Recycling profits rise as markets rebound in North Carolina
North Carolina firms and local governments are selling recyclables faster than collected. statewide recycling jobs rose 47 percent in five years. Paper Stock Dealers leader notes newsprint up to 100 per ton, cardboard about 30, mixed paper around 80. In Raleigh the DOT faces questions over 800 million for urban loops amid competing state spending pressures. In Burlington a 32-year-old man faces murder charges after his partner was stabbed. the son reportedly witnessed the event.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jim Foster
Foster
Department of Transportation
DOT
Transportation Department
Burlington
Patsy Miles
Linda Faye Harris
Harris
Jimmy Turner
Alamance County
Randy Jones
Turner
Jones
North Carolina film industry friction risks growth surge
Wilmington and statewide film professionals face infighting as a Senate bill to create tax breaks for NC film investors moves through finance committee. Advocates urge homegrown financing to build an independent, New Carolina film industry, while rivals push for each region to attract Hollywood dollars.
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Wilmington
Senate
North Carolina
California
New York
Hollywood Studios
Patrick Ballantine
Hanover
N.C
Ballantine
N.C. Film Council
Chambers of Commerce
Charli Jayson
N.C. Independent Filmmakers Association
NC film sets spark policy row over private rentals
In Wilmington and Winston-Salem a debate surged over a bill to let the School of Filmmaking rent its sets and equipment to private producers at a fair market rate. Industry leaders argued it would subsidize competition with private enterprises and affect student jobs. sponsor Sen. Mark McDaniel says he will let the measure die in committee.
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N.C. School of
Wilmington
School of Filmmaking
Sen
Mark McDaniel
Forsyth
North Carolina bill targets stolen goods at flea markets
The bill would require vendors to keep receipts for obviously new items to curb resale of pilfered merchandise at flea markets. Lawmakers say organized groups steal thousands of dollars in goods yearly, while market operators doubt the scope of the problem and question the bill’s impact on legitimate sellers.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Wal- Mart
Sen
Tony Rand
D-Cumberland
Earl Steele
Viking Flea Market
John Watters
State Bureau of Investigation
N.C
Fresco Auction Ends Church Wall Art From 1980
West Jefferson artists who painted frescos on Holy Trinity Episcopal Church walls as part of the Great Blue Ridge Fresco Experience sold the works at auction this weekend. Ben Long IV and his students, who studied Renaissance plastering at Glendale Springs, left the church art to move to antique stores and private homes across the state.
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West Jefferson
Blue Ridge
Ben Long IV
Glendale Springs
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Public Notice of New Bern P and Z Meeting June 6 1995
The New Bern Planning and Zoning board will meet at 7 30 p m in City Hall courtroom for its regular meeting Tuesday June 6 1995. Agenda includes review of a Taberna phase one general plan a rezoning from A 5 to R 20 for 555 Highway 55 West removal of 0 9 mile of South Glenburnie Road from the corridor district a Randall Arendt video on open space and old/new business followed by adjournment.
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New Bern
Taberna
S. R. 1111
Thurman Road
Grantham Road
Pauline White
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