Special to the County Compass, August 18, 2017

By Ron Christofferson, President States Organization for Boating Access PAMLICO COUNTY – Each year the States Organization for Boating Accesss (SOBA), based in Chicago, solicits nominations for outstanding boating access projects from our member states across America and its territories. The Vandemere Boating Access project – located in Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina – received such a nomination from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. This nomination was e...

The County Compass, August 18, 2017

By Gordon Allison, Jr. | Copyright 2017 Part Five of a series Editor’s note: Our thanks to local contributor, Gordon Allison Jr., for his exhaustive research documenting one plausible theory about the fate of Amelia Earhart after her fabled around-the-world flight went awry in July of 1937. In the 1970s, Allison befriended  Major Joe Gervais, who was co-author of a book titled ‘Amelia Earhart Lives.’ Doing additional research to tidy up this series, I learned that when the U.S. mili...

Jeff Aydelette, August 16, 2017

RIVER DUNES – By any measure, spectators and paddlers enjoyed many competitive races during the Eighth Annual Oriental Dragon Boat Festival, though by late Saturday afternoon everyone left the grounds of River Dunes thoroughly wet and muddy. At 11 am Saturday – just prior to the fifth race – organizers called a halt to all on-the-water activities. Out of deference to lightning and thunder, everyone hunkered down, with many stealing an early lunch from one or more of four busy fo...

Special to the County Compass, August 14, 2017

The public is invited to attend the groundbreaking and unveiling ceremony for New Bern’s new workforce development training center. The event will be held on Tuesday, August 15th at 10 a.m. at the center located at 205 First Street. Refreshments will be served. The City of New Bern and Craven Community College learned in January that, as co-applicants, they had received a nearly $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) to transfor...

Special to the County Compass, August 11, 2017

HUNDREDS OF PADDLERS HEAD TO RIVER DUNES FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL COMPETITION! SPECTATORS FREE!  By Flora Moorman RIVER DUNES -- This Festival, now in its eighth year, exemplifies the true ‘Spirit’ that it takes to make a ‘difference’ in our community. Separate events for charities, nonprofits, and other worthy organizations always cost money and effort to produce! The Oriental Dragon Boat Race & Festival exists to allow our teams – each supporting different causes – to rais...

The County Compass, August 9, 2017

By Gordon Allison, Jr. | Copyright 2017 Part Four of a series Editor’s Note: There have been ‘news’ items saying Major Joe Gervais (MJ) was discredited when McGraw-Hill removed his and Joe Klaas’ book from the shelves following a lawsuit by Irene Bolam. McGraw-Hill did that to cut their losses. No retraction statement was ever made! In 2000, the rights to Amelia Earhart Lives reverted to the authors, Joe Klaas and Joe Gervias. Gordon Allison Jr., the author of this series and a goo...

The County Compass, August 9, 2017

Campus tops list released by SmartAsset GRANTSBORO -- Pamlico Community College has been ranked No.1 on SmartAsset’s list of the Best Community Colleges in the United States. The list, released Aug. 9 by the New York-based personal finance technology company, places PCC in the top spot in the nation based on a review of 2015-16 federal data on 808 community colleges throughout America. PCC received exemplary scores for its graduation/transfer rate. A whopping 84 percent of PCC students eit...

The County Compass, August 9, 2017

BAYBORO – Tuesday, Aug. 8, investigators with the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported assault on a Detention Officer at the Pamlico Correctional Institute. The facility -- on Bay City Road just north of Bayboro -- is a medium security, state-run prison. One officer was injured and transported to Carolina East Medial Center by ambulance for injuries sustained during the assault. The officer was reportedly assaulted by a single inmate. The Pamlico County Sheriffâ€...

The County Compass, August 8, 2017

New Bern, North Carolina – District Attorney Scott Thomas announced that, in Craven County Superior Court today, JANUARY JONES, 41, of New Bern, was convicted on his guilty plea to charges arising out of his sale of heroin to informants working with the New Bern Police Department. Superior Court Judge R. Kent Harrell presided, and the cases were prosecuted in court by Assistant District Attorney Chekesha Hukins. New Bern Police, using cooperating informants, conducted a series of controlled...

The County Compass, August 8, 2017

New Bern, North Carolina -- District Attorney Scott Thomas announced that, in Craven County Superior Court today, ERIC MICHAEL FARNHAM, 36, of New Bern, pled guilty to a series of charges arising out of his breaking into a pharmacy in New Bern, and was sentenced to prison. Superior Court Judge R. Kent Harrell presided, and the cases were prosecuted in court by Assistant District Attorney Robert J. McAfee. On April 2, 2017, River Bend Police Chief Ryland Matthews stopped a Ford pickup truck ju...

The County Compass, August 4, 2017

Jeff Aydelette, August 3, 2017

Jeff Aydelette, August 1, 2017

Jeff Aydelette, August 1, 2017

The County Compass, July 31, 2017

The County Compass, July 31, 2017

Special to the County Compass, July 28, 2017

Special to the County Compass, July 27, 2017

Special to the County Compass, July 25, 2017

The County Compass, July 24, 2017

Special to the County Compass, July 21, 2017

Jeff Aydelette, July 20, 2017

Special to the County Compass, July 14, 2017

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The County Compass, July 10, 2017