Pasquotank County News

Elizabeth City officials wasted no time replacing longtime Parks and Recreation Director Jim Overman, who retired last Friday.

Marilyn Berry Morrison, a chief of the Roanoke-Hatteras Indians of Dare County, discusses her tribe's history during an event celebrating Native American Heritage Month at the W.C. Witherspoon Memorial Library, Thursday evening.

There are some people that you meet posthumously and wish you had known when they were alive and milling about through the community, doing good work and impressing upon people the type of wisdom gained through years of hard work and quiet observation.

The Pasquotank County Board of Commissioners approved the transfer of property at the Aviation Research and Commerce Development Park from the county and Elizabeth City to the Airport Authority.

After a lengthy and sometimes tense committee discussion, Pasquotank County officials voted unanimously Monday to remove from the new landfill operation contract - for the first year - a "three strikes" provision the contractor objected to.

Several streets in Elizabeth City were flooded this morning as a November nor'easter churned over northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.

More closings: Latest on schools and more Schools The cancellation notice at ODU includes its classes at the Peninsula, Tri-Cities and Virginia Beach Higher Education Centers.

Several more school divisions have decided to take precautions today because of the weather.

City Councilwoman Volanda Watts said Monday she will not appeal last week's decision by the Pasquotank County Board of Elections to dismiss her election protest.

On any given evening along Elizabeth Street in Elizabeth City a line of people forms outside of the old Elizabeth City Middle School.

The Elizabeth City Housing Authority has asked Pasquotank County for help repaying an overspent federal grant, but county officials want assurances that steps have been taken to shore up fiscal controls before they agree to help out.

Pasquotank County officials have derided as "crazy" and "capricious" a state Insurance Department ruling that the Weeksville area needs 31 more fire hydrants - at a cost of $92,400 - before homeowners can qualify for lower fire insurance rates.

Volanda Watts speaks during an election hearing held in Courtroom C of the Pasquotank County Courthouse, Wednesday.

Area school districts pass out hundreds of report cards every year, but on Thursday, the tables were turned.

In May NewsChannel 3 told you how a crash wiped out the bookmobile of Northeastern North Carolina.

Pasquotank County officials have awarded a solid waste handling contract to Albemarle Equipment.

Unemployment in the Albemarle area fell slightly in September, according to figures released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission.

Officials from the 10 counties in the Albemarle Mental Health Center area plan to meet in the next few months to decide the future of mental health service management in the region.

Joe Ferrell just can't help himself. He can't let you sit in the audience at some stuffy university event while he drones on and on about some wonderful person's wonderful background.

Doug and Geri Davis file their ballots in the city's 3rd Ward and mayoral elections at the Pasquotank Board of Elections, Wednesday, which marked the first day of one-stop voting.