Marines Return Home From Haiti Mission At Coast
About 1,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune and New River disembarked at Morehead City port around 7:30 a.m. returning from Haiti duty aboard USS Wasp and USS Nashville. They are part of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Caribbean and will travel to Norfolk after a stop, with additional ships USS America USS Ash Mount Whitney Leroy Grumman Hurricane and USS Monsoon remaining in the Caribbean region.
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Camp Lejeune
New River
Haiti
Gene DeForest
Joint Public Affairs Office
Morehead City
Lejeune
Marine
Navy
Wasp
Nashville
U.S. Atlantic Command
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force
Caribbean
USS
Mount Whitney
USNS
Leroy Grumman
Hurricane
Monsoon
Woman in New Bern given suspended sentence for embezzlement
Deloris B. Whitford of 106 Halls Creek Road pleaded guilty in Craven County Superior Court to embezzling 521,108 from Metts Garment Co. over six and a half years. She received a three year suspended sentence and 200 hours of community service, with probation allowing work to repay the loan.
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New Bern
Craven County Superior Court
Metts Garment Co
Deloris B. Whitford
Halls Creek Road
Joe Metts
Domestic Violence Vigil in New Bern for Awareness Month
A Thursday vigil at Union Point Park New Bern marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month with speakers including state Sen Beverly Perdue Craven Mayor Tom Bayliss and Craven Sheriff-elect Jerry Monette. Attendees will march to the Craven County Courthouse with candles and ribbons. organizers target about 60 participants and urge flashlight bringers. Contact Coastal Women's Shelter at 638 4509 for details.
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New Bern
Beverly Perdue
D-Craven
Tom Bayliss
Craven County
Jerry Monette
Marcy Romay
U.S
Martin Lancaster
D-N.c
Union Point Park
Coastal Women’s Shelter
Ugly debate precedes OK on school prayer resolution
Onslow County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to return prayer to schools by a 4-1 vote after a heated meeting attended by over 250 people. The lone dissent came from Commissioner Bob Swindell who urged adding voluntary to the resolution, a change others refused.
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Onslow County Board of Commissioners
Bob Swindell
Swindell
Craven County ranks eighth for guns found in schools
Craven County public schools ranked eighth in the state for gun discoveries in 1993 94 with Craven high schools reporting 11 gun incidents. Mecklenburg led with 35 gun possessions among 120 districts. Pamlico County had one incident and Jones County none. The data comes from the first Annual Report on School Violence, part of 1993 crime legislation.
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Craven County
State Department of Public Instruction
Craven High
Mecklenburg County
Pamlico County
Jones County
General Assembly
North Carolina
Craven Pamlico Schools Report On Violent Incidents
A statewide safety report shows Craven County led incidents of weapons possession with 14 cases, while Pamlico and Jones counties reported fewer. assaults, sexual offenses, and weapon possessions occurred across Craven Pamlico and Jones schools, with no robberies. Officials caution against cross county comparisons and emphasize prevention grants funding new programs to boost safety and student behavior.
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Craven County
Pamlico
Jones
Craven
Pamlico County
Hazel Alcock
Jones City
Sylvia Massey
Department of Public Instruction
Cove City's Bank Closes After 20 Years at First Citizens
Cove City faces the loss of its only bank as First Citizens shuts its doors on December 2. Residents, including Hoell and local merchants, fear disruption to payroll, change, and loans, and seek a replacement bank or revival of services. The town notes declining population and calls for alternatives while awaiting a decision from banks in nearby towns.
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Cove.city
Susan Hoell
First Citizens Bank
Hoell
Cove City
First Citizens
Dover
Craven County
Bba&t
Trenton
New Bern
Kinston
N.C. Global Tran
Bank Commission
Bridgeton
Chris Rubin
Raleigh
Connie
Dick Davis
Davis
Ray Rouse
Jones sheriff candidate would organize horse patrols against pot fields
Jones County candidates differ on policing and salaries. Harley Ringer of Trenton, Republican, proposes a volunteer equestrian force to surveil marijuana plots, cut sheriff salaries to 12 525 a year, and emphasize aggressive crime strategies. Reynolds Mason of Maysville, Democrat, backs higher pay, more deputies, 24 hour coverage, and professionalizing the force to curb drug crime. Both cite prior law enforcement work and aim to strengthen response to emergencies amid tightening budgets.
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Harley Ringer
Jones County
Ringer
Trenton
Ces
Ning
Reynolds Mason
Mason
Maysville
Bridgeton
Vanceboro
Sheriff's Office
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W. David McFadyen Jr
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McFadyen
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Ernie Wright
Zews
Fred Jenkins
Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church
Jones and
Pamlico Counties
Laurie
Sun Journal
Craven School Board
Jimmy Smith
Craven Schools
Massey
Smith
Craven County Schools
Alcock
JoAnn Spock
Spock
Bank
R Reynolds Mason
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