Towns share 1.5 million Powell Bill funds for street work
Area towns receive 1.5 million in state Powell Bill funds for local street maintenance. New Bern leads with 628,789 to resurfacing patching and ditch work on 106 miles of city roads, with other recipients including Bayboro and Newport.
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Trenton
New Bern
Danny Meadows
Bayboro
Bridgeton
Cove City
Dover
Havelock
Maysville
Mesic
Minnesota Beach
Newport
Oriental
Pollocksville
River Bend
Stonewall
Trent Woods
Vanceboro
Vandemere
General Assembly
Nighttime fire inspection flags two violations at local venue
New Bern inspectors spent three hours checking nightclubs and cinemas, targeting locked exits. At Village Beach Bingo on Neuse Boulevard, two exits were found locked around 12 15 a m. The owner cited security, was cited, and fined 150 dollars per exit. Aster noted most businesses comply with the fire code.
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New Bern
Bobby Aster
Aster
Village Beach
Neuse Boulevard
Sewage Leak in James City Traced to Communication Break
A James City sewage spill occurred when a house leak emptied approximately 300 gallons from a septic tank after a county worker misdirected the resident. The issue, not a broken line, involved a faulty toilet and instructions to stop using water were ignored. State officials joined the cleanup with lime applied to the ground.
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James City
Water and Sewer Department
Vail St
Dee Gaskins
Anti pornography activists push white ribbons for WRAP Week
Anti pornography activists join this week to mark Pornography Awareness Week in North Carolina with the seventh annual White Ribbon Against Pornography Campaign. They urge local merchants to stop selling porn, promote stronger obscenity law enforcement, and stress pornography harms families and children.
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Jane Peiffer
New Bern
St. Paul’s
Catholic Church
Craven- Pamlico Christian Coalition
Peiffer
Craven-Pamlico Christian Coalition
Frank Owen
Owen
Tyler casts himself as probable loser in 1st District race
Veteran candidate Ted Tyler laments PAC money gaps and NRA endorsement absence while defending a conservative stand against government healthcare control. Eva Clayton frames federal aid and health care regulation as essential, noting voter cynicism and the need for 218 votes to pass any House measure. Tyler, a former Rich Square mayor and drug salesman, vows to self-fund about half his campaign as he battles a costly bid for the seat.
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Ted Tyler
U.S
Eva Clayton
National Rifle Association
NRA
Clayton
Congress
House
Tyler
New Bern
Rich Square
Warren County Board of Commissioners
Oysters reopen South River waters in Carteret County
In Morehead City, the Division of Marine Fisheries opened almost all South River to shellfishing after two years. Oystering resumes as water quality improves. hand harvest starts Oct 22, mechanical harvest Nov 14. State health officials note runoff and fecal coliform concerns have influenced past closures and landings have fallen from 1.4 million pounds in 1987 to about 294,000 pounds last year.
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Morehead City
South River
Carteret County
Division of Marine Fisheries Office of
Shellfish Sanitation
George Gilbert
Gilbert
Ronald H. Levine
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Craven County
Harold Blizzard
State Division of Environmental Management
Gaskins
Chartle
Peek
Sun Journal
New Bern Street
Howard Long
Stephen Toon
Jefferson Avenue
Tom Bayliss
Jim Hunt
North Carolina
Jesse Avery
City Hall
Republican Party
Washington
U.S. House
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