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Catalytic converter thefts total $72K

Thieves struck a local car dealership last weekend, removing catalytic converters from 16 Tundra pickup trucks and causing estimated losses of $72,000 to the dealership.

  • Peel breaks tie to award funds to cash-strapped arts group

    City Council narrowly agreed Monday night to keep a $25,000 contribution to financially strapped Arts of the Albemarle in next year’s city budget — a move Mayor Joe Peel called critical to the arts group’s survival.

  • Schools asked to join suit to block for-profit virtual school

    School boards across North Carolina are being asked to join a legal effort to block approval of a for-profit virtual charter school that state education officials say would siphon away students and the public funding that accompany them.

  • Properties auctioned for tax foreclosure

    CAMDEN — Five properties were auctioned off at a recent tax sale with two bidders buying part interest in three parcels of land for a total price of $5,300.

  • Currituck budget holds line on taxes

    CURRITUCK — Currituck’s proposed $65 million budget for next year holds the line on property taxes and awards a 2 percent cost of living adjustment to the county’s 363 workers — their first pay raise in several years.

  • Catalytic converter thefts probed in EC

    Elizabeth City police are investigating the theft of catalytic converters from vehicles at a local car dealership. Lt.

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  • Fire Calls: May 5-10

    EC Fire DepartmentResponded to vehicle accident May 5 in the 800 block of Halstead Boulevard.Responded to false alarm May 5 in the 1000 block of Parkview Drive.

  • Police Blotter: May 1-May 5

    EC Police DepartmentA report of counterfeiting, selling or distributing, was turned in May 1 in the 100 block of Tanglewood Parkway. Responding officer: C.S. Quinn.

  • Crimewatch: May 1-May 8

    Pasquotank SheriffJoshua St. Augustine Harris, 18, of the 700 block of Foreman Bundy Road, Elizabeth City, was arrested May 1 and charged with misdemeanor larceny and credit card fraud.

  • Crimewatch: April 19-23

    Currituck SheriffKevin Michael Priest, 36, of the 100 block of Sedgefield Road, Moyock, was arrested April 19 and charged with driving while impaired.

  • Crimewatch: April 6-April 10

    EC Police DepartmentYazmine Jordan, 23, of the 400 block of East Church St., Elizabeth City, was served with a criminal summons on April 10 for failure to return rented property.

Celebrating a Currituck son and unsung hero

JARVISBURG — Take one Coast Guard Auxiliary member. Take a committee he assembled. And take a lot of elbow grease and pride.

  • Kristi Langenbacher: Visit a National Park

    On May 15 the Interior Department announced that active duty military personnel and their dependents can enter every national park for free as part of an effort to thank service members and their families.

  • Kristi Langenbacher: The strength of military moms

    Mother’s Day holds special meaning for mothers of military members, and the opportunity to cherish the health and safety of their children.

  • Remembering a Coast Guard war hero

    Coast Guard Lt. Jack Rittichier lost his life in the Vietnam War, but his memory is forever preserved in a room at the administrative offices of Air Station Elizabeth City.“A lot of people don’t know that he was here,” Coast Guard Lt. j.g.

  • Langenbacher: Month of the Military Child

    Month of the Military ChildOver the last month, several organizations have been celebrating the Month of the Military Child.

  • Kristi Langenbacher: A mother’s outrage

    They weren’t there when I picked my daughter up from school on Friday. But, when I drove her to school the following Monday morning, they were everywhere.

The Daily Advance celebrates 100 years

This year The Daily Advance is celebrating 100 years since its first publication in May 1919.

McCord: Dual role to require ‘hat change’

CURRITUCK — A sheriff’s deputy who clinched the Republican nomination for the District 4 seat on the Currituck Board of Commissioners could become his own boss.