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Fate fuzzy for golf course | Membership confirms intent to sell

Jeff Aydelette, January 17, 2020

MINNESOTT BEACH – Ed Kujat, the president of Minnesott Golf and Country Club, told town officials Tuesday night “we are moving forward to sell the club” and that a recent vote among club members was “59 to 1” in favor of doing so. After an August decision by the town’s elected officials not to pursue a purchase option for the golf course and related buildings, Kujat said “four candidates approached us” with a Jan. 15 deadline for “our members to evaluate all materials su...

METH, HEROIN DEALERS SENT TO PRISON

The County Compass, January 14, 2020

Beaufort, North Carolina – District Attorney Scott Thomas announced the following convictions obtained by guilty pleas entered by defendants just prior to their cases being called for jury selection and jury trial. Resident Superior Court Judge Josh Willey presided over this trial term of court, and the cases were prosecuted in court by Assistant District Attorney David Spence. DANIEL SANGABRIEL, 31, of Newport, pled guilty to Trafficking in Methamphetamine. Carteret County Sheriff’s ...

Local man deters phone scam with his own bag of tricks

Jeff Aydelette, January 14, 2020

ORIENTAL – Ed Morgan, retired from General Motors, admits to being a senior citizen, but unlike some of today’s trusting elderly folks, he can usually sense within seconds when a scammer calls. In fact, you might say that Morgan is a scammer’s worst nightmare! “But this one Monday had a new wrinkle,” chuckled Morgan, who asked the newspaper for help in publicizing the sophisticated fraud. “It came in as one of those spoof-type phone numbers, which makes it look like a local...

Potholes plague town, say Bayboro residents

Jeff Aydelette, January 10, 2020

BAYBORO – An irate crowd of approximately 35 citizens packed the Town Hall Tuesday night. Vanessa Cole, her husband Joseph, and David Roberson, each of whom are town residents, led the discussion, which was directed at Mayor Keith Cowell, and town council members J.E. Hardison, Kelvin Credle, Roosevelt Stokes, and Vennie Himbry. “The town’s drainage, ditches, and roadways are our concern,” said Vanessa, “and where do we go from here? We have pictures and I also have video.�...

HEROIN TRAFFICKER SENT TO PRISON FOR MORE THAN 16 YEARS

The County Compass, January 8, 2020

NEW BERN – District Attorney Scott Thomas announced that, in Craven County Superior Court today, MILTON EUGENE LANCASTER, a/k/a “Red”, 54, of Vanceboro, was convicted by a jury following a two-day trial of heroin trafficking and related offenses, and received a prison sentence of more than 16 years. Resident Superior Court Judge Josh Willey presided over this term, and the cases were prosecuted in court by Assistant District Attorney Robert McAfee. A fight and stabbing occurred outside ...

Carteret County man arrested after leaving phone with child porn on it at New Year’s Eve party

The County Compass, January 7, 2020

BEAUFORT, NC – Carteret County deputies arrested a man after he left his phone at a neighbor’s house and the person who found it discovered child pornography on it. On Wednesday, January 1, a Carteret County Sheriff’s Office detective responded to the Magistrate’s Office in Beaufort after the person who found the phone described seeing pornographic images of children on it. The reporting person stated that Donald Earl Willis, 61, of Gloucester was attending a New Year’s Eve p...

Massive blaze erupts in Bayboro neighborhood

Jeff Aydelette, January 6, 2020

Dry, seasoned, and neatly stacked firewood fueled the wrong type of blaze Monday night – as it erupted into massive flames mere feet from a single family home on South Avenue in Bayboro. The Bayboro, Grantsboro-Silverhill, and Reelsboro Volunteer Fire Departments each arrived within minutes of each other – quickly extinguishing the inferno, which had ignited under a metal canopy of the sort usually used for vehicles. This time, however., the shelter served as a tinderbox, loaded to...

Fossil Museum welcomes 22,000th visitor!

Jeff Aydelette, January 3, 2020

AURORA – Cindy Crane, executive director of Aurora Fossil Museum, always sets ambitious goals for her beloved museum, but this one seemed way out of reach. However, holiday shopping traffic at the amazing Gift Shop generated a last minute rush, culminating with the Monday, Dec. 30 appearance of young Mr. Grayson, who is seen here with his grandparents – all framed by the massive jawbone of some ancient relic! The photo, taken by hard-working staffer Tyler Cornelius, hints at the museu...

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Special to the County Compass, December 23, 2019

A Pamlico County native who has spent his career taking care of the community and helping it thrive is the newest member of the Pamlico Community College Board of Trustees. TW Harris, 40, was recently appointed as a Trustee by the Pamlico County Board of Commissioners. Harris currently works as captain of the always-busy Pamlico County Rescue Squad. He also serves on the Grantsboro Town Council. Harris said he looks forward to learning more about the college, including looking for addi...

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Motorists startled by ‘wolf-packing’

Jeff Aydelette, December 20, 2019

HWY 55 BETWEEN JAMES CITY & GRANTSBORO – Two law-and-order type sheriffs – Chris Davis of Pamlico and Chip Hughes of Craven – combined the might and muscle of their respective departments on Tuesday for a full-fledged traffic canvas, involving approximately 16 separate vehicles, and even more officers – a practice known in law enforcement circles as ‘wolf-packing.’ “This is part of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program,” explained Davis in a brief telephone interview...

Read Trump’s six-page letter

The County Compass, December 19, 2019

Excerpts: “The Articles of Impeachment introduced by the House Judiciary Committee are not recognizable under any standard of Constitutional theory, interpretation, or jurisprudence. They include no crimes, no misdemeanors, and no offenses whatsoever.” “Speaker Pelosi, you admitted just last week at a public forum that your party’s impeachment effort has been going on for ‘two and a half years,’ long before you ever heard about a phone call with Ukraine.” “Before t...

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Definition:	The act of positioning close together (or side by side).
Synonyms:	apposition, collocation

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