Dogs on Hawgs charity run planned for June
Dogs on Hawgs MC from Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station will host its second annual charity run for the Make a Wish Foundation. The June 10 event starts at 1 p.m. at Dody's Tavern in Havelock with a $5 entry and a pig pickin after. Proceeds go to ill children. call John Hawk Potter or Ted Shoe Schumann for details.
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Dogs On Hawgs
Dogs On Hawgs MC
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Make A Wish Foundation
Dody
East Main St
Havelock
Dody’s
John “Hawk” Potter
Ted “Shoe” Schumann
Activists clash over uranium shipments through North Carolina port
North Carolina environmental activists oppose a plan to move weapons grade uranium from foreign reactors via Brunswick County and Sun Point terminal. The dispute involved federal officials backing U S policy to move or store nuclear waste and a plan to bring up to 24 000 rods into U S ports.
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North Carolina
Brunswick County
U.S
Wilmington
Lou Zeller
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Jon Wolfsthal
Energy Department
Office of Arms Control and
South Carolina
Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal
Southport
Sunny Point
Savannah River
Aiken
S.C
Department
New Bern Eases Open Space Rules for Churches
New Bern aldermen approve a new open space ordinance treating churches like other non-residential development. It replaces a hardship rule that forced three square feet of open space per building foot with tiered requirements: up to one acre 20 percent, one to two acres 25 percent, two to three acres 20 percent, and over three acres 15 percent of developed area.
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New Bern
Greg Sekula
Sekula
Episcopal deacon resigns after affair disclosed
Philip Taylor a 51 year old former Smithfield deacon resigned from St Pauls in Raleigh after his live in relationship with Sandra Battaglini became known to the Diocese of North Carolina. He also left his job with Edward D Jones and Co accusing the firm of pressuring his resignation for teaching religious classes after hours. Battaglini says Taylor lived with her from July 1993 until a month ago and planned to marry another woman, while Taylor says he is finished and sees no need for further punishment.
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Episcopal Church
North Carolina
Raleigh
Philip Taylor
Smithfield
Edward D. Jones & Co
Taylor
St. Paul’s
Sandra Battaglini
Bishop
Town meetings this week in Trent Woods and Town Hall
The Board of Aldermen will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Town Hall and the Town Council will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at Town Hall in Trent Woods for formal sessions and public comment.
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Board of Aldermen
Town Hall
Trent Woods
Wrong Place to Put a Speaker Causes Courthouse Standoff
A six inch by one foot black car stereo speaker found wedged under the Craven County Courthouse railing triggered a police evacuation and traffic reroute. EOD experts from Cherry Point confirmed the device harmless after X ray analysis, with Capt. John McAlexander noting the incident as a scare rather than a threat.
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Craven County
Oklahoma City
Jean Boyd
Broad
East Front Streets
Summrell Sugg * Carmichael and
Ashton Law
EOD
Robert Prieto
Memorial Day services planned across Craven Pamlico and Jones counties
Memorial Day activities marking service members across Craven Pamlico and Jones counties include two ceremonies in Craven with an 8 a.m. wreath laying at the courthouse and 11 a.m. at the Avenue of Flags in New Bern National Cemetery led by guest speaker Robert H. Ketels. Casey DeMunck will recite the Address with an honor guard from Cherry Point and a Marine bugler performing Taps. In Jones County no formal ceremony is planned, while Pamlico County holds an 11 a.m. wreath laying at the Veterans Memorial in Bayboro with Col. Martin H. Beach as speaker and 107-year-old World War I veteran Robert Hodges among honored guests. Members of VFW will form the honor guard and the high school band will play Taps.
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Valeria Barrow
New Bern High School
Craven County
Kenneth Wayne Barrow Jr
Havelock High School
Patricia Foye
Frances Johnson
West Craven High School
New Bern High
Catrina Allen
Steven Adinolfi Jr
New Bern National Cemetery
Robert H. Ketels
Winston-Salem Veteran's Affairs
Casey DeMunck
Boy Scout Troop 97
Doris Gaskins
Craven County Veteran's Coun
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
New Bern
North Carolina
Gaskins
Pamlico County
Veterans’ Monument
Bayboro
Army
Martin H. Beach
Robert Hodges
Stonewall
Billy Johnston
VFW
Wreath Laying at National Cemetery and Veterans Memorial
A 8:30 a.m. service at Craven County Courthouse honors veterans with a wreath laying. Robert H. Ketels speaks and Casey DeMunck of Boy Scout Troop 97 recites Gettysburg Address. Cherry Point honor guard assists. A 1 p.m. ceremony at Veterans Monument Bayboro features U.S. Army Col. Martin H. Beach. Flags are placed on veterans' graves all day at Jones County locations.
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Iam. National Cemetery
Robert H. Ketels
Casey DeMunck
Boy Scout Troop 97
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Jones County
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Associated Press
Craven Courthouse
Erick Gill
Son Journal
Charlie Peek
Angela Harris
Craven and
Pamlico
Veterans
Jones
Tricounty
Craven
Jones Counties
Jeffree Leggett
A.m. Veterans Monument
U.S. Army
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