Two Craven men charged in bungled Fresh oat robbery
Two Craven County men face district court after a bungled robbery at Vanceboro Fresh oat Food Store early Monday. Roxie Allen Caravan Jr. and Johnny Ray Elks Jr. were charged with second ing and common law robbery. Elks also faces misdemeanor assault. Bond set at 10,000 and 35,000 respectively. Store manager Charmaine said the incident frightened clerk Shirley Ruth Slaughter, who later resigned.
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Craven County
Vanceboro
Roxie Allen Caravan Jr
Hollow Ridge Mobile Home Park
Johnny Ray Elks Jr
Macedonia Church Road
Ernul
Elks
Charmaine
Shirley Ruth Slaughter
Slaughter
Fishing seasons shift from oysters to menhaden in 1994
Oyster harvesting in public bottoms will close for the 1994 95 season at sunset March 31. Beginning April 1 private beds require a Division of Marine Fisheries certification. The menhaden season opens April 3 in the Atlantic within one mile of shore, with purse seines banned at the Cape Fear River mouth. restricted purse seining applies in Dare County zones May 1 through December 31. Internal waters including Pamlico Sound and Neuse River open April 3.
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Division of Marine Fisheries
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Fear
County may buy Days Inn site for Craven jail project
John Peterson’s architectural firm earned 20640 for two thirds of the satellite jail plan in Craven County before plans changed. Engineers halted on Dec 19 to brief new commissioners. Peterson said he dislikes designing buildings only to keep them in a drawer and hopes a site is found to justify the money spent.
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John Peterson
Craven County
Peterson
Governor to discuss coastal agenda at Lejeune meeting
Governor Jim Hunt will address a joint meeting at Camp Lejeune Officers' Club about his coastal agenda. The Coastal Resources and Environmental commissions convene at his request to outline roles in fulfilling the plan. The session runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with public invitation.
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Lejeune
Jim Hunt
Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Officers
Joint Commission
Student badly hurt in wreck near West Craven High
A dump truck and a passenger truck collided near an NC 43 intersection injuring West Craven High School student Stephanie Sandoval 16 a tenth grader. She was airlifted in critical but stable condition after being trapped for about 25 minutes.
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West Craven High School
Stephanie Sandoval
West Craven High
NC 43
Spock Road
Jack Hudson
Concord St
Kelly Williams
Sandoval
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Craven Regional Medical Center
Grover Fields Students Top National Geography Test
Eighth graders at Grover C. Fields Middle School ranked No. 1 in Global Challenge 95, a geography and current events test among 328 schools. Top 10 performers included 51 students led by teachers Pam Hall and Patti Harrison, with Principal Annette Collins.
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Grover C. Fields
Pam Hall
Far Left
Alexandria Mitchell
Joseph Wiley
Matt Sulkey
Shauna Mieir
Shannon Freeman
Haven Kornegay
Erica Satz
Allison Shivar
Gary Allen
Mandy Morton
Patti Harrison
Grover
Grover C. Fields Middle School
Harrison
Global Challenge
Coral Springs
Fla
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Hall
Leo and
Jeannia Mitchell
Stan
Marie Satz
Patti
Gary
Tina Allen
James and
Joy Wiley
Mas
Steven
Vicki Mieir
Larry
Pennie Shivar
Haven Komegay
Ricky
Deborah Kornegay
Cassandra Murrell
Art and
Sherry Cobb
Craven County Allows 50 New Sewer Connections
Fifty additional households in Township 7 may connect to the Neuse River Water and Sewer District system once the wastewater plant near the Ramada Inn expands. DEM will permit connections now but fuel use will wait until completion, with expansion to finish within nine months.
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Craven County
Township 7
Ramada Inn
Division of Environmental Management
DEM
Don
Neuse
Sewer Board
Joseph Piner
Piner
New Bern
Fairfield Harbour
Pine
Two weeks of strange testimony ends as civil trial goes to jury
After two weeks of dramatic testimony a Pamlico County jury hears closing arguments in a civil suit against Carteret County Sheriff Ralph Thomas Jr. The case centers on a hostage standoff involving Robert Payne who is serving life plus 16 years for killing his mother and kidnapping. Alan Payne testifies about the siege and claims Thomas ignored threats.
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Bayboro
Carteret County
Ralph Thomas Jr
Pamlico County Superior Court
Ronald Stephens
California
Robert Payne
Alan Payne
Thomas
Urson
Payne
Marvin Blount
Greenville
Mitchell Village
Blount
Pamlico County
Leland Brinson
Craven County
Pete” Bland
Paste Arts
Ward
New Bern
Hilma Payne
Neuse Mental Health Center
Herp
Melvin Smith
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Menhaden
Tri-county
Dare County
Pamlico Sound
Pamlico River
Wades Point
Goose Creek
Neuse River
Wilkinson Point
Cherry Point
Adams Creek
Core Sound
Back Sound
the Straits
North River
Newport River
Bogue
Jacksonville
Weyerhaeuser Co
New Bern-Craven County
West of New Bern
Vehi
West Craven
Crystal Megan Boyd
Dewey Earl Tripp Jr
Buck Lane
Boyd
Michael Heath
Ferry Road
Evelyn Willette Edwards
Heath
Jesse Avery
Sun Journal
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