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The issue of the city regaining control of the Roanoke Rapids Theatre from Lafayette Gatling may soon be resolved.
The issue of the city regaining control of the Roanoke Rapids Theatre from Lafayette Gatling may soon be resolved.
City council members will have the proposed $15.2 million budget delivered Monday.
A Roanoke Rapids area man was charged with three counts of obtaining property by false after the victim alleged he could not locate his car or the man he paid to do work on the vehicle.
Detective Doug Pilgreen of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said on May 6 a report was filed where the victim alleged that between September 2007 and April 2009 he carried a vehicle to Walter Harvey Jr. to have it painted and have some mechanical work done. He paid in advance.
The victim alleges he could not locate his vehicle or Harvey. The investigation resulted in the arrest of Harvey, with assistance from Deputy Travis Clark, at his shop Tuesday. Harvey, 50, was jailed on $5,000 bond and has a June 23 court date.
Weldon town board members opted to go with a health insurance plan Mayor Julia Meacham said should save the town $81,804 over the current policy.
Reprinted with permission from the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Hard times call for hard decisions.
That was the lesson learned by the Northampton County Board of Commissioners on Monday as the realization of the fact that taxes will need to be raised any where from 8 to 10 cents in order to balance the upcoming budget.
