Wind shifts reroute Cherry Point jets during night training
Bad weather and right wind forced jets from Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station to use an alternate take-off and landing route along the Neuse River during routine night exercises. Residents between Havelock and New Bern were startled as jets screamed down the river. Officials said the jets are not expected to use the same pattern tonight, but weather could change plans.
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Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Scott Kisch
The
Base Joint Public
Neuse
Havelock
New Bern
Public Affairs
Bay River to hold second hearing on plant expansion
Bay River Metropolitan Sewer District plans a second public hearing tonight at 7 at the county courthouse in Bayboro for a 1.1 million expansion. The project adds 4 new customers and a dual clarifier to remove phosphorous and reduce BOD, funded by a state DEM revolving loan. DEM required upgrades after inspectors found effluent limits unmet. a 1992 moratorium on new customers was lifted by a Special Order of Consent. The district serves about 1,320 customers in central Pamlico County.
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Bay River
DEM
Pamlico County
Brashear
Smith Creek
Bouchelle
Oriental
Roger Kramer Named To River Bend Town Council Seat
River Bend Town Council appointed 76 year old Roger Kramer Wednesday night to fill the vacancy created by the death of councilman Bob Ritter. Kramer will serve until December 1995 when Ritter’s two year term would have expired. He moved to River Bend five years ago and is a retired GTE Sylvania employee.
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River Bend
Bob Ritter
Roger Kramer
Ritter
Kramer
GTE Syl Sylvania
Robber in towel mask hits Eckerd Drugs in Atlantic Beach
Police search for a white male in his 20s about 5 6 with a slim build who robbed Eckerd Drugs in Coral Bay shopping center Tuesday night. He fled with an undetermined amount of money after pointing a revolver at a clerk. No injuries reported.
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Atlantic Beach
Coral Bay
Bill Duke
Eckerd
Duke
Evans Renamed to Coastal Resources Advisory Council Seat
Grace Evans of Oriental is reappointed by Pamii co County commissioners to CRAC amid business objections over her environmental stance. The 4-3 vote followed critics saying she represents only hard line protections. Nick Santoro was named alternate, while CRAC remains advisory with no regulatory power.
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Grace Evans
Oriental
Pamiico County Commissioners
Coastal Resources Advisory Council
Evans
Johnnie Tripp
Chamber of Commerce
Warren Gulko
Nick Santoro
Rainwater blamed for Oriental waste discharge woes
Oriental town officials say rainwater, not wastewater, is overflowing lagoons after one inch of rain adds about 300,000 gallons. Town tests lines with smoke and dye for leaks while awaiting a state SOC that could let limited exceedances in BODs and solids. DEM notes possible future imbalances but stresses current compliance remains. upgrades and permits target a 150,000 gallon daily discharge cap.
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Oriental
Karen Brashear
Brashear
State Department of Environmental Management
DEM
Jeff Bouchelle
Bouchelle
State to eye Fairfield fish kill near Broad Creek
A state official will sample Broad Creek near Fairfield Harbour this afternoon to determine why hundreds of fish died this week. The Department of Environmental Management and the Wildlife Resources Commission confirm a fish kill with 300 to 400 dead bass, yellow perch, and pumpkin seed reported Tuesday. Local resident Christine described a strong stench and a surprising event never seen before in the area.
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Broad Creek
Fairfield Harbour
State Department of Environmental Management
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Gorman Christine
Christine
NAACP accuses Oriental judge of racism in NC race
Craven County NAACP declares Superior Court Judge James E. Ragan racist and urges defeat in November. A letter to Gov. Hunt by Reginald Frazier offers no specific examples. officials refuse or cannot cite details. Ragan, appointed by Gov. Hunt, seeks re election amid broader NAACP targeting of another judge.
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Craven County
NAACP
Oriental
Jim Hunt
James E. Ragan
W.G. Hickman
New Bern
Hickman
Reginald Frazier
River Bend
Ragan
North Carolina
Frazier
Craven
City okays law to bill owners for tenants trash and towing
The New Bern city board on Tuesday night voted to legalize billing property owners for cleanup of tenants trash and abandoned vehicles. City managers say the prior charter prohibited such charges and officials will now pursue liens if owners or tenants do not pay.
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New Bern
Bill Hartman
Board of Aldermen
City
Correction on Craven Community College Lab Expenditure
A Wednesday Sun Journal correction states Craven Community College spent 90000 dollars on the computer lab. The erroneous report claimed different figures for the four units priced at 2000 each, with a total misstatement in December 2000.
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Sun Journal
Craven Community College
Craven Community
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Jesse Avery
Fairfield
Angela Harris
Superior Court
William Griffin
Martin County
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