“Working Lives: Photographs from Eastern North Carolina, 1937 to 1947″ series begins with a group of 21 photographs that chronicle threshing time on a peanut farm near Edenton in the years just before the Second World War.
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Hybrid program to highlight 250 years of women in politics
“From Edenton to Congress” Nov. 1 is to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party and highlight the women in state politics.
Albemarle sunset ‘impossibly calm’
The sun sets over Albemarle Sound in Edenton earlier this month near the N.C. Highway 32 bridge in this photo submitted by Tom Brennan of Edenton. “For the past couple of years I’ve been flying my drone over the Albemarle Sound capturing the dramatic cloud formations, sunsets and sunrises,” Brennan told Coastal Review. “This time of year the sound becomes impossibly calm with remarkable sunsets.”
Town council puts Hotel Hinton permit decision on hold
Edenton officials have tabled action on a requested permit related to SAGA Realty and Construction’s $9 million plans for the historic Hotel Hinton.
‘Wings over Edenton’ airshow to fly over Chowan County
The Oct. 19 event commemorates “80-ish” years of the Northeastern Regional Airport, a former Marine Corps air station, in Chowan County.
Timbermill Wind turbine parts en route to Chowan County
Massive wind turbine components that arrived recently at the state port in Morehead City are on their way to Timbermill Wind’s 6,300-acre, 45-turbine onshore energy facility currently under construction near Edenton.
Edenton’s history ‘an everyday part of life’ for its residents
The Chowan County town of 5,000 boasts one of the largest groups of historic buildings in North Carolina, numerous notable figures from the past and the distinction of creating the state’s the historic preservation movement.
