New Bern teens charged in armed robbery with toy gun
Two men used a toy gun to rob a Pizza City USA delivery at Swansboro and fled. William Tootle, 25, Newport, and Jessie Jones, 18, New Bern, were found hiding in a Bogue Pines mobile home. Deputies arrested them as they wore the same clothing described by the victim. They face armed robbery charges with bonds set at unspecified amounts.
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Carteret County
William Hoyt Tootle
Newport
Jessie O'Neal Jones
New Bern
Bogue Pines
Tootle
Deliery Saan
Pizza City USA
Swansboro
Thomas
Peksa Ireneuz
Cape Carteret
Ireneuz
Jones
Chrysanthemum Festival Expands With New Events
Kristi Seufert of Havelock helps craft an alien from scraps at the Chrysanthemum Festival Scrap Exchange. The 11th annual New Bern event features soft ball and 3 on 3 basketball, a bass tournament weigh-in, classic car displays, live music, and family activities across Tryon Palace, Bicentennial Park, and downtown venues. Community members praise the weather and variety, planning to return for more festivities.
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Seufert
Pollock Street
New Bern
Tryon Palace
Royal Welch Fussilers
Ramada Inn
Bicentennial Park
Union Point Park
Havelock
Tryon Palace Drive
Coast Guard
Terry Britt
Carolina Pines
Dave Britt
Britt
Jackie East
New Berm
Jonathan
Steven
Marion Werth
Greenbrier
John
Police department collars $483,000 for more officers
New Bern and two other eastern North Carolina cities will share over $1.4 million in federal grants to hire police officers. Greenville gets $805,000 for 12 officers, New Bern receives funds for six community problem solving positions, and Beaufort gains $182,000 for three officers.
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New Bern
North Carolina
Greenville
Beaufort
Ken Bumgarner
County buys 36 voting machines in bargain deal
Craven County votes to spend 3 650 to add 36 machines described as bargains. Elections supervisor Kathleen Orringer says Northampton offers 13 machines at 50 each and 23 at 60 each. New total exceeds 100 machines funded from the general fund.
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Craven County
Craven Elections
Kathleen Orringer
Craven
Northampton
Orringer
Fand
Car and Truck Show Sponsored by Police Lodge at Fairgrounds
The Fraternal Order of Police Tri-County Lodge 52 sponsors a car and truck show at Craven County Fairgrounds this Saturday. Gates open at 8 a.m. and judging begins at 3 p.m. Entry is 15 dollars before the day or 20 dollars at the gate. register by calling 636 0316.
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Fraternal
Order of Police
Tri-County Lodge 52
Craven County Fairgrounds
Havelock weekly meetings and city manager candidates
Havelock Board of Commissioners meets Monday at 7 p.m. City Hall with planning board recommendation on adult business regulation and water tower design report. Interim city manager report, community development block grant resolutions and a 6 p.m. session for final manager candidate reviews.
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Havelock Board of Commissioners
Planning Board
Havelock
Cherry Point pilots resume training after budget slowdown
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing pilots at Cherry Point, including units from New River and Beaufort, rebuilt flight time after end-of-fiscal-year constraints cut routine missions by about 5,000 hours. In 1994 East Coast Marines had 255.3 million for flight ops. 1995 allows 327.6 million. Pilots used simulators and sharpened basic skills while lessons included rifle and pistol practice and NBC training.
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Cherry Point
2Nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Scott Kisch
Joint Public Affairs Office
New River
Beaufort
S.C
Bosnia
Somalia
Haiti
Kisch
East Coast Air Marines
2Nd Maw
Marine Corps
Tax credit plan to shift land to environmental groups in coast
Wilmington based Coastal Land Trust outlines Coastal Protection Plan offering federal and state tax credits to owners who donate land or grant conservation easements in North Carolina coastal counties. Plan targets wetlands, Neuse floodplain, limestone caves in Jones and Onslow counties to preserve wildlife, ecology and archaeology. Conservation easements let owners keep title while protecting land in perpetuity.
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Wilmington
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Neuse River
Jones
Onslow
Trust
Camilla Herlevich
Land Trust
Weyerhaeuser
Republicans Rally At Craven County Fairgrounds
Jonathan Hill center state director for Sen Lauch Fain cloth discusses Republican strategy with state Rep John Nichols and Don Dye county chair at Craven County Fairgrounds as the party presses toward the final month of the general election campaign.
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Jonathan Hill
Lauch Faincloth
R-N.c
John Nichols
Don Dye
Republican Party
Sena
Craven County Fairgrounds
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Jesse Avery
Sun Journal
Jeremiah Beam
Martin
Gravity Brothers
Charlotte
Laurie
Kristi Seufert
Bumgarner
Kinston
Washington
Pitt County
Ine
Cardinal Road
Area Board
Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority
Trenton
Minnesota Beach
Pollocksville
Town Hall
Dover
Bogue Field
Navy
Air Force
Naval Aviation
Stich
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