McCorkle Promoted to Major General at Cherry Point Ceremony
McCorkle, commander of Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, received his second star in a private March 1 ceremony at the Officers Club. Gen. Robert B. Johnston, head of U.S. Marine Forces Atlantic, announced the promotion, with McCorkle requesting no press releases.
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Fred McCorkle
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Robert B. Johnston
McCorkle
U.S. Marine Forces Atlantic
Base Officers Club
New Bern man faces Harlem double murder charges in NYC
Rahim Devine, 20, from Green Park Terrace, was extradited to New York City to face two second degree murder charges for the February 1994 Harlem killings after allegedly demanding sexual favors. He had earlier been arrested in New Bern on March 2 on drug charges and flown to NYC in custody.
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New York City
New Bern
Harlem
Rahim Devine
Green Park Terrace
Devine
New York
Alex Setzer
Craven Regional Airport
Beaufort Playwright Muriel Resnik Jackson Dies in NYC at 78
Muriel Resnik Jackson, known as Resnik in literary circles, a Beaufort resident and author of Any Wednesday, died at 78 in New York after years of illness. She rose to fame as a playwright, later turning to mystery writing with The Garden Club in 1992, and had a sequel completed at her death. Her work featured a Tony winning film adaptation and stage hit, with other scripts including Lets Lunch having been optioned and test-produced.
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Muriel Resnik Jackson
Beaufort
New York
Jackson
New Bern
Civic Theater
Chester Hammann
Victor Jackson
Shotgun House
Sandy Dennis
Jane Fonda
East Carolina University
Greenville
Sharon Stone
Commercial fishing show slated for this weekend
The 15th Annual Commercial Show and Festival will be held at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City this weekend. Saturday features seminars on licensing moratorium grants and by catch devices, plus displays of nets, model boats, and a live search and rescue in Bogue Sound. Admission is $2 for adults. children 12 and under free.
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Crystal Coast Civic Center
Morehead City
Bogue Sound
NC seeks voting seats on Mid-Atlantic Fishery Council
North Carolina fishermen push to amend the Magnuson Act to gain full voting rights on the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. If approved, NC would join three other states with representation on two councils, amplifying influence over gray trout summer flounder bluefish and related fisheries.
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Washington, D.C
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
North Carolina
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
mid-Atlantic Council
Bob Peele
North Carolina Fisheries Association
Peele
Walter Jones Jr
R-N.c
Mid- Atlantic Council
U.S
Walter B. Jones
Jones
Natural Resources Committee
Division of Marine Fisheries
Jim Martin
Jim Hunt
Florida
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Washington
Oregon
Pacific
North Pacific
Grandmother Testimony Shifts Focus in Payne Case at Trial
Testimony in the civil suit against Carteret County Sheriff Ralph Thomas centers on the December 1989 siege during which Robert Payne killed his mother and shot his brother after holding them and the grandmother at gunpoint. Grandmother Mildred Chadwick described hours of captivity and the gunfire that ended when Thomas entered the home.
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Chartle
Peek/Sun Journal
Carteret
Ralph Thomas
John Ward
Pamlico Court
Bayboro
Carteret County
Will Hospital
Robert Payne
Ronald Stephens
Dorthea
Alan Payne
Mildred Chadwick
Gloucester
Chadwick
Payne
Hilda Payne
Thomas
Pamlico County Welcomes Its First Female Patrol Deputy
Bayboro welcomes Tonya Waters the first female patrol deputy in Pamlico County Sheriff's Office history. She faced doubts from male colleagues but has integrated, performing duties from serving papers to undercover work. Sheriff Danny Miller cites her service in domes tic cases and searches as a timely asset, with Waters demonstrating strong shooting and field skills.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
Miller
Waters
Craven Community College
Danny Pugh
Pugh
Community College
Sheila Martin
Martin
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Japan
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Quantico
Helicopter Squadron 1
Resnik
Oyster
Frank Stephenson Jr
Meherrin
Chowan
Marine Fish Conservation Network
Bill Mott
Mott
Department of Commerce
By Sandy Lemans
Sun Journal
Lois Meadows
Jacksonville
Robbie
Meadows
Homas
the Payne’s
Marvin Blount
New Berm
Ward
Charlie Peek
House
Pamlico
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