Coast Guard standby for Cuban migration interdiction
Six members of Coast Guard Station Hobucken were placed on standby Saturday to join interdiction efforts off south Florida. Additional personnel from Fort Macon in Carteret County and reserve crews will support the mission as the Navy and Coast Guard intercept Cuban refugees, under a new policy guiding arrivals at Guantanamo Bay.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Hobucken
South Florida
Fort Macon
Carteret County
Area Reserve Coast Guard
Tropic
Scott Wildrick
Hobocken
Bill Clinton
U.S
Coast Guard
Navy
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Pamlico County Faces Pay Compression Fallout
Pamlico County employees report pay compression after a 1994-95 budget boost that raised starting wages more than long-time salaries. New hires now earn up to 22 percent more than five-year veterans, triggering confusion and morale concerns among staff, with social services workers near poverty thresholds.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
DSS
Frances Stein
Department of Social Services
Stien
Social Services
North Carolina
Pamlico
Steve Foster
Raleigh
Pamlico County to raise wages but not fully meet study
Pamlico County approves 50 percent of a wage study recommendation to ease a two year pay freeze. New hires start at a hire rate then move through steps. reclassified social services jobs were set with regional help. County Manager Bill Rice warns the current scale lags Craven County and merit pay is proposed by Commissioner Edsell Hunnings.
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Pamlico
North Carolina
Bill Rice
Rice
Piranha Found In North Carolina Lake
Jon Beachum reeled in a ten inch one pound piranha at Shelley Lake while fishing for catfish. State experts note piranhas are illegal in NC even as aquarium fish due to their predatory habits and tendency to be dumped into local waters.
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Raleigh
Jon Beachum
Shelley Lake
Beachum
North Carolina
Bill Collart
Rocky Mount
State Wildlife Resources Commission
Developer has no plans for land behind Twin Rivers Mall
Fred Morton, a New Bern developer and real estate agent for owner Calvin G. Wellens of Atlantic Beach, said the 60 acre swath cleared behind Twin Rivers Mall a month ago was timber cutting only and there are no plans to build or do anything further with the property.
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Twin Rivers Mall
Fred Morton
New Bern
Act
Morton
Calvin G. Wellens
Atlantic Beach
Greenville police receive grant for illegal lottery investigation
The Greenville Police Department obtained 30,350 from the Internal Revenue Service for aiding the 1991 illegal lottery crackdown spanning seven counties. Chief Charles Hinman says the funds will go to training and equipment. The case led to 1993 convictions of Raymond Thomas Hyman and Johnnie Clarence Hyman for conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business.
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Greenville
Internal Revenue Service
Charles Hinman
Raymond Thomas Hyman
Gaithersburg
Johnnie Clarence Hyman
New York
New Bern Planning and Budget Meetings Schedule
This week includes petitions and communications, annual tax settlement, amendment to wastewater treatment plant fees, planning board report on Harrington rezoning, Stroud annexation petition, building inspector needs, land acquisition for public works relocation, Craven Regional Medical Center board meeting, Tuesday 7 pm at AHEC Building, FY 1994-95 budget, New Bern Aldermen 7:30 pm at City Hall, public hearings on Change Street right of way, 1995 CDBG application, and sewer use ordinance.
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Planning Board
V.S. Harrington
Stroud, Inc
Craven Regional Medical Center Board of Directors
AHEC
New Bern
New Bern Neuse River Bridge Project Advances Fast
State funds boost accelerates Neuse River bridge construction in North Carolina. DOT aims to secure property for rights of way by spring and finalize final plans by August 1995. The 1.5 mile bridge from Sandy Point to US 70 Business near James City could cost 122 million. Construction may start after September 1995.
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Neuse River
Ed Latham
State Department of Transportation
DOT
New Bern Bridge
Latham
Sandy Point
James City
Wayne Pett
Ray Whitehead Associates
Charlotte
Pett
Prac
New Bern
Bridgeton
US 17
Craven County eyes Croatan forest plan to curb wastewater disposal
Craven County officials push using 400 acres of Croatan National Forest for wastewater disposal to escape a moratorium on new connections. The Neuse River District faces lagoon rises from heavy rains and seeks quick, low-cost relief while balancing federal and state laws and public input.
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Craven County
Neuse River
The
Sewer and Water District
Township 7
Township 6
Arthur's Farm
Craven Regional Airport
Croatan National Forest
Brices Creek
Water and Sewer District
Tiibutary
Croatan District
Lauren Hillman
Asheville
Hillman
Blizzard
Ramada Inn
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NC Coast
Amy Gaskill
Seventh Coast Guard District
Edsell Hunnings
Hunnings
Candace Tisdale
Trish Winslow
Justin
Tonya Sullivan
Sheraton Hotel
NAACP
Ed Carter
Charlie Peek
NC Lake
Ing
Neuse
Bray
Wales
Said
State Department of Environmental Management
State Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
West
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