Two-car crash injures four. two released from hospital
Noontime collision on Streets Ferry Road left Andrea Squires and Rae Hansley, plus two children, hospitalized. Khiry Thompson, 4, suffered a forehead gash and broken femur. Kayla Squires, 1, bruised with a lip cut. Squires charged with child seat violation. Hansley charged with left of center.
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Streets Ferry Road
Andrea Simone Squires
Beech Grove Mobile Home Park
Rae Lee Hansley
Piney Neck Road
J.M. Mims
State Highway Patrol
Hansley
Squires
Mims
Thompson
Craven Regional Medical Center
Kayla Kiana Squires
Clerical error could boost Havelock project by $10,000
An inflexible law and a clerical error may cost Havelock about $16,000 in water and sewer work. Sunland bid $34,194, but a mis-calculation omitted $17,000 for asphalt. The board released Sunland from the bid and will renegotiate with the next lowest bidder, Cieszko, at $61,005. The issue is set for Sept. 11.
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Havelock
US 70
Kathleen Townsend
Sunland Development and Construction
Board of Commissioners
Sunland
Mitted
Joe Huffman
Ronald McDonald Houses Receive Marines Donation
Col Louis A Rehberger III will present a 4747 check at New River MCAS headquarters on Bancroft Street. The money was raised by local McDonald’s restaurants and the New River Morale Welfare and Recreation Directorate from a Boyz II Men concert at the air station on June 25. Four North Carolina Ronald McDonald Houses in Chapel Hill Durham Greenville and Winston Salem will benefit.
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Ronald McDonald
McDonald’s
Louis A. Rehberger III
New River Marine Corps Air Station
Air Station
Bancroft Street
New River Morale, Welfare and Recreation Directorate
North Carolina
Ronald McDonald Houses
Chapel Hill
Durham
Greenville
Winston-Salem
Sheriff urges motorists to yield to emergency vehicles
Craven County Sheriff warns drivers to pull over and move to the right when blue lights and sirens approach. Lt. Bob Brown reports deputies encounter motorists failing to yield or braking abruptly, creating dangerous traffic conditions. He cautions against guessing an officer's path during emergencies.
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Craven County Sheriff's Office
Bob Brown
Sheriff's Office
Brown
Residents oppose Pamlico spray site in Bayboro meeting
After more than three hours, four wastewater panelists failed to sway about 70 locals on a proposed land application spray site for Pamlico County. Residents pressed for impact on property values, countywide sewer plans, and nearby landfill issues while panelists defended soil tests, capacity, and disclosure.
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Bayboro
C.H. Styron
Arapahoe
Pamlico County
NC 306
Pamlico Community College
Bay
Neuse
R.A. Rubin
N.C. State University
Rubin
Pamlico
Edenton and
Gardner
Ken Rude
State Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
al Hodge
Division of Environmental Management
Tim Baldwin
McKinnon and
Baldwin
Oriental
Bay River
Bud Aldridge
Aldridge
Escaped convict recaptured near Morehead City
Steven Edward Ford 31 of Kinston, a convicted murderer, was captured Monday afternoon in an open field behind Kings Apartments in Morehead City after escaping Carteret Correctional Center on Sunday. He had scaled a fence to meet his girlfriend and was found hiding under a bush, unarmed, and returned to prison in Wilson. The man had been at the minimum security unit since 1990 and eligible for parole since 1990.
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Newport
Carteret Correctional Center
Morehead City
Steven Edward Ford
Kinston
Kings Apartments
20Th Street
Ford
Duncan Daughtry
James Hickman
Tracy Herring
North Carolina Parole Commission
Correction
Hickman
Daughtry
Division of Marine Fisheries
Wilson
Rotary Club Regatta heats up Neuse River sailing fest
Over 100 sailboats from Oriental to New Bern vie in the 18th Rotary Club Regatta starting at 9 30 a m at Oriental Marina. About 50 sponsors back the Michelob Cup renamed for Rotary, with proceeds aiding school scholarships. Boats are placed by rating, with registration Friday at Oriental Motel and Marina, a Friday seafood dinner, and a Saturday briefing. A shore party at Sheraton Grand follows the six hour race, with awards including a green blazer. Band of Oz plays at the New Bern Farmers Market for public dance tickets at the door. Sponsors include Pepsi Cola, Woodruff Distributing and Weyerhaeuser.
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Neuse
Rotary
Woodruff Distributing Co
Rob Overman
Cochairman
Rotary Club
McCulley
Oriental Motel
Marina
Oriental Marina
New Bern
Sheraton Grand
Sheraton Dock
The
Band of Oz
New Bern Farmers Market
Pepsi Cola
Woodruff Distributing
Weyerhaeuser
Wdlx Radio
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Sun 5
Vanceboro
Khiry Antwoin Thompson
Marines
Jacksonville
Craven County
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Hodge
Edenton
Angela Harris
Sun Journa
Donna Althizer
Kidsville
Jeremy Althizer
Shannon Althizer
Keri Regalmuto
Mike McCulley
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