A mom and her teen son died on a family trip to a North Carolina beach, deputies said. Screengrab from the Edenton Police Department on Facebook A 14-year-old boy and his mom drowned as she tried ...

A mom and her teen son died on a family trip to a North Carolina beach, deputies said. Screengrab from the Edenton Police Department on Facebook A 14-year-old boy and his mom drowned as she tried ...

Perquimans County resident Bill “Cos” Jackson poses alongside his Model A Ford while participating in a car show in Edenton on South Broad Street, Friday, July 4.

What started as an effort to promote racial unity in Edenton by reconsidering its most prominent downtown symbol has done the opposite.

Situated between Rocky Mount and the Albemarle Sound, it was a Democratic stronghold as recently as 2012. Today, Democrats still outnumber Republicans two-to-one on the rolls.