Capital reserve fee for water system delayed to June 5
Craven County commissioners delay a 650 dollar capital reserve fee for new water hookups until Monday, citing complaints at the water department and offering a grace period. The fee funds system expansion like towers and pipes, with exemptions for grant funded expansions such as East Craven Water District via Rural Economic Development loans.
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Craven County
Water Department
Water Board
Mike Mills
Mills
East Craven Water District
Rural Economic Community Development Service
Frazier appeals set aside order in jail case
Reginald Frazier of River Bend asks the state Court of Appeals to overturn the order sending him to jail. The State Bar’s Disciplinary Hearing Commission sentenced him to 480 days on 16 counts of indirect contempt for defying a bar order. He is jailed at Neuse Correctional Center in Goldsboro after being deemed a threat and nuisance.
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State Court of Appeals
Reginald Frazier
Frazier
River Bend
Craven County
Bar
Neuse
Goldsboro
Wake County
Department of Correction
Moen lays off 100 as job fair counters downsizing
Moen Corp cuts about 100 workers at its Craven County Bern plant amid slow housing construction. VP Bireley cites soft demand and temporary workforce adjustments, while a four day job fair at Craven Community College seeks to build a talent reservoir for a hoped resurfacing job market.
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Moen
Craver County
Bern
Bireley
Moon
Craven Community College
Perdue to grads Never give up at Craven Community College
Craven Community College graduates march to the stage as Second Marine Aircraft Band plays Pomp and Circumstance. One hundred ninety three earn associate degrees, fifty earn vocational diplomas, fifty earn technical certificates, and nearly 200 receive high school equivalency diplomas. State Sen. Beverly Perdue urges perseverance and community support.
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Craven Community College
Marine Aircraft
Beverly Perdue
Three Million Grant Sought for TransPark Education Center
The Neuse River Council of Governments seeks a 3 million dollar U S EDA grant for a high tech education and training center linked to the North Carolina Global TransPark. The project would train workers for new and existing industries, with 3.5 million from the General Assembly for construction.
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COG
Masters
North Carolina
Craven, Jones and Pamlico
Farm Bill meeting canceled for lack of farmers in New Bern
A town meeting at New Bern High School to gather farmer input on the CFSA program was officially suspended after 30 minutes with no attendees. Craven County was among 30 sites in 25 states designated to hear farmers' views on the Farm Bill. The organizer, Sherry Williams of D.J. Miller and Associates, noted another local meeting is unlikely and said 5,000 surveys have been sent across states while interviews were conducted with farmers, though she cannot comment on regional survey results.
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Mary Luebke
White House
Pakistan
ECU
Unc-Chapel Hill
Eddie Bell
Swansboro
Vera Fisher Bell
Pamlico Community College
Patricia J. Raskin-Carbonell
Raskin Resources
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Consolidated Farm Service Agency
CFSA
Craven County
Sherry Williams
D.J. Miller and Associates
New Bern High School
Williams
Contaminated Marlboro stock recalled in North Carolina
Philip Morris reports most of the suspected tainted cigarettes recovered and restocked. By May 25 the contaminated plasticizer issue traced to multiple plants was linked to a pesticide odor and off taste, with possible eye throat irritation among users.
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North Carolina
Philip Morris
Concord
Philip
Riverdale
US 70
Mary Sayer
CNN
Sayer
Craven County
Cigarette Company
Carraro
Cabarrus County
Louisville
Richmond
Carrara
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New Bern
Perdue
Craven College
Winston Churchill
Jesse Avery
Sun Journal
Ann Smith
Glenburnie
Marilyn Monroe
U.S. Postal Service
Transpark
EDA
GTP
State Clearinghouse
Jim Sughrue
Transpark Authority
Raleigh
Atlanta
Wayne Malone
Farm Bill Meeting
Frankie Marshburn
Food Lion
Main St
Havelock
Philip Morris Cigarettes
East Front Street
Larry Shivar
Rivertowne Square
Wal-Mart
Robert Green
Green
Winn-Dixie
Berne Square
Westbrook
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