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1 week ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
The Bertie County Commissioners addressed a lengthy agenda Monday evening at the regularly scheduled meeting, including appointing a number of Bertie County residents to a variety of county boards. Tim Bazemore Jr. was appointed to a three-year term on the Bertie County ABC Board, replacing Miles Davis who was appointed in 2022 to a three-year term.
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1 week ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
As a longtime member of the media, not much has surprised me over the 50 years I have been focused on reporting news. That is not to say many events weren’t shocking, tear jerking and moving. The fact we continue as a nation to deal with illegal immigration is a mind boggling situation.
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1 week ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
Lobbyist Bob Steinburg, who represents Bertie County in Raleigh, accepted the county commissioners’ invitation to offer an update to his funding efforts focused on Raleigh at Monday night’s county commission meeting. However, Steinburg had no news to report. kAm“%92?< J@F 7@C J@FC <:?5 :?G:E2E:@? E@ 36 96C6 E9:D 6G6?:?8[ E@ 3C:?8 J@F 2? FA52E6 @? H96C6 H6 2C6 H:E9 E96 a_ad\a_ae 2??F2= 3F586E] p?5 C:89E ?@H[ 96C6 H6 2C6 @?
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1 week ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
Former First Baptist Missionary Church of Powellsville Financial Secretary Genia Canada has been indicted on five counts of Embezzlement by Treasurer of Charitable/Religious Organization. Canada surrendered to the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office on June 12 and was released on a $5,000 bond. kAm%96 :?G6DE:82E:@? :?E@ E96 2==682E:@?D 92G6 366? @?8@:?8 7@C 2=>@DE EH@ J62CD]k^AmkAm%96 q6CE:6 r@F?EJ $96C:77’D ~77:46 H2D ?@E:7:65 @7 A@DD:3=6 HC@?85@:?8 :? a_ab H96?
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1 week ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
Those who have ever wanted to pull that harmonica out of the back of the desk drawer and grace a corner with your notes, Make Music Bertie County could be the chance. Although he or she may never sound like famed mouth harp musicians Homer Wills or Jerry Earwood, Saturday, June 21 could be the day that launches a new career. kAm|2<6 |FD:4 q6CE:6 r@F?EJ :D 2 7C66[ 4@F?EJH:56 52J @7 >FD:4 96=5 2??F2==J @? yF?6 a`] q6CE:6 r@F?EJ ;@:?D `h @E96C }@CE9 r2C@=:?2 4@F?E:6D A2CE:4:A2E:?8 :?
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
One could say a white attorney and a black physician in the late 1940’s were the catalyst for the 15th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival being held the July 4 weekend in Historic Ocean City. Attorney Edgar L. Yow and Dr. Samuel J. Gray planted the seed for the beach community on the Atlantic Ocean where Blacks could have home ownership in the middle of segregation. The seed grew. kAm(256 r96DE?FE 4@?46:G65 E96 ?2>6 ~462? r:EJ 2?5[ 2=@?8 H:E9 72>:=J >6>36CD[ 3@F89E EC24ED @7 =2?5 @? E96 :D=2?5]k^AmkAmx?
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
The muralization of eastern North Carolina has been gaining momentum for a few years now. Towns and municipalities across the region have enthusiastically graced the sides of buildings with fabulous murals depicting events woven into the fabric of their communities. Two summers ago, the Bertie Arts Council had a monumental mural painted on the side of a Granville Street building. The monthslong process involved the two artists commissioned to paint the scene.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
The Bertie County Commissioners will soon be facing another administrative challenge: having to decide what position to take on the recently completed and submitted strategic plan. The steps to plan completion were lengthy. Currently, the question being asked is “what to do with the plan?”kAmx? u63CF2CJ[ E96 4@>>:DD:@? 5:C64E65 q6CE:6 r@F?EJ $A64:2= !C@;64E r@?DF=E2?E #@3:? !2J?6 E@ 7:?:D9 E96 4@F?EJ’D DEC2E68:4 A=2?
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
The Bertie-Martin Regional Jail (BMRJ) is moving forward and is on the right track, according to BMRJ Commission Chair Vivian Saunders. Martin County Manager Drew Batts has a lot to do with that, she says. kAm“tG6CJE9:?8 :D 8@@5] (6 2C6 >@G:?8 7@CH2C5] p== E96 4@>>:DD:@?6CD 2C6 :? 28C66>6?E H:E9 H92E H6 2C6 5@:?8[” $2F?56CD D2:5] “x 42??@E D2J 6?@F89 8@@5 E9:?8D 23@FE |2CE:? r@F?EJ |2?286C sC6H q2EED] (6 2C6 7:8FC:?8 E9:D E9:?8 @FE] w6 :D 2? 2>2K:?8 J@F?8 >2?
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyadvance.com | John Foley
Budget Wrestling Match ContinuesWhile a June 30 budget deadline looms, the Bertie County Commissioners continue to wrestle with solutions to balance the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget. kAmp7E6C E9C66 3F586E H@C< D6DD:@?D 96=5 @? |2J `h[ |2J aa 2?5 yF?6 d 72:=65 E@ AC@5F46 2 D@=FE:@? E@ E96 S`b_[___ D9@CE72==[ E96 4@>>:DD:@?6CD >@G65 E@ 92G6 @?6 >@C6 D6DD:@? @? %9FCD52J[ yF?6 `a E@ 7@4FD @? 7:?5:?8 E96 7F?5D E@ 32=2?46 E96 3F586E]k^AmkAmq6CE:6 r@F?EJ |2?286C yF2? '2F892? 925 ?@ DF886DE:@?D @?
