The Board of Elections was met with a flurry of activity on the last filing date Friday, as eight more candidates put their names on the ballots for Edgecombe County's municipal elections in the fall.

Princeville's Ward 4 Councilwoman Carolyn Sharpe was the last incumbent to file before noon Friday.

Delane Bryant Weathersby, Richard "Dickie" Harris and Linda C. Meeks all filed for a spot on the Conetoe Board of Commissioners. Also in Conetoe, Linda Covolo Jordan filed to challenge Mayor Linda Ingram in the fall.

In Tarboro, two more challengers filed for a spot on Town Council, Taro Knight in Ward 7, and Ervin "Dickie" Guill in Ward 5.

Finally, Freddie Bell Sr. filed Friday to be the fourth challenger to Princeville Mayor Delia Perkins.

Knight, 40, of 1118 Edmondson Ave., said that he does not see it as "actually running against" incumbent Roy Gray in Ward 7 in Tarboro. He said that he has managed "a few" of Gray's campaigns in the past and is "friends" with the town councilman.

If he is elected, this being his first time filing, he said he wants to see Town Council "look towards the future, and not look at what's been done in the past."

If elected, he said that he wants to see people in town do "whatever they can do to (take) responsibility for themselves, to make our lives better.

"Government can't do it all" to help people's economic situation within Tarboro, Knight added.

On Town Council, he said there needs to be someone who "understands the unique circumstances in Ward 7 ... (and) someone to inspire them to do better."

He added that he is aware of the "perception that we have a gang problem" in town. If elected, he wants to see activity towards "long-range outcomes" to help prevent youth from joining gangs.

"It's not because they don't have enough places to play," he added.

Guill, 58, of 1800 Springdale Lane, feels that he wants to "set my foot in the door" within Ward 5 on Town Council. A Town of Tarboro retiree after 26 years on the job as a building inspector, Guill said that "I basically know how the town runs, (and) I just think I can be an asset to the citizens of Tarboro."

He said that his concern is to see the town build back up its reserve funds, instead of using any to balance the budget. Guill added that those actions have helped keep the property tax rate from increasing in Tarboro for the past 16 years.

Guill said he had filed for election in Ward 5 previously, back in 2001.