Cherry Point pilot rescued after ejecting in Atlantic
Maj Curtis Manzie of VMA 542 based at Cherry Point ejected from an AV-8B Harrier during dawn takeoff from USS Wasp in the North Atlantic while training for NATO exercise Strong Resolve. He received treatment for minor injuries aboard ship as the Marine Corps investigates the mishap. Strong Resolve is set to begin in Norway in two weeks.
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Marine Corps
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune
VMA-542
2Nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Manzie
Norway
School board weighs pledge to the flag plan
Craven County school board considers requiring students to recite the pledge daily. Members note Greenville schools recently implemented a pledge policy and discuss urging daily recitation across 21 schools. Elementary schools already begin with the pledge while high schools and some middle schools do not.
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Craven County School Board
Greenville
Stars and Stripes
Carl Spock
Grover C. Fields
Havelock Middle
Brad Sneeden
Spoc
Spock
Sneeden
Harbor seal sightings rise along North Carolina coast
Harbor seal sightings are increasing in southeastern North Carolina with reports rising over two years. Experts note a potential migration and expanding range while N C coordinators log up to 100 calls and scientists seek population estimates and movement patterns.
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North Carolina
Long Beach
Topsail Island
Victoria Thayer
National Marine Fisheries Service
Legislative meetings and appointments list Craven and Jones counties
Craven County Board of Commissioners meets Monday at 8 30 a m in the county administration building with appointments to the planning board Council on Women wastewater task force and domiciliary home advisory committee Fresh Start program fees Recreation commission request Jones County Board of Commissioners meets Monday at 9 30 a m in the county administration building including canine training and economic development at Fire and Rescue
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Craven County Board of Commissioners
Planning Board
Council On Women
Recreation Commission
Jones County Board of Commissioners
Pamlico County Board of Commissioners
Southeast
Pamlico Fire District
Schools rally to block proposed national lunch cuts
Craven, Jones, Pamlico school districts urge Congress to keep national lunch funding intact as H.R.4 and related acts threaten to slash federal support by about 27 percent. Losses listed include Craven 596000, Jones 126000, Pamlico 78000. price hikes and job impacts feared.
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Craven Schools
Brad Sneeden
Craven Board
U.S
Walter Jones Jr
R-N.c
Jones County
Congress
San Jouma
North Carolina
Craven
Pamlico
Sneeden
King
Jones
John Shuck
Pamlico Schools
Atlantic Beach bids farewell to Pavilion as Circle dig begins
The Circle on Atlantic Beach ends for the Pavilion building, a 1960s teen hub famed for dances and bands like the Embers and Temptations. A backhoe carves the roof under cold rain while officials plan a facelift to create a family oriented center, with memories echoed by residents and former locals.
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Atlantic Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Ue Craven
George Brown
Hollywood
Calif
Portland
Maine
Brown
Holycross
North Carolina
Bill Gent
Bill
Gent
Morehead City
New Bern
the Embers
Temptations
The
Platters
Craven Regional Medical Center
Linda Staunch
J Cc
Staunch
Alleged forger left telltale sign in four checks
New Bern man Christopher Brian Heath, 23, faces four counts of forging checks from Richard Tyson. Police say on the last forged check Heath scratched Tyson’s address and inserted his own, a Buy for Less payment for 145.07. The four checks total 751.02, written December over two weeks to Meineke Belk's and Buy for Less. Heath is to appear in Craven County District Court after release on promise to appear.
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New Bern
Christopher Brian Heath
Karen Drive
Heath
Richard Todd Tyson
Preston Drive
Kinston
Tyson
Meineke
Belk
Corrected audition contact for Radio Reading Service volunteers
A Friday Sun Journal correction fixes the audition information for the Radio Reading Service of New Bern. The correct volunteer contact number is 633-6291.
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Sun Journal
Radio Reading Service
New Bern
State environmental education plan meeting set at Pamlico CC
A meeting to air a state environmental education plan will be held Monday from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at Pamlico Community College. The draft plan consolidates programs from the Department of Environment Health and Natural Resources into a single comprehensive plan to fit with current school curricula.
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Pamlico Community College
State Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
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