Two more join Craven waste task force in Craven County
Craven County commissioners named two additional members to the Wastewater Task Force this morning, filling about half the seven-seat group. Eileen Dove of Pembroke New Bern and Larry Frazier of Adams Creek Road were appointed. six others were named two weeks earlier. The panel will seek short term wastewater solutions and meet first with commissioners and NC State University scientists on February 28.
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Craven County
Eileen Dove
Pembroke
New Bern
Gerald Parker
Larry Frazier
Adams Creek Road
Albert Toon
Don Dye
Pete Monte
James L. Spock Jr
Robert Mills
Don Beaver
North Carolina State University
Ferry service expanded to Bear Island this spring
Hammocks Beach State Park will extend its pedestrian ferry to Bear Island from April through October, adding two months and one extra day per week. The 2.5 mile ride lasts 25 minutes with fares of $2 for adults and $1 for children. The schedule varies by month, running Fri Sun in April and October, Wed Sun in May and September, and daily in June to August.
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Bear Island
Swansboro
Hammocks Beach State Park
Sam Bland
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural
Early Morning Car Fire on Spencer Avenue Investigated as Arson
A 1982 Mercedes owned by Dr. Richard Nolan and the front of his Spencer Avenue home were set ablaze in the early hours. Firefighters arrived at 2:02 a.m. and extinguished the flames with no injuries reported. Fire Inspector Henry Watson classed the incident as arson, saying a poured flammable liquid was used. Damage estimates were not available.
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Spencer Avenue
New Bern
Henry Watson
Watson
Richard Nolan
Spencer Ave
Nolan
Corps lacks funds for Oregon Inlet jetties
The Army Corps of Engineers in Wilmington says no money is available to build the Oregon Inlet jetties. Coastal engineering chief James T. Jarrett says funding is the sole remaining obstacle, with Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. representing the affected North Carolina coast.
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Corps
Oregon Inlet
Army Corps of Engineers
Corp
Wilmington
James T. Jarrett
Walter B. Jones Jr
AME Zion Bishop Highlights Education Role in Black Community
Bishop George Edward Battle Jr of the AME Zion Church notes the religion’s historic role in funding education for freed slaves and its ongoing focus on schooling. He cites education as key to personal and community advancement amid today’s social ills. He also praises youth involvement and church programs aimed at positive impact, while visiting Purvis Chapel AME Zion Church in Beaufort.
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
George Edward Battle Jr
Sheraton Hotel
James Walker Hood
AME Zion Church
St. Peter’s
New Berm
Battle
Charlotte
Freedom Church
Purvis Chapel
Beaufort
Rocky Mount
Hood Theological Seminary
Mobile command unit boosts New Bern police gear
The federal government donates an army surplus five ton truck to the New Bern Police Department to serve as a mobile dispatch and booking center for drug enforcement. The unit, camouflaged and six months from use, will travel to scenes, capture suspects photos and fingerprints, and help serve warrants faster. Scopes from military surplus aid in arrests, with recent use contributing to two drug takedowns.
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New Bern
John McAlexander
McAlexander
Neuse Boulevard
Greg Simmons
North Carolina hog waste leaks into groundwater concerns rise
North Carolina ranks second to Iowa in hog production, but new findings by The News & Observer show many lagoons leak, contaminating groundwater. Eastern NC hosts a swelling 7 million hog mega farm system with vast manure production and rising ammonia emissions threatening rivers and estuaries.
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Raleigh
Iowa
North Carolina
North Carolina State University
News & Observer
Agriculture Department
Pork
Missouri
Virginia
Goldie Cameron and the Boots She Shook History Of WT
Goldie Cameron, a former Wild Bill Cody show member, recounts a life spanning cattle drives, mud wrestling, and travel with presidents and kings. Her tale recalls a dramatic moment when she shot her husband’s boot heels to end his hanky panky, a sharp shooter’s legend from Nederland and Look Out Mountain near Denver.
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Goldie Cameron
Wild Bill Cody
Goldie
Colorado
Boulder
Nederland
Bill Cody
Look Out Mountain
Denver
Madison Square Garden
Cody
Annie Oakley
San Francisco
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County Cooperative Extension
Billy Dunham
NCSU
Craven
Vivian Sun Journal
George Battle
Bridgeton
Charlie
Colorado Rockies
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Fee En Ana
Goldie Sandy Lemans
The
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