Ballenger seeks funds for Union Point Park overhaul
The New Bern Board of Aldermen weigh using discretionary ward funds to back a Union Point Park bulkhead and walkway renovation. A $655,000 project needs $325,000 more by December, with $330,000 already on hand and construction slated to start early next year. Ballenger urges each alderman to donate $714, while aldermen have $1,250 in discretionary money for this year. The issue is slated for September work session, with a steering committee set to meet next week.
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New Bern
Union Point Park
Bill Ballenger
Ballenger
State backs pickle firms for salt limits exception
State environmental officials told about 70 people at a public hearing that Cates Division of Dean Pickle and Specialty Products in Faison and Mount Olive Pickle Co. in Wayne County should be allowed to continue releasing large salt amounts. The DEM cited affordability and public benefit criteria, noting the salt hasn’t killed aquatic life but has created saltwater habitats in Panther Branch and Barlow Branch, which flow to the Northeast Cape Fear River. A decision is due by December.
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State Division of Environmental Management
Cates Division
Dean Pickle and Specialty Products Co
Faison
Mount Olive Pickle Co. Inc
Wayne County
DEM
Panther Branch
Duplin County
Barlow Branch
Cape Fear River
Morning Star of
Wilmington
Academy refuses to disclose cause of NC cadet burn
Officials at the Air Force Academy and the cadet’s parents will not discuss how 20 year old David Ramsey of Jacksonville North Carolina caught fire in his dorm room. Ramsey was transported to Brooke Army Medical Center after the incident and later flown to Texas for treatment. He suffered burns over about 35 percent of his body and was upgraded from critical to serious. Three cadets extinguished the flames and called an ambulance. Ramsey began his junior year August 10 and attended high school in Jacksonville where counselors described him as polite and studious. University Medical Center said he spoke with a staff psychologist but declined to disclose details. Academy officials said the incident remains under investigation and no decision has been made on retention or discharge after recovery.
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Air Force Academy
North Carolina
David Ramsey
Jacksonville
N.C
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Texas
Ramsey
University Hospital
Denver
Buckley Air National Guard
Aurora
Colo
Phyllis Hardison
Academy
University Medical Center
Terri Beretta
Air Force
Kathryn Smith
Craven-Pamlico Animal Services Center
Craven County
Smith
Havelock and New Bern meet this week on city business
Havelock Board of Commissioners meets Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall to consider a resolution endorsing a school bond and a request to withdraw a bid for water and sewer improvements along with petitions and communications. New Bern Board of Aldermen and the Neuse River Council of Governments hold a special meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall to discuss the relationship between Neu eanse COG and Neuse River Development at O Marks Square.
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Havelock Board of Commissioners
City Hall
New Bern
Neuse River Council of Governments
O.marks Square
Neu Eanse Cog
Neuse River Development
Rabies spread fears rise as raccoons move through region
A Forsyth County man’s pet raccoon exposed 40 people across four states to rabies, prompting warnings that cases are rising statewide. Health officials note 325 rabies reports so far this year, with Craven County watching closely as nearby counties report cases and say the disease is spreading from three epidemic fronts.
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Forsyth County
Lee Hunter
State Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Craven County
Jones
Pamlico
Carteret
Onslow
Lenoir
Pitt Counties
North Carolina
Beaufort County
Craven
C.H. Hamm
Craven County Health Department
mid-Atlantic
Vic
Rabies outbreaks prompt North Carolina health warning
The North Carolina health department warns rabies epidemics may merge across states as it spreads from the southeast to the northeast. Beaufort Washington and Duplin counties reported first time rabies cases. Officials urge vaccination, immediate bite care, and avoidance of wildlife. Craven County hosts a rabies clinic on Sept 14 offering $5 shots.
Jones County deputies arrest 11 drug suspects in seven month probe
Jones County deputies rounded up 11 drug suspects after a seven month investigation ending with a 4 30 a m roundup. The suspects face possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and related charges and are jailed in Jones County or Lenoir County. Warrants remain for 15 others as deputies plan further searches in coming days. Names and bonds include Evelyn Harper 44 of Trenton and several men from Trenton Maysville and Pollocksville with bonds ranging from 4 900 to 20 000 dollars. Steve Kinsey of Pollocksville faces crack cocaine charges and a 20 000 bond.
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Trenton
Jones County
Ken Andrews
Jones County Sheriff's Office
Lenoir County
Evelyn G. Harper
East
P.O. Box
Michael May
Jody May
Brimmage Road
Delvedo Green
Green Town Road
P.O
Robie Vincent Clark
Hwy
Rick Jones
Jeff Stang
First
Bynum
Maysville
Hank Brooks
Foy Street
Craig R. Sutton
Deppe Loop
Frank Brown
North
P.O. Box 113
Steve Kinsey
Goshen Road
Pollocksville
Public hearing on land spray site at Pamlico County Courthouse
Public hearing scheduled for Monday at 7 30 p m regarding a land application spray site at the Pamlico County Courthouse. The session will consider permits and local impact as part of the county planning process.
Residents object to Arapahoe sewer site tour
Arapahoe residents and Pamlico County officials toured a land application facility in Edenton as part of efforts to ease concerns about a new regional sewer storage lagoon. Residents oppose the site’s location near homes despite reports of minimal odors at the spray site. A public meeting with county officials and experts is set for Monday at 7 30 p m at the Pamlico County Courthouse.
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Bayboro
Arapahoe
Pamlico County
R.A. Rubin
North Carolina State University
al Hodge
State Division of Environmental Management
Rubin
NCSU
NC 306
Pamlico Community College
Bay River
Neuse
Bay Rivers
Phil Prescott
Board of Commissioners
Edenton
Prescott
Doug Brinson
C.H. Styron
Styron
Marion Altman
Altman
Bayboro Pamlico County Judges Meet Over Litigation
County commissioners met in private for over 20 minutes to discuss a pending lawsuit involving Neuse Shores Development. Attorney Jimmy Hicks said no action was taken.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
Jimmy Hicks
Neuse Shores Development
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Sun Journal
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Washington
Duplin
Tar Heel
Maine
Florida
Hunter
Brunswick Duplin Nash
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Andrews
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