Growth fuels New Bern expansion boom with major chains
Expansion at NADEP Cherry Point brings about 700 new area workers and family growth. Winn-Dixie plans a 43 500 square foot store with cafe and new produce options, aiming to be the largest on the east of Raleigh. Golden Corral to open a larger 358-seat restaurant by July 1. Harris Teeter eyed for next year with a leased site and 150 jobs. Baskin Robbins to open by summer creating about a dozen jobs. Local leaders tout growing economy and larger market reach.
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Naval Aviation
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
New Bern
Hicks
Winn-Dixie
Raleigh
Jim Kaus
Kaus
Golden Corral
Mel Barfield
New Golden Corral
Barfield
Harris Teeter
Ruth Kinzey
Kinzey
Baskin Robbins
Lyn Sills
Tom Barton
Chamber
Traffic Woes Spur Widening Plans for Clarendon Boulevard
New Bern officials report growing congestion as new businesses bring more traffic. Plans include widening US 17 to six lanes from Simmons Street past the Joe Alcoke building, plus a closed loop traffic signal system. The DOT will fund six lanes next year. City eyes side roads linking Glenburnie to McCarthy Boulevard, potentially funded by developers.
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County Transportation Committee
Bill Hartman
New Bern
Hartman
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Clarendon Boulevard
US 17
Simmons Street
Joe Alcoke
Transportation Committee
Glenburnie
McCarthy Boulevard
Lowe’s
Target Discount Store
Bayview and Britthaven Seek New Nursing Beds
Applicants and supporters outline plans to add 50 beds at Bayview and a 70 bed facility in Havelock with Britthaven proposing 70 beds at about 1.5 million dollars. Construction times range from six to thirteen months depending on site, with beds reclassified from existing facilities and key funding and accessibility discussed.
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Frifone
Dick Bennett
Bayview
Ay Kriss
E Britthaven Inc
Kinston
Havelock
Britthaven
New Bern
Kriss
Bennett
North Carolina
North Carolina to vote on gubernatorial veto in 1996 ballot
The state will put a constitutional amendment before voters in November 1996 to allow a gubernatorial veto. North Carolina currently lacks veto power and this proposal follows a Republican platform call for voters to decide. Ballot also includes governor, U.S. senator and president races.
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North Carolina
Correction on Sun Journal report about Theresa Greek death
The Sun Journal misreported Tuesday about Theresa Greek who was killed February 19. She was 21, a Newport murder suspect’s case states. Her father Fred Defeo, a former Havelock police officer, says she lived in Havelock but was not a native.
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Sun Journal
Theresa Greek
Newport
Greek
Fred Defeo
Havelock
Defeo
Force
Gorbachev faces decline as retirement graces him
Gorbachev’s stock sinks as he loses his official car after criticizing Yeltsin in a speech ten years after rising to power. While abroad he enjoys wealth and fame, in Russia he is mocked by youths and critics for the USSR’s collapse, amid debates over his legacy.
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Boris Yeltsin
Communist Party
Yeltsin
Kosova
Gorbachev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Denver DUI dropped after double jeopardy ruling
Denver's drunken driving charges against John Denver were dismissed on constitutional grounds after a license revocation hearing cleared him, with prosecutors planning an appeal. The arrest followed a Porsche wreck on August 21, 1994.
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John Denver
A. Cole
Walter Gerash
Denver
Pitkin County
Tom Scott
Singer
Pelican Players Back Civic Center Plans In Pamlico County
Oriental resident and seafood business owner People Caroon says the new Pamlico County Civic Center will benefit the community and that she attends all Pelican Players performances, anticipating profits and cultural events for locals.
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Caroon
Oriental
Pamlico County Civic Center
Pelican
Former Gillooly to change name in Portland hearing
Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of Tonya Harding, is legally changing his name in Portland Oregon. The hearing drew comments from public figures and actors as Gillooly faces release Monday after seven months in custody for conspiring in the Kerrigan attack.
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Jeff Gillooly
Tonya Harding
Portland
Ore
Jeff Stone
Temecula
Calif
NASA
Donna Reed
Paul Petersen
Gillooly
Stone
Harding
Kerrigan
Judy Snyder
Shirley MacLaine Reveals On Road Memoir Ties With Sinatra and Dean Martin
In her memoir My Lucky Stars MacLaine recounts filming Some Came Running in 1958 with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. She describes camaraderie and flirtation, plus later incidents where Sinatra punched a wall and a hotel manager, while Martin urged restraint.
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MacLaine
Dean Martin
Sinatra
Martin
Dean
Frank
Jury system under fire as jurors ignore instructions
Mike Royko argues juries are failing in high profile cases from O J Simpson to Heidi Fleiss and the Jeanine Nicarico murder, noting jurors swap votes, ignore instructions, and fear guilt presumptions. He recalls a Chicago juror who admitted convicting two men despite doubts, blaming dumbing down and complex trials.
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Lance Ito
California
Heidi Fleiss
Fleiss
Chicago
Jeanine Nicarico
Rolando Cruz
Alejandro Hernandez
Cruz
Hernandez
DuPage County
Ill
Mike Royko
New Bern Debate on Clarendon Boulevard Construction
Readers weigh in on Clarendon Boulevard building in New Bern with phone polls showing both sides. The column notes public sentiment against extensive new development and cites a controversial stance supporting Republican limits on lawsuits. The piece includes direct quotes blaming ambulance chasing lawyers for high litigation costs.
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