Meetings Set on Township 5 Water System Referendum
Six public meetings will inform Township 5 residents voting in a May 23 bond referendum to create a water system funded by a $2,164,000 grant and a $1,622,600 Rural Economic Community Development loan. The 40 year loan will raise bills. officials Vernon Harris will explain costs and processes.
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Township
Rural Economic Community Development Service
Farmers Home Administration
St. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Adams Creek Road
Oak Grove Methodist Church
Craven Corner Missionary Baptist Church
Harlowe
Teen hospitalized after car hits power pole and rolls
Harold Edwin Bissett II, 19, of New Bern, was speeding at 94 mph on NC 43 when he lost control, crossed four lanes, veered off the road, and struck a Carolina Power & Light pole, ending four yards away. He was airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital. his condition was not known.
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New Bern
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
NC 43
Harold Edwin Bissett II
Castle Ridge Road
Vanceboro
Carolina Power & Light
Bissett
East Care
Lawmaker Budges To Lift Credit Card Interest Caps
A proposal would raise the state cap on credit card and loan interest from 18 percent to 24 percent and remove limits on fees. The measure, backed by Rep. Tim Tallent, argues deregulation will boost competition and options for small banks, while critics warn consumers face higher charges.
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House Banking Committee
Tim Tallent
Rcabarrus
Tallent
Winston Salem Journal Reported
Residents protest Pollocksville sewer plant amid racial concerns
A group of Jones County residents claim environmental racism as they challenge Pollocksville’s 3 million wastewater plant. Heirs of the 67 acre land seized for a lagoon spray field near Goshen Road allege black owned land is being targeted. Officials say all permits were followed and deny racial motives.
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Pollocksville
Jones County
Goshen Road
Tonya Jones
Jones
Southern Exposure
Institute For Southern Studies
Durham
Jay Bender
Bender
Farmers Home Administration
Samuel Jordan
Murderer's exercise saves county money in jail
Lynwood Taylor, a confessed killer awaiting a death verdict for the 1992 shooting of Billy White Sr., is allowed limited outside work under supervision. The arrangement reduces county jail medicine costs and sparks safety concerns from county officials and residents alike as Taylor helps with duties such as cleaning, lawn work, and shelving in the sheriff's office.
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Trenton
Lynwood Taylor
Jones County
Taylor
Jones
Kinston
Nies
Mur
Mure
Billy C. White Sr
White
Sylvia White
Ernest Basden
Mason
Larry Meadows
Meadows
My daughter's prom night memories and life plans
A reflective personal column recalls a daughter's first prom in North Carolina. The narrator describes the thrill of formal dress and mismatched heights, a corsage, and awkward photos, then a rough evening ending with a nervous date and a rushed return home. Sandy Semans, Oriental resident, writes weekly.
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Hal
Loween
Sandy Semans
Oriental
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