State official cites rise in juvenile crime and calls for reforms
State Attorney General Mike Easley cites a 13 percent rise in juvenile arrests for violent crimes in the prior year, urging new laws and a revised juvenile code to address violence. He notes increases across murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, with youth 15 and under showing a 14 percent jump.
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Department of Justice
State Bureau of Investigation
Carolina
Mike Easley
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Counties share 750000 study funds for sewage plans
Craven Pamlico and two neighboring counties will receive 750000 from budget talks to study short and long term sewage availability solutions. Craven gets 100000 Pamlico 50000 and both join a 400000 regional feasibility study with Onslow and Carteret counties.
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Pamlico
Onslow
Carteret
Come
Craven County
Beverly Perdue
D-Craven
General Assembly
Rehabbed Fixing up downtown is old hat in New Bern
In New Bern Cuba the downtown revival moves forward as a travel hub for tourists and locals alike. Anheuser-Busch tourney reaches the final round with teams competing for prestige and prize money.
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Old Hat
New Bern
Cuba
Anheuser-Busch
NC moves to curb wide mobile home haulers on roads
North Carolina officials plan to require permits for each haul and tighten rules to keep 16 foot wide mobile homes off state roads while curbing 14 footers. A mobile home inspection found 71 of 109 trailers had unsafe brakes or inoperative signals, prompting stricter enforcement and speed limits 10 mph below posted limits in construction zones.
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State Board of Transportation
Larry Goode
Division of
Steve Zamiara
North Carolina Manufactured Housing Institute
Brick Road Paves a Link to 1919 Labor Story
On Old Brick Road a nearly one mile stretch of nine foot wide pavement shows remnants of its brick underlay. Clarence Woodrow Gaskins of 1735 Old Brick Road recalls workers laying the road in 1919. Gaskins, a lifelong resident, began as a bricklayer while young, noting he is a Black worker who lost both legs above the knees.
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Clarence Woodrow Gaskins
Old Brick Road
Gaskins
Ernil Thursday
Panama Clash Over Haitian Refugees Tests Clinton Plan
The United States courted safe havens in Grenada Dominica and Antigua after Panama reneged on hosting 10 000 Haitian boat people. Guantanamo Bay will expand to 20 000. more than 10 500 refugees wait there. Processing shifts to temporary protection while asylum access ends in the United States. Marine evacuation readiness remains for potential Americans in Haiti.
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U.S
Mer Pranya
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Camp Lejeune
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