Gates County News

Lions Honor Veterans

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS -- NC Lions Program will honor Veterans on Saturday, April 17, 2010, at Jack Laughery Park in Rocky Mount NC. Veterans, their families and friends are encouraged to attend momentous event...

Gates County 2010 Primary Election

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS -- Senator Ed Jones will not endorse any candidates in the Gates County May 2010 primary election. Jones appreciated the support he has received over the years from the local Democratic Party, but he says voters should decide who is the best candidate to represent them. Jones further predicted hard times ahead for Gates County...

Betsy Dowdy NSDAR Good Citizens Award

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS -- The Betsy Dowdy Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) held their annual Good Citizens Awards at Knobbs Creek Recreation Center, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. This year's outstanding senior was Cameron Hill of Gates County High School. Cameron is the daughter of DeAnna Dorsey and resides in Gates, North Carolina...

Gates County Historic Quilt

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS -- The Gates County Quilt is now on display at the Museum of the Albemarle. The quilt, originally sewn in 1886, is considered Gates County's most historic artifact...

NCDOT Files for Construction Permit in Gates County

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS -- NC DENR has given legal notice that application for a development permit in an AEC as designated under the Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) has been received on October 10, 2009. The requested permit submitted by NC Department of Transportation proposes to replace an existing Bridge #32 on SR 1100 over Trotman Creek in Gates County...

Photography Exhibit in Chowan County

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS -- Residents in Gates County will have a chance to see,"Telling Our Stories" Photography Exhibit that is coming to Chowan County! Shepard Pruden Memorial Library in Edenton will host the exhibit from June 12, 2009, through July 2, 2009...

Old Sunbury Elementary School Continues to Deteriorate

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS -- A post-World War II urban school, the Enfield Graded School, is one of nineteen individual properties and districts across the state of North Carolina added to the National Register of Historic Places. Similar to the deteriorating old Sunbury Elementary School located in the center of Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina...

Save at Farm Fresh

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS - April 2009 is special a month of savings for Gates County family's foods at Farm Fresh stores...

Gates County's Low Income Discrimination

gates@countyncnews.com (Rob Cross) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:01:00 GMT

GATES COUNTY NEWS - Gates County Board of Commissioners and Gates County Board of Education knew that by design the Gates County Zoning Ordinance would be exclusionary in regards to low income housing... Both these Boards knew that by placing exclusionary regulations on development of low income housing, they would force low income residents to build homes they could not afford in order to increase the County property tax base (INCLUDES VIDEO)...