Neuse COG battles downsizing and reorganization
Neuse COG faces funding cuts from 1994 to 1996 with staff dropping from 55 to 31 and a shrinking budget. New leadership under Galati reshapes the board adding an advisory panel and seeking to win back member governments while maintaining service amid embezzlement fallout and office closures.
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Havelock
Craven County
Carteret County
Neuse
JTPA
O.marks
Faison
Jacksonville
New Bern
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Defense and prosecution battle death penalty fate in Skeels trial
The defense and prosecution spar over whether Skeels could face the death penalty if sentenced, with assurances that jurors may be questioned about their willingness to impose it. Skeels faces life imprisonment with parole eligibility in 32 years, barring time off for good behavior or extra holds for prior convictions. The sentencing heard testimony from Skeels’ sister and a psychiatrist about his troubled past and suicide attempts, while the defense highlighted his loneliness and lack of support. The Stokes family expressed mixed emotions as they watched the proceedings.
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Skeets
Department of Correction
Calvin King
John Harmon
Skeels
Sandy Hamre
Delaware
Ohio
Stokes
King
Roberts
Mary Stokes
Goldsboro
Sam Stokes
Michael
Lois
Ronnie
State budget bill advances to Senate for negotiations
The bill covers only new spending and one time items like construction and equipment. Senators will propose their own spending changes for the House measure, triggering a special committee to settle the differences. Negotiations on the main budget bill finished two weeks ago after nearly a month.
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State Senate
House
Haitians and oni debate elections and change
Pierre Duranois says he was thrilled to vote as Haitians voice support for standing elections. In Cite Libete Miradieu Noel, a shoe repair man, runs a roadside table of worn shoes and now doubts any positive change will come.
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Pierre Duranois
Cite Libete
Miradieu Noel
Wolfman Jack Dies at 57 in North Carolina Home
Rock jock Wolfman Jack, born Robert Smith, died at 57 from a heart attack at his Belvidere NC home after returning from a 20 day book tour. The famed disc jockey rose to fame in the 1960s on XERF AM with his signature wolf calls and blend of rock blues and hillbilly records.
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Wolfman Jack Entertainment
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Belvidere
N.C
Raleigh
America
Princess Stephanie Marries Father of Her Children in Monaco
Princess Stephanie of Monaco, 30, wed her former bodyguard Daniel Ducruet, 31, father of her two children, in a simple civil ceremony at Monaco Town Hall amid tight security. The couple were attended by about 40 people including Stephanie’s first cousin Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy and Ducruet’s brother Alain, with Mayor Anne-Marie Campora performing the ceremony.
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Monaco
Prince Rainier
Grace
Daniel Ducruet
Elisabeth-Anne de Massy
Ducruet
Alain
Anne-Marie Campora
New Bern resident Newman plans Fourth of July visit to Topsail Beach
Newman, a New Bern resident active in church and youth work, says her Fourth of July weekend will center on family and friends as she visits Topsail Beach.
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Newman
New Bern
Topsail Beach
Greek Crown Prince Marries American Heiress Daughter
Crown Prince Pavlos wed Marie-Chantal Miller at St Sophia Cathedral in a Byzantine setting. A large royal attendance included kings and queens from Europe traveling by bus to the ceremony. The hour-long Orthodox service aired in Greece as republican critics warned the wedding could revive monarchist sentiment amid political tensions.
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Europe
Greece
St. Sophia Cathedral
Pavlos
Marie-Chantal Miller
Andreas Papandreou
Grant in public lewdness arrest with prostitute
News of the World interview cites Stella Marie Thompson saying she didn’t know the actor Hugh Grant was a movie star. She says Grant paid $60 for oral sex in his car and offered $40 more for a room. he claims he had only $60. Thompson, who uses the stage name Divine Brown, has prior prostitution convictions. Grant and Thompson were arrested Tuesday and charged with public lewdness.
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Hugh Grant
News of the World
Stella Marie Thompson
Grant
Ether
Los Angeles
Thompson
Divine Brown
Kasem keeps American Top 40 evolving after 25 years
Casey Kasem continues to push evolution in popular music as his American Top 40 marks a quarter century. The show now syndicates to over 1,000 radio stations via Westwood One. Kasem, hailed as radio’s best known voice, started Top 40 in Los Angeles in 1970 with Mama Told Me Not to Come by Three Dog Night as the first No 1.
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Kasem
Westwood One
Casey Kasem
Norm Pattit
Los Angeles
Three Dog Night
Simpson commentator turns media star on CNBC show
Gerry Spence, famed fringed leather jacket wearing lawyer and O J Simpson trial commentator, becomes a primetime media figure hosting a call in show starting July 7 on CNBC. He says the program extends his aim to make points from his courtroom work.
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Gerry Spence
Spence
CNBC
Litany of Adult Experiences Ends in Middle Age Trip
Three high school friends in middle age create the Litany of Adult Experiences a list predicting life's changes they fear or expect. They joke about losing glasses buying two pairs and being mistaken for older, while debating when to stop the list. The piece adapts Bob Greene's syndicated column style.
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Michael
Ronnie
Bob Greene
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Craven County jury verdict on Skeels death sentence sparks debate
Readers weigh in on a Craven County jury not sentencing killer Michael Ray Skeels to death and on a proposed concealed weapons bill. Voters are urged to call polling numbers between noon today and 7 a.m. tomorrow to express opinion.
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Craven County
Michael Ray Skeels
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