Aldermen to weigh extraterritorial zoning plan in New Bern
New Bern aldermen meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at City Hall to hear a public comment on expanding planning and zoning jurisdiction about a mile north and west of the city. The proposal aims to enforce codes in the area to prepare for potential future annexation while residents oppose it as city benefit at their expense. The affected areas include Clarks and Rocky Run communities Craven County Industrial Park Parker Estates Gracie Farms and parts of Sanders Nina Capeson lanes New Liberty Clarks Washington Post Beaman Stevenson roads and May Street. One option would exclude the industrial park and Clarks community.
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New Bern
City Hall
Clarks
Rocky Run
Craven County Industrial Park
Parker Estates
Gracie Farms
Sanders, Nina and
Capeson Lanes
New Liberty
Washington Post
Beaman and
Stevenson
May Street
Coast Host to hear tourism improvement at local meet
Bunny Sanders will headline the North Carolina Coast Host meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Sheraton Grand New Bern. Sanders will discuss the Tourism Development Strategy for northeastern North Carolina shaping river and sound side towns around native regional themes. The Northeastern North Carolina Economic Development Commission has hired the Enterprise Development Company for concept design market research and market strategy.
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Northeastern
North Carolina
Bunny Sanders
Sheraton Grand
New Bern
Coast Host
North Carolina Economic Development Commission
Enterprise Development Company
Car hits tractor-trailer on NC 43 injuring driver
A white four door car traveling south on NC 43 collided with a waiting tractor-trailer near Spring Garden Road. The female driver was hospitalized at Craven Regional Medical Center. the trucker, Jesse Wayne Jefferson, was charged with failure to yield. The incident follows another big rig crash earlier that week on the same road.
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Craven Regional Medical Center
NC 43
West Craven High School
Spock Lane
Spring Garden Road
Spring Garden
Jesse Wayne Jefferson
Dry Mania Road
J.M. Mims
State Highway Patrol
Jefferson
J.R. Beasley
Plymouth
Readers lend voices to aid sight impaired in New Bern
Susan Imbriaco, 47, of New Bern auditions to read for the Radio Reading Service as volunteers will soon read local Sun Journal news from a studio in New Bern. The service broadcasts 24 hours of local and national material for visually impaired listeners, with programs from Greenville and Manhattan sources, and may move to Cablevision.
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Imbriaco
New Bern
Radio
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The
Sun Journal
New
Robert Lancet
New Bern Area
Dennis Hango
Lancet
Greenville
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
News and Observer
Durham Herald-Sun
Chapel Hill Herald
Daily Reflector
In Touch Network
Bill Kelsey
National Board
Iowa
Mount Olive College
New Bern Center
Joint effort nabs polluters in coastal waters
Hobucken Coast Guard Station and the MSO led a seven day operation March 16 22 along Pamlico and Neuse rivers Belhaven and eastern Pamlico County targeting polluters. Five cited for oil discharges four for improper plastic disposal and another boat for sewage dumping.
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Hobucken
Marine Safety Office
MSO
Regular
Coast Guard
Pamlico
Signs of Spring Raised Questions in Carolina Weather
The Sun Journal columnist muses on fickle warmer days, fashion costs, and the eager wait for spring. He notes teens fashion choices, rising prices for lighter clothing, and the annual purple martin migration plus bird houses, pondering when warmer weather and affordable fabrics will truly arrive.
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Bird Hotel
Martin
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Service
Multimedia Cablevision
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Carteret
Cable
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Neuse
State Division of Environmental Management
DEM
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Hobocken Station
Daniel Lamont
Carolina
Uranus
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Sandy Lemans
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