Embezzlement Charge In New Bern Garment Firm Case
Deloris Whitford, 45, an employee at Metts Garment Co., was charged with embezzling $52,108 from Jan 1, 1988 to Aug 198? alleged by New Bern police. She allegedly duplicated checks and routed payments to herself. She is held on bonds totaling $30,000 and set to appear in Craven County District Court Monday. Metts’ attorney declined comment.
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New Bern Garment Company
Deloris B. Whitford
Halls Creek Road
Joe Metts
The
Metts Garment Co
New Bern
Greg Simmons
Craven County
Metts
Sun Journal
Joe Stallings
Voting plan eyed for new Neuse Forest town
Justice officials review the plan to incorporate Craven County residents into the town of Neuse Forest. Voters were to decide November 8 on incorporation and a town board, but no vote can occur without federal approval. If approved, Neuse Forest would be Craven’s eighth town.
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Justice
Neuse Forest
Jim Sugg
U.S. Department of Justice
Sugg
Department
General Assembly
Craven County
Camp Lejeune loses twice in budget driven consolidations
Budget cuts consolidate training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri leading to the closure of Marine Corps Engineer School at Courthouse Bay and Motor Transport School at Camp Johnson. The move shifts 6000 plus Marines and Air Force personnel to Leonard Wood for annual training, consolidating operations across Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force with projected annual savings of about 2.02 million dollars.
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Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Engineer School
Courthouse Bay
Motor Transport
Camp Johnson
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Marine Headquarters
Washington, D.C
Terri Allen
The
Lejeune Joint Public Affairs Office
Marine Corps
Air Force
Leonard Wood
Pentagon
Missouri
Lejeune
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Navy
Fisheries commission set to discuss proposed rules in Atlantic Beach
The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will meet August 26 and 27 at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlantic Beach to review 17 proposed rule topics for public hearings in November. Topics include river herring and shad closed season, menhaden boat areas, crab trawl mesh, license transfers, weak fish size limits, flounder trip limits, spotted sea trout sizes, crab pot area time changes, and more. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. with reports on the fishing license moratorium and the search for a new director of the State Division of Marine Fisheries.
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N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission
Sheraton Hotel
Atlantic Beach
State Division of Marine Fisheries
Two Craven Keys honor local education partners
State superintendent Bob Etheridge awarded the Golden Key for Business-Parent Involvement to Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and Charlie Besancon owner of Charlies Pizza during Craven County Board of Education proceedings in New Bern. The Marine base earned its award for Adopt-a-School mentoring and tutoring program expanding to Havelock schools with 12 squadrons volunteering. Besancon accepted for organizing multiple school fund drives using pizza prizes to boost parent involvement. He notes his effort includes tours for students and giving away reading coupons valued at 1.75 each, while stressing business roles in the community.
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Cherry Point Marines
James City
Bob Etheridge
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Charlie Besancon
Charlie’s Pizza
Craven County Board of Education
New Bern
Etheridge
Craven County
Havelock
Mark Robbins
Robbins
Besancon
Craven
Water skating on Webb Boulevard amid light August showers
Biker Joey Easter, 12, and skater Robert Williams, 13, enjoyed a brief romp on Webb Boulevard in Havelock during a lingering thinning rain. Craven County recorded nearly one inch of rain, boosting the monthly total past four inches as officials noted minimal issues besides scattered flooding on Spencer Avenue in New Bern. The forecast calls for a 60 percent chance of more rain today and 50 percent on Saturday.
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Joey Easter
Robert Williams
Webb Boulevard
Havelock
Craven County
Spencer Avenue
New Bern
North Carolina
Fury of a Woman in America and Media Bias
Bruce inj- presents a Friday column critiquing media treatment of women and public figures. He cites Tonya Rodham Bobbitt and Madonna among others, arguing double standards in press coverage from Princess Diana to Nancy Kerrigan, while noting men also face scrutiny.
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Marie Presley
Michael Jackson
Princess di
Fergie
Nancy Reagan
Tipper Gore
Barbara Bush
Katherine Hepburn
Jackie O
Mother Teresa
Pat Nixon
Nancy Kerrigan
Congressional Committee On UnAmericanism
Bruce Inj
Fairfield Harbour
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Jacksonville
Department of Defense
Fisheries Commission
Cravenger
Cherry Point
Charlie Peek
N.C
Angela Harris
America
Tonya Rodham Bobbitt
Citadel
Sharon Faulkner
Amer
Clarence Thomas
Professor Hill
Madonna
Kirsty Alley
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Rebecca
Bill Clinton
Jeff Gilooley
John Wayne Bobbitt
Joey Buttafuoco
Teddy Kennedy
Singapore
Dan Quayle
Bruce Godfrey
Godfrey
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