Category: Craven County
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…
DOT ! Answer 11 questions.
By Jim Sherwood VANDEMERE — I was away on a vacation out west for a couple of weeks and was appalled to see what had happened while I was gone. What I am talking about is the defoliation — by obviously very poisonous chemicals along…
Chemical burning of county must stop
By Evie Henderson PAMLICO COUNTY — With reference to Jeff Lomer’s letter in the Sept. 17 issue of The County Compass, I wish to add my horrified voice to his. A couple of weeks ago, when I drove out of my subdivision — only a…
‘Prowlers of Pamlico County’ exist
By Ivia Nathaniel NEUSE ROAD – Coming home Wednesday night, Jan. 16, at approximately 7 p.m. on Neuse Road, about 1500 feet from the corner of Scott Town Road, a sleek black long slinky cat sloped across the highway, barely missing the front grill of…
