Four new Craven commissioners begin orientation sessions
County Manager Harold Blizzard leads the briefing for four new Craven commissioners as they attend sessions on transition details and classes through the Institute of Government. A change of order between old and new members will be explained at the December 5 meeting. no action or agenda items will be discussed.
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Craven Commissioners
Harold Blizzard
Institute of Government
Blizzard
Cherry Point
West Craven High weighs block scheduling shift
West Craven High and West Craven Middle School explore block scheduling for 1995 96 inviting parents to sessions December 5 and 6 in the school library. Havelock High adopted the system earlier boosting statewide use. principal Bob Jolly reports a majority student support from a survey and board presentation planned for January.
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West Craven Middle School
Havelock High
Bill Rivenbark
Bob Jolly
West Craven High
Jolly
Board of Education
Blessed event in car as couple heads to hospital
Steven and Chanel Wallace of Jacksonville welcomed their son Steven Wilson Wallace II in their Honda Civic en route to Onslow Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and was born at 8 30 p.m. on November 13. Wallace, a Camp Lejeune sergeant, and Chanel, an accounting technician, described a dramatic yet smooth delivery with hospital staff finally realizing the birth occurred in the car.
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Steven
Chanel Wallace
Jacksonville
Wallace
Camp Lejeune
Steven Wilson Wallace II
Western Boulevard
Onslow Memorial Hospital
Windgate Court
Holiday Inn
Craven County Commissioners Schedule Busy Week
Meetings this week include a Monday 8:30 a.m. session at the county administration building. An annual financial report will be reviewed along with a Norfolk Southern lease with Craven County. A public hearing on a CDBG application and a library salary study are on the docket.
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Carven County Board of Commissioners
Norfolk Southern
Craven County
CDBG
New Bern US 17 bypass schedule revised for bridge plan
Board of Transportation member Bob Mattocks said changes to the US 17 bypass and Vanceboro Bridgeton widening reflect limestone value under corridors and state routing decisions. The Neuse River bridge project now targets mid 1998 completion for southern bypass and Bridgeton Vanceboro widening, with actual start planned for January 1996 and a total cost around 130 million dollars.
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Neuse River
New Bern
Vanceboro
Bridgeton
Board of Transportation
Bob Mattocks
Trent Woods
Clarks
Mattocks
Rhems
State Department of Transportation
Pleasant Hill
S. Mattocks
Martin-Marietta
Vanceboro-Bridgeton
North Carolina
Vanceboro Bridgeton
Transportation Board
Sandy Point
James City
Twinspan
Trent River
DOT
Scotland Bagpiper Leads New Bern Parade Honors St Andrew’s Day
Scotland Bagpiper Allan Hadfield from Virginia Beach marched along Middle Street Saturday as part of a Scottish Heritage Society of Eastern North Carolina parade in New Bern. The St. Andrews Presbyterian College bagpipe band from Laurinburg joined the event honoring St Andrew's Day.
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Allan Hadfield
Virginia Beach
Middle Street
Scottish Heritage Society
Area Christmas parades begin today in Maysville
Parade organizers announce a December 3 event featuring semis and 18 wheelers wrapped in red bows, 34 horses from Cherry Point and Camp LeJeune, plus Santa and clowns. Volunteers warn pedestrians to stay clear as heavy vehicles and floats descend on downtown for the holiday procession.
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Maysville
Cheryl Watson
Santa
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Camp LeJeune
Watson
Nate
Parade lineup across towns with varied start times
Parade schedule lists kickoff times in multiple towns including Dover at 3 p.m and Bayboro at 10 a.m with additional events in Emul Maysville New Bern Trenton Oriental Havelock Cove City across the day. Organizers set staggered starts from 11 a.m to 4:30 p.m. for community celebrations.
Craven County considers zoning moratorium on mobile home park
Craven County Commissioners weigh a possible six month moratorium on a proposed 10 lot mobile home park on Butler Ford Road in Vanceboro. Residents urge zoning to block mobile homes and other commercial development until planning board review. If approved, action could shape county building laws and future zoning.
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Craven County
Ed Armstrong
Vanceboro
Wilmer Wetherington
Assockell
Sugg
Carmichael
Ashton
Hicks
Cocine
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Angela Harris
Sun Journal
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Scotland
Jesse Avery
New
Mrs. Claus
Parade
Dover
Bayboro
Emul
Iba
Trenton
Oriental
Havelock
Cove City
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