River Bend holds eight hour hearing on officer’s fate
Ann James a River Bend sergeant fired seven years ago faces reinstatement as town council begins an eight hour closed hearing. About 40 residents attend amid support letters from townspeople. No decision expected today. If reinstated she seeks back pay for three months of unemployment.
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River Bend
Ann James
James
River Bend Force
Bill Ritchie
Ritchie
Police
Rosemarie Fisher
Fisher
Local governments win five more APES council seats
Local governments gain 10 seats on the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study APES coordinating council, doubling representation from five to ten. State officials met with local representatives to resolve seating disputes and plan oversight of the 11 million dollar six-year study. Final approvals rest with NC Department of Environment Health and Natural Resources Secretary Jonathan Howes, Governor Hunt, and EPA administrator Browner.
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Apes Council
Albemarle-Pamlico
Albemarle and Pamlico
Jonathan Howes
N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Jim Hunt
EPA
Carol Browner
Husband charged in knife death of 62-year-old wife
Charles Erving Jones, 63, of Wildwood, was charged with murder after the stabbing death of his wife, 62, in Atlantic Mobile Home Park. Deputies found Jones injured nearby and two bloody kitchen knives at the scene. Bond set at 100000. Authorities say the death may have been avoidable and not self defense.
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Carteret County
Ralph Thomas Jr
Charles Erving Jones
Wildwood
Thomas
Jones
Atlantic Mobile Home Park
Charles Jones
Daphne Jones
City auction date set for surplus vehicles and equipment
Havelock officials schedule an auction for 9 a m on November 5 at City Hall parking lot. Surplus items include a 1974 dump truck a 1980 garbage truck a 1983 Chevy pickup 1983 Ford Fairmont sedan six Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers from 1988 and 1989 two 12 horsepower mowers three lawn tools a Gravely riding mower a John Deere flail mower a Swenson sand spreader and various office devices. A 5 percent deposit is required with the balance due within 72 hours.
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Swenson
City Hall
Feds probe phony distress calls at Hobucken Coast Guard
Federal investigators seek suspects behind recent hoax distress calls answered by Hobucken Coast Guard Station. Three of four calls over three weeks mimicked in afternoon weekends and referenced the Neuse River area. Offenses carry 10 to 15 year terms and civil penalties. costs of responses and investigations fall on the prankster.
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Hobucken
Hobucken Coast Guard
Daniel Lamont
Neuse River
Lamont
Neuse
Pamlico River
From Haute Couture To Haute Wrench In A Shop
Angela Duffy and Tanya Anderson run a radiator repair shop in New Bern, Delaware, proving women can manage a grease stained trade. Both former New Jersey models, they balance work fixing radiators with the challenges of male customers and their own pregnancies.
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Angela Duffy
New Jersey
New Bern
Tanya Anderson
Tanya
Duffy
New Bern Moves Toward Depot Restoration Deal
Aldermen in New Bern vote unanimously to co sign a 35 year lease between the North Carolina Railroad and the New Bern Preservation Foundation, opening the way for a 1.1 million restoration of the Union Station Depot. The move supports grant applications and preservation goals tied to local history and potential future passenger service.
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New Bern
Union Station
North Carolina Railroad
New Bern Preservation Foundation
Barbara Howlett
Foundation
Howlett
Harry Truman
Bill
the Preservation Foundation
North Carolina
the Foundation
Friends of the Depot
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Feds
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Portsmouth
Angela Harris
Sun Journal
Haute Couture
Haute Wrench
Anderson
Patrick
Cherry Services
Trent Road
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