Filing opens Friday for Craven county elections
Staff reports note that 95 municipal election candidates may file from Friday noon through August 4. Craven Pamlico and Jones counties will see races for town and city boards except New Bern aldermen, plus First Craven Sanitary District seats. New Bern terms run to 1997, with Havelock mayor and three commissioners up for reelection.
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Kathleen Orringer
Craven County
Craven
New Bern
Havelock
Ruby Realini
Beth Martin
Eugene P. Smith
Orringer
Board of Elections
County Condemns 400 Acre Site For Sewer Spray System
Pamlico County has begun condemnation proceedings against Timber companies Wey erhaeuser and International Paper for a 400 acre tract off NC 306 intended as the spray application site for a county wide sewage system. The move is a formality to secure a $1 million state grant with June 26 deadline.
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Pamlico County
Jim Sugg
NC 306
Weyerhaeuser and International Paper Company
Sugg
Officials and 28 for DWI over 4th of July weekend
Statewide 1,278 arrests for DWI were made during the four day July 4 weekend across North Carolina after 624 sobriety checkpoints in all 100 counties. In Craven County two checkpoints yielded 23 DWI arrests plus three minor drug possessions and several traffic violations. In Pamlico County one checkpoint produced DWI counts along with seat belt and child safety seat tickets. In Jones County three DWI arrests were reported, with one test refusal, plus seat belt and child safety seat tickets at a single checkpoint.
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Craven
Pamlico
Jones
State Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Gene Ennett
New Bern
Craven County
NC 55
Pamlico-Craven County
US 17
Ennett
Pamlico County
Jones County
Woman defends herself with keys and fists on Avenue B
A New Bern woman, 45, fends off an attack by a man fixing a bicycle using car keys, a strong punch, and firm words. She stabbed with the keys, punched the attacker in the chest, then kneeed him. He fled on a dark bicycle. police seek an 18 to 20 year old black male, 5'8" to 6'.
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New Bern
Avenue B
Gwendolyn Wright
John West
Wright
West
Craven Street
Ex-New Bern physician named in brain surgery suit
A physician who worked 17 years at Craven Regional Medical Center is named as a co defendant in a brain surgery suit. The suit says he failed to treat an infection in Mary Jo Ridenour of Pender County after brain surgery. Ridenour seeks damages from Dr. Raymond Sattler who allegedly left her brain exposed for 25 minutes in September 1994 while he left the operating room to get a snack.
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New Bern
Craven Regional Medical Center
Mary Jo Ridenour
Pender County
Ridenour
Raymond Sattler
Residents oppose prison near Mill Pond Road in Pamlico County
Residents along Mill Pond Road oppose a proposed 500 bed private prison site at Mill Pond Road and Bay City Highway outside Bayboro. They support jobs from a prison elsewhere in the county and urged the county to avoid placing the facility in their backyards amid concerns from elderly residents and widows.
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Bayboro
Mill Pond Road
Pamlico County
Ann Midgette
Midgette
Bay City Highway
Phil Prescott Jr
Prescott
Elbert Davis
Davis
Joyce Bell
Grantsboro
Bell
Glen Hill Missionary Baptist Church
St. Mark Ame Zion Church
Commissioners Meeting
St. Mark Church
Watercraft safety tips amid Independence Day boat accidents
Coast Guard officials urge awareness as three July 4 watercraft accidents raise safety concerns. Fort Macon officer Andre Billeaudeaux warns no road exists on water, while Jeff Pickering stresses knowing how to handle wakes and crowds. A New Bern pier was damaged in a Trent River incident.
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Andre Billeaudeaux
U.S. Coast Guard
Fort Macon
Coast Guard
Billeaudeaux
The
Wrightsville Beach
Jeff Pickering
Pickering
New Bern
Trent River
Trent Woods
Safety tips for boaters emphasize gear and planning
General safety guidance urges life preservers proper sizing for children, flares for signaling, a VHF radio for quick communication, and filing a float plan with the Coast Guard. Local operators stress enforcing sober operation and requiring safety equipment. a New Bern incident noted intoxicated operator and beer cans found aboard before a pier impact.
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Billeaudeaux
Coast Guard
Bob Ericksen
Shoreline Boat Rentals
New Bern
Mount Joy
Randy
Betsy Wolgemuth
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Tri-county
Mark Finlayson
Weyerhaeuser
Finlayson
International Paper Company
International Paper
Wilmington
Mary Bell
Tangle Avenue
Charlie Peek
San Joan
By Robyn L. Davis
Sun Journal
Jesse Avery
Sun
Shorebird Rentals
Randy Wolgemuth
Pennsylvania
Comfort Suites
Neuse River
Mery Reist
Wolgemuth
Randy Wolge- Ericksen
Ericksen
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