CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Tuesday night voted 4-0 to use $25,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act money to reward the town’s four full-time employees and two part-timers for their roles in keeping government rolling during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

CEDAR POINT — After a public hearing Tuesday night, Cedar Point commissioners voted 4-0 to file a final application for a $60,000 state grant to pay most of the cost of building a kayak launch, dock and small parking lot in the town’s waterfront park.

EMERALD ISLE — A recent U.S. Interior Department interpretation that reverses a policy that has allowed beach towns to easily use sand from federally protected areas for beach nourishment won’t have any immediate impact on Carteret County.

CEDAR POINT — The Cedar Point Board of Adjustment voted unanimously Thursday night to table a property owner’s request for a variance for four months.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners will meet Thursday night, firstas the board of adjustment to hear a variance request and then as town commissioners, in a work session to discuss an application for a state grant to build a kayak-launch facility.

BEAUFORT — Motorists and residents can brace themselves for campaign signs this fall, with races set for mayoral and governing board seats in several of Carteret County’s 11 towns this November.

CEDAR POINT — Materials have been delivered and construction of a new pier in Cedar Point’s waterfront Boathouse Creek Walking Trails Park is imminent.

CEDAR POINT — Vehicle access to the pier and kayak launch area at Boathouse Creek Walking Trails Park at the end of Masonic Avenue has been closed and will remain closed for a few weeks as a contractor works to replace an old existing wooden pier with a new one.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve two separate contracts for pushing debris off streets and for collecting and hauling the debris to approved disposal sites in the event of a storm.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point town manager David Rief said Tuesday the contractor to build a new pier in Boathouse Creek Walking Trails Park should start work within about a week.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point has begun its effort to declutter Highway 24 through town.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Thursday held a public hearing on proposed amendments to the town’s unified development ordinance to bring it into compliance with a 2019 state General Assembly rewrite of laws that govern planning and development procedures and rules for local governments.

CEDAR POINT — The N.C. Department has offered the town of Cedar Point $4,525 for two narrow strips of property along the north side of Highway 58, but the board has opted to make a counteroffer.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point is preparing to embark upon an effort to declutter Highway 24 and clean up nuisance vegetation all over town.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Tuesday night voted 4-0 to adopt a $1,069,500 fiscal 2021-22 budget with a 3-cent property tax increase to 14.75 cents per $100 of assessed value.

CEDAR POINT — The town of Cedar Point has awarded an $89,000 contract to Bobby Cahoon Marine Construction of Grantsboro for construction of a new pier to replace a dilapidated structure at Boathouse Creek Walking Trails Park.

CEDAR POINT — The Cedar Point Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a proposed fiscal 2021-22 budget that calls for a 3-cent increase in the property tax rate — up to 14.75 cents per $100 of assessed value — but would eliminate the solid waste fee.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point town manager David Rief said Thursday the town received six bids from contractors who want to build a new pier to replace the dilapidated one in Boathouse Creek Walking Trails Park.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Tuesday night adopted a resolution opposing state legislation they believe would improperly impinge upon the town’s right to regulate residential development.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Tuesday night approved two new residential subdivisions, despite neither of them meeting the town’s requirement for open space or recreation area within the developments.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Tuesday night will consider plans for two new residential subdivisions, one large and one small, on opposite ends of town.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point town manager David Rief said Thursday the town has received a large donation that should make it possible to replace a dilapidated pier in Boathouse Creek Walking Trails Park with a new one this year.

CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners will review two new residential subdivision site plans and discuss town manager David Rief’s proposed fiscal 2021-21 budget when they meet Thursday.

CEDAR POINT — Friends of a family that lost its home and possessions in a fire March 16 held a fundraiser Saturday to help with the expenses of rebuilding.

CEDAR POINT — To help relieve congestion at a busy Carteret County intersection, the N.C. Department of Transportation will install a temporary traffic management tool this week at Highway 24 and Highway 58.