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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1994
Page
3
New Bern aldermen delayed the August ward boundary changes to take effect after Tuesday's election. Voters in wards three four and six will use their 1993 polling place now and return to the pre-1991 venue for the next election. The DOJ did not approve the changes in time for Tuesday's polling.
The state appeals a federal ruling that would convert Superior Court judge elections from statewide to district only. Attorney General Mike Easley says a stay is needed to prevent voter disenfranchisement while the state seeks reversal at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.
The project began in March under an agreement between the N C State Ports Authority and Texas gulf for maintaining and operating the facility. The first of three phases on the shiploader conveyor house marks a major structural renovation at the bulk handling facility.
Local government calendars list multiple county and town meetings across Jones Craven Pamlico Vanceboro and other towns. Highlights include budget and audits in Jones County and public sewer talks in Craven and Pamlico counties with various town hall sessions and aldermen updates.
The New Bern Civic Theater received the North Carolina Theater Conference community service award at the annual banquet closing its 25th anniversary meeting. The honor highlighted the theater’s accessibility work for deaf audiences and its StageHANDS sign language program, begun in 1985, supporting hearing impaired students and the public.
Beverly Perdue, the incumbent Democrat, faces challenger Don Dye, Craven County Republican Party chairman, in a tight race for North Carolina's 3rd Senate District. Dye predicts a very close contest, while Perdue emphasizes jobs, regional wastewater treatment, the N C Global TransPark, and vocational education as keys to future growth.
In the 3rd District race Dye and Perdue weigh how to move high school graduates into a tech oriented workforce while trimming waste. Dye backs redirecting education funds to classrooms, term limits, and port expansion via Morehead City and Wilmington cranes. Perdue prioritizes crime, environment, infrastructure, and local planning with regional wastewater efforts and road upgrades.
District boards include five members with three elected and two appointed, serving four year terms. In Craven and Pamlico counties two members are up for re election, and in Jones County two seats are open with Samuel D. Davis and William Vance Griffin as candidates. Pamlico’s Steve Dixon 64 and 29 year director, Whitford Farm owner J Dalton Whitford 59 appointed five years ago, and Craven’s Dan Hartsell 64 and Jim mie Spruill 64 near term.
Correction from Friday Sun Journal notes Ed Bell of New Bern now serves as program director for Lutheran Family Services in Washington North Carolina.
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