Category: Craven County
Goodbye Old Friends! | Interstate 42 project to change James City forever
The right of ‘eminent domain’ allows government to acquire property for public use – but only if true market value is paid. Keith Cowell, owner of Cowell’s Cleaners, is still in negotiations with the State of North Carolina. “What we’ve been offered is ‘way under’…
Certificate-of-Need barrier to reducing medical costs
By John Trump RALEIGH — A Durham County Superior Court judge has dismissed a New Bern eye surgeon’s lawsuit challenging the state’s certificate-of-need law. Judge Michael O’Foghludha heard roughly two hours of arguments Thursday, June 3, before agreeing with state lawyers’ motion to kill the…
Never missed a payment!
Utility in Bridgeton pays off original $1.25 million loan BRIDGETON – First Craven Sanitary District is a Sanitary District government created and established by the North Carolina Commission for Health Services, Department of Human Resources on May 6, 1978. The Sanitary District was created to…
Things Crazy Enough for You Yet? | Gas Shortage
Sometimes small operations can scramble faster than the big boys! That seemed to be the case Wednesday morning when tiny Oriental Mini Mart stayed busy pumping while the major chains shrouded handles with dreaded plastic bags. Hit with a ‘ransomware’ attack on May 7, Colonial…
Two-Part Resolution requires explanation
EASTERN NC – Any attempt to regulate ‘navigable waters’ in this part of the state can be a sticky wicket. Four towns – New Bern, Bridgeton, Oriental, and Trent Woods – learned that the hard way this week! Monday night, the Pamlico County Board of…
Lt. Gov. implores GOP:
‘Do Not Be Afraid, God Is On Our Side!’
NEW BERN – More than 250 of the Party faithful were regaled last Friday evening by Mark Robinson – the state’s highest ranking black politician – who threw lightning bolts intended to impale some of the Democratic Party’s most sacred cows. Robinson succeeded! Doing so…
Elections for Craven County School Board likely to change
By District, not County-wide // Ballot to display R or D next to candidate’s name! By Patti Mason NEW BERN – Monday night, Craven County Commissioners passed a resolution to make the County School Board partisan and elect board members by district rather than county-wide….
Some Gave All
NEW BERN – I have had a couple experiences with The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall as well as a trip to Washington, DC to see the actual wall. The Traveling Wall has arrived in New Bern, and will be featured Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday…
CRAVEN GOP
By Tamara Leonard NEW BERN – The Craven County Republican Party will hold its annual convention on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Due to the COVID restrictions in North Carolina, we will be having a hybrid convention, meaning that delegates may attend in person or virtually…
New Bern selects Police Chief | Opening had pool of 74 applicants
By Colleen Roberts | Public Information Officer | City of New Bern Deputy Chief Patrick Gallagher, from Virginia Beach, Va., has accepted the position of Chief of Police for the New Bern Police Department. His first day in the office will be Monday, March 22….
Lonely, neglected bridge due attention
News Analysis COVE CITY – A remote – but nevertheless important – bridge across the Neuse River in the far northwest corner of Craven County is scheduled for a $13.8 million, 2.5 year extreme makeover. Make that TWO contiguous bridges on a sometimes dicey, rural,…
Officials respond to complaints
Herbicide for roadways ‘safe,’ says DOT Thank you for contacting the NC Department of Transportation regarding roadside vegetation in Pamlico County. NCDOT utilizes industry-approved techniques to control the undergrowth of small trees, bushes and grass along the roadsides. Mowing is the primary tool used by…
