Rich Square News

Many towns in the Roanoke-Chowan area are holding Christmas parades in the coming weeks.

" It's moving day for Roanoke Electric Cooperative . REC will have a new address effective Monday morning as the co-op moves its headquarters to a more centrally located area just west of Ahoskie.

Northampton County is moving forward with Phase V of its Water Improvements project.

" A Rich Square woman miraculously survived what was described as a "horrific" accident here Friday evening.

" What began as peace-keeping mission by Rich Square Police officers on Nov. 4 ended with the arrest of a teen on drug charges.

By Amanda VanDerBroek Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 The unofficial municipal election results for Northampton County have write-in candidates taking an uncontested council seat in two towns.

A married couple faces charges of extorting $110,000 from an elderly woman, or they threatened to let her die alone.

By Amanda VanDerBroek Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald Published Sunday, October 11, 2009 RICH SQUARE a ' A local couple is facing felony charges after allegedly extorting more than $100,000 from an elderly Rich Square woman.

It was the best of times and the worst of times for Lane Anderson. The day had finally arrived for the Tarboro woman's marriage to Brett Taylor.

Overall improvement is the name of the game when it comes to test scores. Official End-of-Grade and End-of-Course test results show overall improvement in composite scores at nine of 11 public schools in Northampton County for the 2008-2009 academic year, according to a press release from Schools Superintendent Dr.

Murfreesboro police over the weekend arrested six men in two separate, drug-related incidents.

Northampton County Schools is considering a school-based mental health intervention program.

Northampton County Schools has made a reduction in its force, but the school system is reaching out to those employees who now find themselves without a job.

" For an 84-year-old Seaboard woman and her two granddaughters, Life Alert perhaps saved their lives.

Despite economic downturn, the Northampton County Chamber of Commerce has grown in a number of ways.

For all you Quakers out there -- the NC meeting is coming to Cornerstone Hall at UNCW July 8-12. The North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative, of which Wilmington Friends Meeting is a member, invites you to join us at our annual gathering in July 8 - 12, 2009 here in Wilmington.

Choanoke Public Transportation Authority is in line to benefit from federal stimulus funding.

By Amanda VanDerBroek Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald Published Saturday, June 13, 2009 A line of thunderstorms ripped through the Roanoke-Chowan region Tuesday afternoon, leaving nearly an inch of rainfall and some damage throughout the area.

The Northampton County Board of Education is moving forward in implementing the reorganization of schools and building a new centralized high school.