Youth Vision wins SOS grant for after school program
A New Bern youth program, Youth Vision, received a 74,666 Save Our Schools grant to fund an after school program in Craven County. The program serves about 30 children plus 22 current participants, offering supervised recreation, arts, problem solving, homework help, conflict resolution, and transportation five days a week plus Saturday. Ed Bell, founder, says the grant aims to boost academics and self-esteem.
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New Bern
Save Our Schools
Youth Vision
Craven County
Ed Bell
Bell
Nancy Susan Reynolds Foundation
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
General Assembly
Invisible F-117 Stealth Jets Spotted Over Cherry Point
Two U S Air Force F 117 stealth fighters appeared over Havelock Wednesday morning but did not land. Public affairs officials confirmed the sighting at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and said the jets merely flew away. An Air Combat Command spokesperson could not explain their presence and noted such flights are not unusual as the aircraft bounce between locations for practice.
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U.S. Air Force
Havelock
Joseph Muniz
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Muniz
Air Force
Air Combat Command
Norfolk
Cherry
Ripperger
Pamlico to Hold Hearing on TransPark Tax Fee
A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Pamlico County Courthouse to discuss a 4 1/2 year $5 license plate fee for Pamlico County to fund its share of the Global TransPark participation. If approved, the fee would start January 1 and cover costs until other counties’ six month gap ends.
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Pamlico County
Craven
Jones
Carteret
Duplin
Edgecombe
Greene
Lenoir
Nash
Onslow
Pitt
Wayne
Wilson
Rafts Used by Cuban Refugees Spotted Off North Carolina
Coast Guard reports floating homemade rafts about 50 miles offshore near Wrightsville Beach likely used by fleeing Cubans. Two rafts were found by fishermen near Carolina Beach as officials say no one is missing. Patrols expect more rafts drift up the East Coast during seven to ten days voyage from Cuba.
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Coast Guard
Florida
Greg Hood
Wrightsville Beach
Hood
Cuba
North Carolina
Pamlico Offers Two-Year Environmental Science Program
Pamlico Community College leads coastal colleges by offering a two-year environmental science program enabling graduates to enter environmental technology roles. The college partners with Craven and Beaufort for transfer, expands labs, and copies Wake Technical College curriculum while leveraging state and corporate support to fund renovations and instruction costs around 85 000 dollars.
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Grantsboro — Pamlico Community College
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Beaufort, Craven
Pamlico Community Colleges
Pamlico Community College
Mike Asby
Texasgulf
Asby
Craven
Beaufort Community Colleges
Tom Fulcher
Texas Gulf
Rann Carpenter
Carpenter
Willson
East Carolina University
Wake Technical Community College
Wake
Quick $30,000 plea to save mother’s life in liver transplant
Staff Sgt. Mark Ripperger appeals for funds to cover his mother Janet Ripperger’s liver transplant costs. Diagnosed in 1989 with primary biliary cirrhosis, she faces a needed operation costing far beyond insurance coverage for the organ, with family finances strained and relatives seeking donor options.
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Cherry Point
Mark Ripperger
Iowa
Ripperger
Janet
Community fund aids organ transplant effort in Iowa
In Indianola Iowa a local drive raises about $5000 for a liver transplant for Ripperger, whose husband Mark Ripperger a Marine Corps veteran seeks help after brain death diagnosed. Neighbors in a flood grief year intensify appeals to cover liver transport and surgery costs as Marine relief funds remain limited.
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Mark Ripperger
Marine Corps
The
Red Cross
Havelock to host six city manager finalists with spouses
The city will cover lodging meals and travel for six finalists interviewing Sept 23-24 and Sept 30-Oct 1. Townsclerk Townsend said flights and spouses are included to aid in the decision, with finalists from as far as Japan New York Montana Virginia and South Carolina. Mayor Sanders hopes one of the six becomes city manager though more interviews may occur.
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Havelock
Townsend
Japan
New York
Montana
Virginia
South Carolina
Jimmy Sanders
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Bayboro
Transpark Commission
Mak
NC Coast
Wilmington
Carolina Beach
Skeets Winner
Pamlico
Fulcher
Shaun Willson
Janet Ripperger
Edwin
Charlie Peek
Sun Journal
Orchard Plaza
P.O
Indianola
Keith Welling
United States
Navy Relief
Edwin and
Kathy Townsend
J.C. Outlaw
Ralph Kennedy
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