Oriental Seawall Tax Plan Delayed By Board Vote
City brief reports Oriental town board delaying action on a proposed 3 percent room occupancy tax to fund seawall repairs. Lodging operators oppose taxing tourists, favoring resident funding. board seeks operator revenue projections and administration details before moving forward.
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Oriental Lodging
Frank Swain
Oriental Marina
Swain
Karen Brashear
General Assembly
Ok’da
Allen Propst
Sherill Styron
Plan for total ban on adult businesses goes to aldermen
New Bern Planning and Zoning Board recommends a total ban on adult establishments within city limits. The board rejected a stricter location restriction proposal, urging aldermen to ban adult bookstores, motion picture theaters, peep shows, and live entertainment entirely.
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New Bern
Planning and Zoning Board
Bernard George
McIilwean
Police Seek Gunman After New River MP Shot Face
Onslow County deputies hunt a man suspected of shooting Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Omogi a 20 year old New River Air Station military policeman in the face. The incident occurred about 1 a.m. Monday after he picked up two women at a Jacksonville nightclub and drove them home near the air station.
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Onslow County
Ed Brown
County Memorial Hospital
Brown
Omogi
Omagi
Counties delay action on COG with audit looming
Pamlico and Carteret counties chose to postpone rejoining or withdrawing from the Neuse River COG amid a second State Auditor's Office probe. Pamlico cites constituents' wish to wait for the audit, while Carteret waits for the October report. The investigation centers on leadership and in house personnel issues related to Executive Director Roy Fogle.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
Neuse River Council of Governments
COG
Carteret County
New Bern
Louise Muse
Johnnie Tripp
Muse
Carteret
Ralph Campbell
Barnhill
Roy Fogle
Sus
Fogle
Neuse Cog
Tugboat fuel spill prompts Coast Guard cleanup bill
A 100 gallon diesel leak from an overturned tug in Scott's Creek near James City triggers a Coast Guard cleanup using private contractors. The bill starts at 7500 dollars and may rise. Carey McIntire of Wilmington faces repayment while crews work to remove oil, limit spread, and assess damage. No fish kill reported yet but officials warn of environmental risk. Cleanup planned to finish by Thursday.
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Scott’s Creek
James City
U.S. Coast Guard
Wilmington
Hobocken Coast Guard
Neuse River
Coast Guard
Marine Safety Office
Carey McIntire
Wilming
Rick Dove
Neuse River Foundation
Union Point
Dove
Wes Scott
Valdez
Dan Foley
Foley & Foley Marine Contractors
McIntire
Foley
Neuse Center moves to Clark Building for rehab plan
Neuse Center wins approval to relocate its administrative offices to the Clark Building in New Bern and buys the first floor plus adjacent space for about 320000. The plan includes renovating the old St Luke's Hospital for clinical use and creating a 10000 square foot addition with phased move of staff and tenants.
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Trenton — Neuse Center
Jones County Board of Commissioners
Clark Building
Middle Street
New Bern
Roy Wilson
Neuse Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Broad and
George Streets
Wilson
Craven County Department of Social Services
Craven Regional Medical Center
Hospital
St. Luke’s
Glen
Nurse fights to save baby raccoon ends with kill
Craven Regional Medical Center nurse Linda Battin, upset after New Bern animal control officer Vicky Johnson and two police officers removed an orphaned raccoon Battin found, says she will file complaints. The raccoon was gassed and its head sent to a Raleigh lab for rabies testing. State wildlife officials defend the action to prevent potential rabies.
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Craven County Hospital
New Bern
Battin
State Attorney General’s Office
North Carolina Wildlife Commission
The
Sun
Raleigh
Johnson
NC 43
Animal Control
Bumgarner
Glen Clark
Rosa Bennett
Randall Wilson
State Division of Wildlife Management
Wilson
John Freeman
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New River
Jacksonville
Pamlico
Elizabeth Barnhill
Kim Bennett
COG Board
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Commerce
Atlanta
State Bureau of Investigation
Angelia Harris
Sun Journal
Scott
Glenburnie Road
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