.

Tommy Winn works on a tree carving, Wednesday, at Sue and Hunter Thompson's house on Sunset Avenue in Camden.

U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. told a gathering of about three dozen people in Camden Saturday that the state's congressional delegation continues to work together to prevent a Navy Outlying Landing Field from coming to Camden or Gates counties.

Growing up in Camden County in the 1970s, Wendy Wassink Ackison didn't feel as though she had the push and support from the area's rural schools she needed to become the artist she desired to be.

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers says research conducted by the U.S. Navy may be insufficient to qualify two North Carolina sites selected as a location for a proposed practice landing field.

Members of the Northeastern High School Junior ROTC Thomas Rush , 17, Dylan Bannow, 16, Deanna Cooper, 17, and Senior Master Sgt.

Camden County Courthouse was the setting for a somber but patriotic anniversary tribute to the victims of the attacks on Sept.

Area county commissioners attended several days of workshops and seminars last week on building sustainable, "green" local government during the 102nd North Carolina Association of County Commissioners annual conference in Hickory.

Camden County's two volunteer fire departments are applying for federal stimulus funds to help pay for new and larger fire stations.

It will be eight years this Friday that more than 3,000 Americans lost their lives in terrorist attacks, and Hank Daidone wants to make sure the anniversary doesn't pass unnoticed.

While other Albemarle counties reported slight decreases in unemployment in July, Chowan County's jobless rate continued to rise.