Post Office Lease Offer Could Save Hobucken Facility
Hobucken residents seek to keep the post office open as owner Marie Whitfield proposes a lease extension to January. The facility faces closure Oct. 3 after stalemate over rent, with Whitfield asking 33100 yearly and postal officials demanding upgrades. Local officials and residents push for written offer and possible town-owned center use to preserve service.
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Hobucken
David Buck
Marie Whitfield
Hobocken
Joe Phillips
Whitfield
U.S
Phillips
Martin Lancaster
D-N.c
Beverly Perdue
D-Craven
Postal Service
Teen seeks 'angel' to help find blue truck after crash
Nineteen year old Lydia Piriczky says a mystery woman with blonde hair appeared at the scene of a July crash on US 17 between Ernul and New Bern and vanished before giving her name. Piriczky, treated for ribs and bruises, seeks the blue dump truck and its driver to recover from the collision that flipped her 1974 Volvo.
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Lydia Piriczky
Angel
Piriczky
US 17
Ernul
New Bern
Craven Medical Center
Craven Community College
Aurora Road
Marines Prepare for Full Town Training at Camp Cherry Point
Col. Smith of the Joint Public Affairs Corps Air Station says training at Camp Cherry Point could be routine urban exercises. he declines to confirm any link to actions in Haiti as four Caribbean nations join an American-led coalition pressing Haiti's ruling junta to quit.
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Cherry Point
Smith
Joint Public Affairs Corps
Haiti
U.S
Osprey Budget Talk Sparks Flight Plan Shift
Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch urged DoD leaders to consider canceling costly new weapons including the V-22 Osprey. The Marine Corps wants 425 Ospreys at about 40 million each to replace CH-46 Sea Knights in service since 1965.
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Cherry Point
Marine Corps
Defense
John Deutch
Navy
Army
Air Force
Robert C. Jenks
Quantico
Jenks
Scott Kisch
Cherry Point Marine Corps
Kisch
Bob Potter
Department of Defense
Dod
Secretary of Defense
Marine Corps Aviation
Subdivision Suit Tossed by Judge in Pamlico County
A Pamlico County Superior Court judge dismissed a 1993 case against Tar Creek developers over tenants in common subdivision status. The county argued the 1989 subdivision violated standards, but the dismissal cited elapsed time and retroactive policy concerns. The county did not indicate plans to appeal, citing old actions and prior interpretations.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
Superior Court
Herbert O. Phillips Jr
Tar Creek
Jimmy Hicks
New Bern
Joseph Gwaltney
Anne
Franklin Yungk
Fred Carmichael
Gwaltney
Ray Dunn Jr
Dunn
Planning Board
Bernard Hollowell Jr
Hollowell
Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern to undergo restoration effort
New Bern plans a major restoration of Cedar Grove Cemetery begun in 1798 with a $15,000 grant mix from the city and foundations. City planner Greg Sekula notes collapsing brick walls and eroded 1700s brownstone markers while outlining a plan to restore ten grave sites and attract broader support for long term work, honoring notable burials including William Gaston and Confederate soldiers.
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Cedar Grove Cemetery
Greg Sekula
Davis
Sekula
Cedar Grove
George Street
New Bern
State Division of Archives and History
The
Kellenberger Foundation
Plan Ane
City Planning Office
New Bern Preservation Foundation
J.M. Roberts
Christ Church
William Gaston
Congress
State Supreme Court
John Stanley
North Carolina
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Mary Bayard Clarke
Gertrude Carraway
Tryon Palace
Preservation Foundation
Barbara Howlett
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Camp Lejeune
Osprey
Boeing Helicopters
Bell Helicopter Textron
Naval Aviation Depot
NADEP
Steve Green
Green
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
Defense Department
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