Big Sweep cleanup aims to cut urban aquatic litter in NC
North Carolina volunteers prepare for the 1994 Big Sweep on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to clear beaches, lakes, and rivers of debris. Organizers urge caution about littering and highlight risks from storm drains and wastewater overflows, with local contacts in Craven and Pamlico counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
First Citizens Bank
Craven County
Bobbi Waters
Pamlico County
Judy Bolin
Grant funds study of fish killing dinoflagellate algae
UNCG biologist Dr. Parke Rublee and NC State aquatic botanist Dr. JoAnn Burkholder received a federal grant exceeding $293,000 from the National Sea Grant program via UNC Sea Grant to develop a genetic probe for a toxic dinoflagellate. Burkholder, who first found the algae in local waters, notes its suspected role in recent NC coast fish die-offs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
N.C. State University
Parke Rublee
UNCG
JoAnn Burkholder
N.C. State
Burkholder
North Carolina
NCSU
Pamlico County Joins Global TransPark Development Commission
The Global TransPark Development Commission voted unanimously to admit Pamlico County as the 13th member, joining Craven, Jones, Carteret, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Nash, Onslow, Pitt, Wayne and Wilson counties to aid industry recruitment and utility infrastructure at the Global TransPark Zone. The body retains Ward & Smith to draft a loan policy and will allocate funds for 21 road signs and four September symposiums for regional business and government leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Global TransPark Development Commission
Pamlico County
Commission
New Bern
Karl Grant
County debates Croatan forest wastewater disposal plan
Craven County officials and District Ranger Lauren Hillman weigh using 400 acres of Croatan National Forest for treated effluent. DEM's moratorium, alternatives with New Bern sewer capacity, and potential plant plans are scrutinized. Economic feasibility and last-resort policy guide decisions as more months pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craven County
Lauren Hillman
Croatan National Forest
Hillman
Neuse River
New Bern
State Department of Environmental Management
DEM
Neuse
Township 7
Township 6
Harold Blizzard
Blizzard
Arthur Farm
James City
Pamlico invites residents to name private roads in county
Pamlico County plans to allow residents on unnamed private roads to submit street names for the Enhanced 911 system. Each resident may propose one preferred name and two alternates. Signs will be produced by state inmates and may cost residents based on name length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayboro
Pamlico County
Chris Watson
Watson
North Carolina Corrections Enterprises
N.C. Corrections Enterprise
N.C. Corrections Division
Enterprise
Jim Hutchins
Salisbury
Hutchins
Cumberland County
Pamlico
Hobucken
Distressed boat missing after Coast Guard search
Hobucken Coast Guardsmen were sent to aid a vessel taking on water near Oriental Saturday evening. Five people were aboard when Jimmy Daniels issued a distress call three miles east of Oriental. Despite searches by six guardsmen, an illumination flare, an auxiliary aircraft, and a 45 minute coast guard plane patrol, the boat and occupants were not located before the search was called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobucken
Oriental
Jimmy Daniels
Neuse
Cecil Bell
Hobocken
Daniels
Naysayday concept aims to curb nagging by public event
A columnist muses on designating a monthly Naysayday to vent, tour public spaces, and encourage positive exchanges after, a day to applaud naysayers. The piece notes editorial substitution as Eileen Heaton on vacation with City Editor Steve Jones filling in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mall
Tryon Palace
US 70
James City
River City
Eileen Heaton
Steve Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tri-county
Grant
Raleigh
National Sea Grant Program
The
UNC Sea Grant Office
Transpark Authority
Oks
Kinston
Jesse Avery
Sun Journal
Jan Tripp
Sec
Geographic Information Center
Tripp
Electronics
Naysay Site
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!