Judge weighs sexual harassment charges at Cherry Point base
Judge Richard Vicaris of the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled the charge of sexual harassment against Gerald Johnson was dismissed and will decide within a month on remaining charges against Johnson and Gerald Wingate. The two civilian workers seek reinstatement and back pay as they contest their May firings and demotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Richard Vicaris
Atlanta
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
Gerald Johnson
New Bern
Gerald Wingate
Havelock
Wingate
Johnson
David Voerman
Vicaris
Johnson and Wingate
Merit Board
Pamlico hearing set on Marine training site near Bayboro
Pamlico County commissioners will hear public comment at 7 30 p m Monday on selecting a site partly in Pamlico County as one of three under review for an outlying airfield for Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. The 2 800 grain farm lies 8 1/2 miles north of Bayboro and near Bay City Road at the Beaufort County line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamlico County
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Bayboro
Bay City Road
Beaufort County
Forest fire near Newport linked to controlled burn
A small forest fire covering about 25 acres in Newport over the weekend was largely put out by rain and natural conditions. District Ranger Rodney Bell of the North Carolina Forest Service said winds worsened smoldering vegetation after a controlled burn by Champion Paper Company, but no wildlife was harmed.
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Mother Nature
Newport
Rodney Bell
N.C. Forest Service
Champion Paper Company
Bell
Pamlico OKs zone membership in transpark plan
Pamlico County commissioners voted 6 1 to join the 12 member North Carolina Global TransPark development zone joining Craven Carteret Jones Onslow and other counties in a jobs building effort. The move followed a lengthy hearing amid opposition over a $5 five year vehicle fee and concerns over benefits to residents and environmental protections for the Neuse River.
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Bayboro
Pamlico
N.C. Global TransPark
Craven
Carteret
Jones
Onslow
General Assembly
Warren Gulko
Pamlico County
Transpark
North Carolina couple praise Turkish child care culture
New Bern residents Mayo and Alderman Max Freeze traveled in Turkey as hosts for a Turkish exchange student family. Mayo, a child care consultant, observed widespread safe, family inclusive child care, high immunization rates, and adults watching over children. She noted scarce child abuse and out of wedlock births, yet saw street vending by children and families relying on kids for income. The trip inspired efforts to share Turkish practices with local groups and to send educational materials to Bursa region via Rep. Martin Lancaster.
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Turkey
Bee Mayo
New Bern
Mayo
North Carolina
Maya
Freeze
United States
Martin Lancaster
D-N.c
Lancaster
Bursa
John Barrows
Thomas Ave
McCain
Max Freeze
Rick Pendleton
New Bern Aldermen Restore Ward Boundaries
New Bern aldermen vote to return several streets to pre 1992 voting district lines affecting about 139 voters on Thomas Ave and nearby streets. Residents express indifference or preference for walking to vote as districts shift between the 3rd 4th and 6th wards under the move aimed at aligning with state and federal boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
Board of Aldermen
Anneliese McCain
Thomas Ave
McCain
West New Bern Recreation Center
Grover C. Fields Middle School
Ocean Lane
Thomas and
Elizabeth Avenues
Elizabeth Avenue
Longview Drive
Cherry Lane
Barrows
3Rd Ward
Simmons Street
Avenue
Trent Boulevard
6Th Ward
Grover C. Fields
Don McDowell
Rick Pendleton
Pendleton
Newport escapees plead not guilty to murder charges
Anthony Floyd Wainwright 23 of Atlantic Beach and Richard Eugene Hamilton 33 of Greenville plead not guilty to first degree murder armed robbery armed kidnapping and armed sexual battery in a case tied to the death of Carmen Gabriel la Gayheart 23 of Fort White Fla Their Oct 24 Hamilton County Fla trial was set while both men are held in a Mississippi jail after a chase and shootout following a stolen Ford Bronco sighting by a Mississippi highway patrol
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Florida
Anthony Floyd Wainwright
Atlantic Beach
Richard Eugene Hamilton
Greenville
Hamilton County
Fila
Wainwright Bfe
Carmen Gabriella Gayheart
Fort White
Fla
Mississippi
Wainwright
Hamilton
Gayheart
New Bern man charged in fatal seven-vehicle wreck
Paul Raymond Bourgoine, 31, of 4820 Wilcox Road, faces two counts of death by motor vehicle after a seven-vehicle crash at US 70 and NC 11 in Kinston. Two victims, Keith Devon McCollum and Wanda Gail Wayman, died at the scene. Eleven others were injured, with several hospitalized or treated and released. The incident began when the Hyundai slowed at the NC 11 intersection, followed by a Snapple delivery truck collision and a domino effect involving four cars in front.
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Kinston
New Bern
Paul Raymond Bourgoine
Wilcox Road
State Highway Patrol
US 70
NC 11
Keith Devon McCollum
Wanda Gail Wayman
Camp Lejeune
McCollum
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Greenville
Kimmarie Parker
Barbara Kelly
Jacksonville
Demetria Ellourie Adams
Lenoir Memorial
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Cherry Point
Board of Commissioners
Washington
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Norfolk
Navy
Marine Corps
Cecil Field
Oks Zone
Vernon Daniels
Merritt
Louise Muse
Johnnie Tripp
Edsell Hunnings
Phil Prescott
She
Karen
Neuse Boulevard
Kathleen Orringer
Craven Pal
Board of Elections
Thomas Avenue
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