Seven Houses Open for New Bern Preservation Tour
Seven houses in the Union Station neighborhood will be shown Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. by the New Bern Preservation Foundation. The homes at 608 and 610 Metcalf St, 533 and 406 Queen St, 404 Queen St, 813 and 815 North Craven St, are covenanted properties purchased for resale to rehabilitators. Barbara Howlett says visitors can drop by any address. more information at 633-6448.
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New Bern
Metcalf St
Queen St
North Craven St
Barbara Howlett
The
Foundation
Halloween Gala Cat Show Hosted by Eastern Carolina Club
The Eastern Carolina Cat Club hosts a two day Halloween Gala cat show at Craven County Fands on US 70 east of New. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with cat parades at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. Six judges will award 180 ribbons and spectators vote for prizes in four categories. Admission is 3 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for children.
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Eastern Carolina
Craven County
US 70
New
Cat Fanciers Association
Aamed
Hearing on environmental fine for Phillips Plating
An administrative hearing is set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Craven County Courtroom 5 to challenge a $75,000 fine and cleanup order against Phillips Plating of Bridgeton. The Division of Solid Waste Management accuses hazardous waste leakage through cracked cistern walls. Phillips Plating denies leaks and must decontaminate the site and begin groundwater monitoring.
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North Carolina Environmental Agency
Bridgeton
Craven County
Phillips Plating
Restrictions on flounder take effect Tuesday
Bob Jamieson, interim director of the Division of Marine Fisheries, announced that from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, hook and line restrictions apply to flounder for November. No person may possess flounder from the Atlantic Ocean within three miles of the shoreline or take more than six in one day. The ocean hook and line harvest season for flounder has been extended through December 31 following Commission action.
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Bob Jamieson
Division of Marine Fisheries
Atlantic Ocean
Commission
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Forum in Jones County
Community leaders will serve on a panel at the Civic Center in Jones to discuss local concerns and strategies for preventing teen pregnancy. The event aims to inform and engage residents on health education and community support services.
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Jones
Civic Center
Jones County
Bentsen backs Lancaster in North Carolina race visit
Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen told New Bern crowds that North Carolina unemployment has fallen to 5.2 percent and 150000 private sector jobs have been created while campaigning for U S Representative Martin Lancaster. He highlighted Lancaster on Armed Services and Merchant Marine committees and urged support against Walter Jones Jr. in the 3rd District race.
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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Damen Uae Se
North Carolina
Bentsen
New Bern
U.S
Martin Lancaster
D-N.c
Lancaster
Republic
Walter Jones Jr
Armed Services Committee
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Sheraton Grand
Mark Chesnutt
Wash
Accord
Treasury
U.S. Senate
Bob Dole
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
Kinston
Jones Jr
Federico Pena
N.C. Global
Charles Rose
Curtain rising on theater renovation plan at old cinema
The Pamlico County Civic and Cultural Center project moves forward as volunteers restore the former movie theater built around 1965. Old plans include civic forums, children's theater, music, and extension classes with seating for about 150. A wild game dinner tonight aims to fund the work, priced at 50 dollars per person with most proceeds donated. Tickets available at the door or via Alan Propst of Mariner Realty.
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Pamlico County
Johns
Johnston
Theater Corp
Civic Forum
Pamlico
Liz Valassis
Bill Gould
Oriental Women’s Club
Alan Propst
Mariner Realty
Memorial for New Bern cemetery sexton Purvis Williams
A fitting tribute honors Purvis Williams, 41, killed Aug 2 when a branch struck him at New Bern Cemetery. Williams served 21 years, rising to cemetery sexton in 1993. His monument of black granite, 7 feet high, will crown baby land, funded by Cotten, Pollock-Wells & Best, Rivers-Morgan funeral homes.
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Maker
Purvis Williams
New Bern
Williams
Danny Meadows
Dee Way
Evergreen Cemetery
Sexton
Cotten, Pollock-Wells & Best
Rivers-Morgan Funeral
Halloween Ghost Walk and Celtic Legends Told by Local Society
The New Berm Historical Society will stage its annual Ghost Walk this weekend as Halloween approaches. The piece then recounts Irish and Celtic lore about jack o lanterns and the origin of Halloween, noting how old customs involved bonfires and spirits and describing the legend of Jack and the turnip lantern.
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New Berm Historical Society
Congress
Charlie
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Union Station
Morehead City
Trenton
Rose
U.S. Agriculture Department
Washington
Virginia
By Sandy Lemans
Sun Journal
Jesse Avery
Purvis
P L.” Williams
Jack
Satan
St. Peter
Gates of
Hell
Bruce Godfrey
Godfrey
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