Aldermen prepare to fight prison drug treatment house
New Bern officials plan a resolution opposing the Department of Correction plan to convert New Bern Rest Home on Oaks Road into a nonviolent inmate drug and alcohol treatment facility. The dispute hinges on zoning and state versus local authority, with aldermen seeking support from state legislators.
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New Bern
Oaks Road
Department of Correction
New Bern Rest Home
Pierce Associates
Kernersville
Bill Hartman
Ken Bumgarner
Hartman
Barbara Lee
Beverly Perdue
D-Craven
Beaufort Air Station May Avoid 1995 BRAC Cuts
Beaufort South Carolina Marine Corps Air Station, part of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point, may be spared from the 1995 Base Closure and Realignment Commission actions. Local leaders and the SC congressional delegation cite an absence of official BRAC listing for Beaufort, while proposals from SC officials push for expansion or a joint training install rather than closure.
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Beaufort
S.C
Marine Corps Air Station
South Carolina
Cecil Field
Florida
BRAC
Brac 7 93
Cherry Point
Virginia
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
Secret Service probes local counterfeit $20 bills
Police say three counterfeit $20 notes passed at New Bern fast food eateries. Hardee's on Broad Street and McDonald's on Neuse Boulevard were targeted. A white male suspect with tattoos, described to Secret Service, is being investigated. Notes resemble photocopied currency with markings C 4, C 192, 40 and a 1988 date. Businesses urged to watch for fake money.
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Secret Service
Wilmington
New Bern
Troy Horne
Horie
Craven funds high school cop for Havelock
Craven County commissioners approved a $5,670 allocation to hire a school resource officer at Havelock High School through June. If continued, funding must come from the city and school system. The plan aims to provide security and mentorship, with Superintendent Campbell citing community policing benefits.
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Havelock High School
Craven County
Havelock
Lee K. Allen
Mike Campbell
Campbell
Havelock Public Safety
Allen
Craven High School
New Bern
New Bern High School
New mediation program teaches juvenile offenders responsibility
A voluntary mediation program in Craven Pamlico and Carteret counties pairs select juvenile offenders with victims for face to face meetings. Targets property crimes. aims to craft settlements, often including restitution, and to foster understanding. Neuse Center coordinates with trained mediators volunteering to preside. district attorney supports diverting youths from larger problems.
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Craven
Pamlico
Carteret
Richard Shaffer
Neuse Center
New Bern
Shaffer
Attornney W
David McFadyen Jr
McFadyen
Pamlico County board revises planning board ordinance
Pamlico County commissioners refine a gray planning board ordinance into clearer terms during a public hearing. They eliminate the removal clause without cause and add two recommendations requiring knowledge of the land use plan within 60 days and conflict of interest excusal rules. Terms extend to four years but shift about seven months from county commissioners.
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Bayboro — Pamlico County
Planning Board
County Real Board
Linda Fodrey
Oriental Real Estate
Larry Gwaltney
Gwaltney
The
Ordnance
Arson Attempt on Grace Street Porch Put Out by Neighbor
Annie Bell Valentine reports a Molotov throw onto her Grace Street porch around 11 p.m. Sunday. A neighbor named Darrell Russell spotted the fire and extinguished it, preventing spread to the house. The rug and two chairs burned, with about 300 dollars in damage. investigators continue the inquiry.
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Grace Street
Annie Bell Valentine
Grace St
Darrell Russell
Valentine
Comfort Rescue Volunteers Probe Free Ambulance Service
Jones County commissioners explore using a 5 cent per hundred tax to fund two part time EMTs amid a volunteer shortage. Comfort and other squads oppose charging residents for ambulance transport while considering paid daytime rescue workers and potential fees for transports.
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Trenton
Comfort Rescue
Jones County
Sondra Riggs
Riggs
Larry Meadows
Glenn Spivey
Comfort Squad
Meadows
Correction on Nolan misidentification in arson fire report
A Monday Sun Journal correction states Richard Nolan of 1718 Spencer Ave was misidentified as a doctor. Officials report Nolan’s car and house were burned in an early Monday fire labeled arson by local fire authorities.
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Sun Journal
Richard Nolan
Spencer Ave
Nolan
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Havelock and Schools
Joe Huffman
West Craven
Earl Wright
Vanceboro
Chuck Tyson
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Pamlico Refines Planning Board
Doug Brinson
Johnnie Tripp
Comfort
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