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roanoke-chowannewsherald.com | Holly L. Taylor
Published 4:50 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025 MURFREESBORO – Riverside Park in Murfreesboro was packed with tents, chairs, and people on Saturday, June 14 for the town’s 5th annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Festival. The event is organized each year by the Hertford County African American History Coalition. Things kicked off at noon with a welcome from Mayor Hal Thomas and a prayer of invocation from Mayor Pro Tem Berna Stephens.
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roanoke-chowannewsherald.com | Holly L. Taylor
Published 4:42 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025 JACKSON – The Golden LEAF Foundation recently announced that Northampton County will receive a $1.5 million grant to complete more site work at the county’s Commerce Park. The funds come through Golden LEAF’s SITE Program, which helps communities afford to develop spaces that can host future economic development. There are three parts to the SITE program: identification, due diligence, and development.
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2 weeks ago |
roanoke-chowannewsherald.com | Holly L. Taylor
Published 3:58 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 MURFREESBORO – Young 4-H’ers entered the livestock arena on Wednesday with their animals in the hopes of walking away with a first-place ribbon. The 43rd annual Hertford-Northampton 4-H Livestock Show and Sale was held on June 11 in Murfreesboro. The event is coordinated every year by staff from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension offices of Northampton, Hertford, and Bertie counties.
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2 weeks ago |
roanoke-chowannewsherald.com | Holly L. Taylor
Published 3:50 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 (Last of a 3-part series)JACKSON – There are many reasons why elder abuse occurs, and being aware of the causes as well as the barriers to reporting can help create solutions to the problem. The Northampton County Department of Social Services (DSS) Adult Services division held an Elder Abuse Awareness event on May 29.
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roanoke-chowannewsherald.com | Holly L. Taylor
Published 3:40 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 We were spoiled by the nice weather in May this year. Perfect temperatures and not a lot of humidity. But good things don’t last forever, and it seems like the summer heat is finally arriving (even if the official beginning of summer isn’t until a little later this month).
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