Craven Jones Shelter Share $356000 Crime Grants
Craven and Jones counties and the Coastal Women's Shelter in New Bern split a $356,000 Governor's Crime Commission award. Grants fund two deputies for community policing, juvenile officer for Havelock, school resource officer for Craven County Schools, and shelter managers plus a domestic violence advocate for the Coastal Women's Shelter serving Craven Pamlico and Jones counties. The commission announced $14.9 million to 125 programs statewide.
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Craven and Jones Law Enforcement
Coastal Women’s Shelter
New Bern
Governor’s Crime Commission
Pamlico County
Commission
Jones County Sheriff’s Office
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Craven County
Craven
Pamlico
Jones
County to split repair cost with owner of sewer plant
Craven County Water and Sewer Board added up to 3500 for repairs on the Stately Pines wastewater treatment plant and approved buying it for 120000. The plant reportedly would cost 18000 to repair. engineers estimate 25000. The vote was 5 to 1 in favor, with Tyson opposing both the purchase and extra funds. Once purchased, operation should begin in two to three weeks per County Engineer Tim Broome.
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Craven County Water and Sewer Board
Stately Pines
Breau
Chuck Tyson
Tyson
Tim Broome
Craven High School Adds Early Opening Day
Craven County students return to classrooms starting August 7 for high schools under a block scheduling plan to finish courses and end-of-year tests before Christmas. The year-round Arthur W Edwards Elementary opens July 17, with other Craven students starting August 14.
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Craven High School
Craven County High School
Arthur W. Edwards
Craven
Arthur W. Edwards Elementary
Craven Commission Sets Informational Meeting on Economic Panel
Craven County commissioners plan a 9 a.m. special session Friday to hear a briefing on the Economic Development Commission and the Committee of 100. EC Executive Director Tom Thompson says the new board lacks full awareness of ongoing work. The meeting will be in the commissioners room and serve as an informational session.
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Economic Commission
the Economic Development
Commission
Tom
Committee of 100
Thompson
Tape admissibility in Parker drug case debated in Raleigh
A federal judge ruled the jury in Gerald Parker’s Craven County drug conspiracy case can hear a taped confession and a 28 October interview. Parker, 33, is accused of arranging drug buys with Florida trafficker Donald Gaskins through his New Bern contact. Prosecutors assert consent to taping was clear. defense argues Miranda rights were required.
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Raleigh
Gerald Parker
Craven County
Parker
Florida
New Bern
Wallace Dixon
U.S. District Court
Earl Whitted
Goldsboro
Whitted
Havelock High School
Dixon
Earl
McCullough
Donald Gaskins
Gaskins
Richard Broughton
Drug Enforcement Administration
Havelock
Mad for TV film shot in New Bern opens with milk carton clue
Dorothea Petrie announces the CBS made for TV movie The Face on the Carton began filming a milk carton scene at New Bern's North Craven Street site. Kellie Martin stars as Jennifer Sands, a 16 year old who finds a photo of her as a child on a classmate’s carton, prompting a search for her real parents amid May sweeps. The film, set largely in two towns about 200 miles apart in North Carolina, also features Jill Clayburgh, Sharon Lawrence, Edward Herrmann and Richard Masur.
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Tinseltown
Moo
Dahling
Madla
Dorothea Petrie
New Bern Milk and Ice Cream Company
Craven Street
Petrie
CBS
Witn-Tv
Channel 9
Kellie Martin
Jennifer Sands
North
Cara
Yale
Jill Clay
Sharon Lawrence
Nypd Blue
Edward Herrmann
Richard Masur
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Mada Carton Plays Big Role in TV Movie Filming
A Wilmington based TV movie team shot at Maola plant during Martins spring break. Petrie praised local support and noted 55 cartons filled with goodies will reach critics while Maola's logo appears in the production. The crew used tight, precise staging and donated cartons for publicity.
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Mada Carton
North Carolina
Wilmington
South
Martin
Petrie
Maola
Los Angeles
Ken Reismann
Reismann
Maola Foundation For
CBS
New Moo
Dahling
Environmental groups allege wetlands hearing stacked against them
Environmental groups plan a noon press conference at the Craven County Courthouse before Saturday's congressional hearing on wetlands and endangered species regulations. They accuse organizers of bias, say local voices are being silenced, and argue the process lacks comprehensiveness as witnesses are limited and speakers restricted.
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New Bern
Rick Dove
Mary Ann Harrison
Neuse River Founda
the Coastal Federation
Neuse River Foundation
Sierra Club
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation
Committee On Resources
Steve Hanson
Texas
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Paul Davidson
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Wes Cooley
R-Ore
Davidson
Cooley
Oregon
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Garlington
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Iing
Washington
Todd Miller
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R-N.c
Miller
Clinton
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Melvin Shepard
Carteret County
Tom Tosto
Don Kirkman
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